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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "...for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight..." Who is being referred to here?
(a) The judge.
(b) The king.
(c) The shaman.
(d) The pope.

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

3. What do Bolingbroke and Mowbray accuse one another of?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Thief.
(c) Kidnapping.
(d) Treason.

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

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

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

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

8. What made Aumerle cry when he said goodbye to Bolingbroke?
(a) Knowing his cousin's father would soon die.
(b) Seeing his cousin banished from England.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The wind.

9. What was Mowbray supposed to be doing with Richard's uncle when he died?
(a) Showing him the courtyards.
(b) Guarding him.
(c) Accompany him while traveling.
(d) Practicing to duel.

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

11. "More welcome is the stroke of death to me than Bolingbroke to England." Who says this?
(a) Green.
(b) Bushy.
(c) York.
(d) Richard.

12. 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) The fact that the war is on Irish soil, and not at home.
(c) Paying for it.
(d) Defeating the rebels.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the setting of Act 1, Scene 4?

2. "The king reposeth all his confidence in thee." Who says this?

3. What is Bolingbroke's banishment reduced to?

4. How does York regard Bolingbroke's acting against the king?

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

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