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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is prisoner in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Willoughby.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) Ross.
(d) Bushy.

7. Who has the longest speech in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Percy.
(b) Bolingbroke.
(c) York.
(d) Northumberland.

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

9. Which characters are in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) None of these is correct.
(b) Salisbury, Captain, and Lord Marshall.
(c) Salisbury and Captain.
(d) Salisbury, Berkley, and five sergeants.

10. What adjective does Richard use to describe Bolingbroke that is condescending?
(a) Proud.
(b) Mighty.
(c) High.
(d) Fierce.

11. 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) "With letters of your love to her at large."
(d) "A while to work, and after holiday."

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

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

14. 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 Bolingbroke is returning to England with an army.
(c) That he killed Gaunt.
(d) That he is secretly planning to assassinate Richard.

15. Which character officially swears in Mowbray and Bolingbroke at the duel?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Richard.
(c) Duke Aumerle.
(d) Lord Marshal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nation does York refer to as he discusses vanity?

2. Where does Richard say he is to go immediately following Act 1, Scene 4?

3. How many lines are in Act 2, Scene 4?

4. Who of the following characters have not fled to Bolingbroke's army?

5. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?

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