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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bolingbroke question of Bagot when they arrive in London?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Richard's whereabouts.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Gloucester's death.

2. What does Richard compare Bolingbroke and his followers to?
(a) Mold and rust.
(b) Spiders and toads.
(c) Snakes and roaches.
(d) Rats and diseases.

3. What is the final line of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) "One kiss shall stop our mouths, and dumbly part."
(b) "We make woe wanton with this fond delay."
(c) "That I may strive to kill it with a groan."
(d) "Once more adieu, the rest let sorrow say."

4. "Hence, villain! Never more come in my sight." Who says this?
(a) The Duchess.
(b) Aumerle.
(c) Bolingbroke.
(d) York.

5. Where will the Queen go after learning of her husband's defeat?
(a) Brighton.
(b) Flint Castle.
(c) Sussex.
(d) London.

6. What does Richard warn the third speaker of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) God will punish him for participating in Richard's downfall.
(b) Bolingbroke will betray him too.
(c) Bolingbroke will lead England to collapse.
(d) Richard will rise from his imprisonment and rebel.

7. What is the final line in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) "To ear the land that hath some hope to grow."
(b) "To alter this, for counsel is but vain."
(c) "That bids me be of comfort any more."
(d) "From Richard's night to Bolingbroke's fair day."

8. Who is arrested in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Aumerle.
(b) Carlisle.
(c) Percy.
(d) Fitzwater.

9. Who do York and the Duchess feel pity for in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Richard.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Bolingbroke.
(d) All of the above.

10. Where will Bolingbroke take Richard after their first confrontation since the beginning of the play?
(a) London.
(b) Nottingham.
(c) Flint Castle.
(d) Berkley Castle.

11. Which of the following characters is not in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Scroop.
(b) Carlisle.
(c) Salisbury.
(d) Aumerle.

12. What is the last straw for Richard in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Reading a letter from Bolingbroke.
(b) Seeing Bolingbroke's army approaching in the distance.
(c) Learning the Queen has left him for Bolingbroke.
(d) Learning York has joined with Bolingbroke.

13. Whom does Scroop insist sides with Bolingbroke?
(a) "Unstable buffoons."
(b) None of these is correct.
(c) Rejected army soldiers.
(d) Boys and old men.

14. Which of the following is not a suggestion of one of the Queen's ladies for an activity to comfort the Queen?
(a) Painting.
(b) Weeping.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Singing.

15. What does Richard give Bolingbroke during the first meeting since the beginning of the play?
(a) The inheritance.
(b) The throne.
(c) A lashing with his sword.
(d) The literal crown from his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Bagot accuse in Act 4, Scene 1?

2. Who says, "For on my heart they tread now whilst I live"?

3. Who speaks first in Act 5, Scene 4?

4. Where is the Queen being sent from England?

5. How large was the Welsh army?

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