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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Gaunt try to persuade Bolingbroke to think of his banishment?
(a) As a pleasurable journey.
(b) As his civic duty.
(c) As a time to find a wife.
(d) As a time to grow as a man.

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

4. Where was the setting for Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Parliament.
(b) Windsor Castle.
(c) Alexandra Palace.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

5. What is the biggest concern in Act 2, Scene 2 regarding the war in Ireland?
(a) The weather is miserable and men are dying of illness.
(b) Defeating the rebels.
(c) The fact that the war is on Irish soil, and not at home.
(d) Paying for it.

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

7. Which of the following characters is the only one to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Green.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Bushy.
(d) The Queen.

8. Where does Richard say he is to go immediately following Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) To see Gaunt.
(b) To prepare his army's generals.
(c) To ride his horse.
(d) To eat dinner with the Queen.

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

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

11. Who is fleeing straight to Richard after learning of Bolingbroke's arrival?
(a) Green.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Bushy.
(d) Bagot.

12. Who was Richard's uncle and Gaunt's brother?
(a) The Duke of Lancaster.
(b) Lord Edmonton of Bath.
(c) The Duke of Gloucester.
(d) The Duke of Kent.

13. Which nation does York refer to as he discusses vanity?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Italy.

14. How many characters speak in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

15. What do the characters decide to do at the end of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) They will kill themselves.
(b) They will not stay.
(c) They will invade Ireland on their own.
(d) They will wait.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who of the following characters have not fled to Bolingbroke's army?

2. Which characters are in Act 2, Scene 4?

3. What does Northumberland then confide to Ross and Willoughby in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. How are Gaunt and Bolingbroke related?

5. Who informally swears their allegiance to Bolingbroke in Act 2, Scene 3?

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