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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Bolingbroke originally banished from England?
(a) Forty years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Life.

2. How does York regard Bolingbroke's acting against the king?
(a) Encouraging.
(b) Repulsive.
(c) Unlawful.
(d) Unnecessary.

3. Who does the Servant announce has died in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Mowbray.
(b) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(c) Richard.
(d) The Duke of Kent.

4. Who tells of Bolingbroke's arrival in England?
(a) Bushy.
(b) Green.
(c) Bagot.
(d) The Duke of York.

5. Of which quality of Bolingbroke does Richard worry?
(a) Bolingbroke is much stronger than Richard.
(b) His intelligence often outsmarted Richard in their youth.
(c) He is gracious to and loved by the common people.
(d) Bolingbroke is always able to persuade people to take his side.

6. Who is Woodstock?
(a) Mowbray.
(b) The Duke of Gloucester.
(c) Richard
(d) Gaunt.

7. "Though banish'd, yet a true born Englishman." Who says this quote?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Mowbray.
(c) Bolingbroke.
(d) Lord Marshal.

8. Who is the first character to speak in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Richard.
(b) Salisbury.
(c) Berkley.
(d) Captain.

9. Where does York tell the men to meet him as he leaves Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Berkeley Castle.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

10. Who does Bolingbroke specifically promise to "weed and pluck away" in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Richard.
(b) Bushy and Bagot.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Green.

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

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

13. How many lines are in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Twenty four.
(d) Two hundred.

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

15. What does Northumberland then confide to Ross and Willoughby in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That he is going to join Richard in his invasion of Ireland.
(b) That he is secretly planning to assassinate Richard.
(c) That he killed Gaunt.
(d) That Bolingbroke is returning to England with an army.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lines are in Act 3, Scene 1?

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

3. Who stops the duel as it begins?

4. How many characters speak in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who is Gaunt alluding to have killed the Duke of Gloucester as he speaks alone with the Duchess?

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