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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mowbray admit to have scheming against in the past?
(a) Richard.
(b) The Duke of Aumerle.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Bolingbroke.

2. Who is Northumberland's son?
(a) Willoughby.
(b) Bolingbroke.
(c) Ross.
(d) Percy.

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

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

5. What is Gaunt talking about during his famous speech in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Richard.
(b) England.
(c) Family.
(d) Life.

6. Who says "What a tide of woes comes rushing on this woeful land at once!" in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Bagot.
(b) Green.
(c) The Duke of York.
(d) The Queen.

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

8. Where is Gaunt to go after Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Cardiff.
(b) Coventry.
(c) Bordeaux.
(d) London.

9. Who is the last character to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Willoughby.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) The Gardener.
(d) Ross.

10. "The king reposeth all his confidence in thee." Who says this?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Captain.
(d) Berkley.

11. : For what day is the duel set?
(a) Guy Fawkes Day.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Saint Lambert's Day.
(d) The Summer Solstice.

12. 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) Ruffians dancing.
(d) Meteors.

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

14. What is Richard's reaction towards the news of Gaunt he receives in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) He hopes to seize Gaunt's property.
(b) He hopes to marry Gaunt's wife.
(c) He hopes Bolingbroke does not learn of the news, upsetting him in his exile.
(d) He is devastated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does York tell the men to meet him as he leaves Act 2, Scene 2?

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

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

4. Who does Bolingbroke specifically promise to "weed and pluck away" in Act 2, Scene 3?

5. Why does Gaunt seem aloof to his brother's death?

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