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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first character to speak in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Bolingbroke
(b) Mowbray.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Richard.

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

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

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

5. Who of the following characters have not fled to Bolingbroke's army?
(a) Ross.
(b) Beaumond.
(c) Bushy.
(d) Willoughby.

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

7. Why does Gaunt seem aloof to his brother's death?
(a) He believes God will properly judge who is guilty.
(b) He has put the tragedy behind him, and is trying to move on with his life.
(c) He is in love with the Duchess.
(d) He is the one who has killed the Duke.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Which of the following lines is what the Queen says to the bearer of the news of Bolingbroke?
(a) "What right have you to deliver such agony to the Queen?"
(b) "There is no higher evil than Bolingbroke."
(c) "Your news feels of demons ripping my inside."
(d) "Thou art the midwife to my woe."

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 is devastated.
(c) He hopes to marry Gaunt's wife.
(d) He hopes Bolingbroke does not learn of the news, upsetting him in his exile.

15. What is the double metaphor spoken in the Duchess's first speech of the play?
(a) Rose petals; a dagger dripping blood.
(b) A crying baby; nurses working corruptly.
(c) Vials of blood; branches from one root.
(d) Doves flying; a harp playing angel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is prisoner in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What is the major concern of Act 2, Scene 4?

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

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

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