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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which is the final line of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) "To God, the widow's champion and defence."
(b) "The last leave of thee takes my weeping eye."
(c) "Desolate, desolate will I hence and die."
(d) "As much good stay with thee as go with me."

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

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

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

6. How are Gaunt and Bolingbroke related?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Uncle and nephew.

7. "Where then, alas, may I complain myself?" Who says this?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Richard.
(c) Woodstock.
(d) The Duchess of Gloucester.

8. Who is the last to speak in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) York.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Ross.

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

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

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

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

13. How many lines are in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Twenty eight.
(b) Three hundred twelve.
(c) Forty four.
(d) One hundred five.

14. Which of the following is not a reason Bolingbroke is executing the prisoners?
(a) Causing Richard to banish Bolingbroke.
(b) Upset the queen.
(c) Misleading Richard.
(d) They have murdered.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Duchess wish ill upon at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. "Though banish'd, yet a true born Englishman." Who says this quote?

3. What is the setting in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?

4. "My comfort is that heaven will take our souls and plague injustice with the pains of hell." Who says this?

5. Who is the first to speak in Act 1, Scene 4?

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