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1:  What device did Shakespeare use in Henry V for the second time, the first being Romeo and Juliet?

a. An Orchestra

b. Special effects, such as fog and rainmakers

c. A Chorus

d. A Chorus line


2:  As indicated in the close of Henry IV, Part II, King Henry V is planning on entering into a war with

a. Scotland

b. France

c. Spain

d. Norway


3:  Which of the following plays does not precede the action in Henry V?

a. Richard II

b. Henry IV, Part I

c. King Lear

d. Henry IV, Part II


4:  In the earlier plays, Henry V is referred to as

a. Prince Hal

b. Prince Hank

c. Prince Henry

d. the Boy


5:  Canterbury claims that King Henry V has a legitimate claim to the French throne because of a series of laws in a small area of Germany that forbade a family's inheritance from being passed on to

a. Germans

b. Scotsman

c. protestants

d. women


6:  About which people does King Henry say "come pouring like the tide into a breach" every time the English go to war?

a. the Moors

b. the Scottish

c. the French

d. the Welsh


7:  Which three characters enter a French-sponsored plot to assassinate King Henry V?

a. the Earl of Westmoreland, Lord Scroop, and Michael Williams

b. the Earl of Cambridge, The Bishop of Ely, and the Duke of Orleans

c. the Earl of Cambridge, Lord Scroop, and Sir Thomas Gray

d. the Earl of Montjoy, Lord Byron, and Sir Alec Guinness


8:  Which three characters from the Henry IV plays appear in Henry V primarily because the audience would expect to see them again?

a. Alice, Captain Jamy, and Nym

b. Bardolph, Pistol, and Hostess Quickly

c. Michael Williams, the Duke of Exeter, and Montjoy

d. Captain Macmorris, Captain Fluellen, and the Boy


9:  Which characters consistently provide comic relief because of their worldly boasting and constant misuse of the English language?

a. Bardolph and Hostess Quickly

b. Michael Williams and Montjoy

c. Captain Jamy and Katherine


10:  Above all else, what phrase is repeatedly used to describe King Henry V?

a. A model Christian ruler

b. Power-hungry

c. Wild

d. Aloof


11:  Henry V is trying to win the love of

a. Isabel

b. Mary

c. Alice

d. Elizabeth


12:  In Pistol's final scene, he

a. learns his wife died of syphilis

b. is killed by a poisonous asp

c. prepares to marry Katherine

d. gets beaten by a Scotsman


13:  About what action does Henry say the following? "I will weep for thee; / For this revolt of thine, methinks, is like / Another fall of man."

a. The Scottish uprising against the English

b. The assassination plot by three of his old friends

c. The French refusal to accept his power

d. The murder of Queen Isabel with a poisonous asp


14:  Who speaks the following lines as an example for his concern for his men? "My people are with sickness much enfeebled, / My numbers lessen'd."

a. the Dauphin

b. Henry

c. Captain Gower

d. Charles VI





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