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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has the Welsh army been waiting for Richard?
(a) Two days.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) Ten days.

2. Who in Ireland is worrying Richard in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Vikings.
(b) Rebels.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Gypsies.

3. Where does Act 2, Scene 4 take place?
(a) London.
(b) Wales.
(c) Leeds.
(d) Ireland.

4. Who addresses Bolingbroke as "Lord Hereford" in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Sir Pierce of Exton.
(c) York.
(d) Northumberland.

5. "Where then, alas, may I complain myself?" Who says this?
(a) Woodstock.
(b) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Richard.

6. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Richard.
(c) York.
(d) Northumberland.

7. How does Bolingbroke justify executing the prisoners?
(a) He knows they were both about to murder.
(b) He says it is a favor to the Christian church.
(c) He says it is a favor to the king.
(d) He says God tells him to do it.

8. What is the last line of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) "With letters of your love to her at large."
(b) "A while to work, and after holiday."
(c) "Thanks, gentle uncle. Come, lords, away."
(d) "And plague injustice with the pains of hell."

9. How will Richard handle the situation in Ireland?
(a) He will see how the situation plays out for another month.
(b) He has ordered an army to invade.
(c) He will go there himself.
(d) He will send Green.

10. What do Northumberland, Ross, and Willoughby discuss after Richard leaves Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Bolingbroke's loss of property.
(b) The war in Ireland.
(c) Their disgust of Richard.
(d) All three answers are correct.

11. How many lines are in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Twenty eight.
(b) Three hundred twelve.
(c) Forty four.
(d) One hundred five.

12. What is the setting in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) London.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Gloucestershire.
(d) Ravenspurgh.

13. Who is upset over Richard's absence in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The Duke of York.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Green.
(d) Bushy.

14. Who is Gaunt alluding to have killed the Duke of Gloucester as he speaks alone with the Duchess?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Richard.
(c) Woodstock.
(d) The Duke of Aumerle.

15. Who is the last to speak in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Ross.
(b) York.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Bolingbroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Bolingbroke originally banished from England?

2. For whom does Richard reduce Bolingbroke's sentence?

3. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?

4. "Well, he is gone, and with him go these thoughts." Who says this?

5. Why don't Bolingbroke and Mowbray forgive one another?

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