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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Six years.

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

3. Who speaks first in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Bushy.
(b) Richard.
(c) The Queen.
(d) The Duke of York.

4. What do Mowbray and Bolingbroke state officially that they are fighting for at the duel?
(a) Both claim the other is a traitor.
(b) Both claim the other killed the Duke of Gloucester.
(c) Both love the same woman.
(d) Mowbray claims adultery while Bolingbroke claims theft.

5. Which of the following is not one of the prophecies alarming the characters of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Endless rain.
(b) The moon looks bloody.
(c) Meteors.
(d) Ruffians dancing.

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

7. Who invites Bolingbroke to stay at Berkley Castle?
(a) Lord Berkley.
(b) Ross.
(c) Willoughby.
(d) York.

8. What does Richard learn of Gaunt in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) He is threatening to commit suicide.
(b) He is very sick.
(c) He is leaving the country too.
(d) He is heartbroken and acting insane.

9. Which is the final line of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) "The last leave of thee takes my weeping eye."
(b) "To God, the widow's champion and defence."
(c) "As much good stay with thee as go with me."
(d) "Desolate, desolate will I hence and die."

10. Where is the setting of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A chapel.
(b) Windsor Castle.
(c) Gaunt's house.
(d) An orchard.

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

12. Which of the following is not a reason Bolingbroke is executing the prisoners?
(a) They have murdered.
(b) Misleading Richard.
(c) Causing Richard to banish Bolingbroke.
(d) Upset the queen.

13. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Ross.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) Percy.
(d) Bolingbroke.

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

15. What is the major concern of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) There are rumors afloat Richard has been taken prisoner.
(b) Richard has not returned from Ireland.
(c) The army is running out of food.
(d) The Queen is beginning to go insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Richard confused about Gaunt's reaction towards Bolingbroke's sentence?

2. Who is the last to speak in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. Who was Richard's uncle and Gaunt's brother?

4. What does Gaunt call Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What is Gaunt talking about during his famous speech in Act 2, Scene 1?

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