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Henry V

William Shakespeare

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1. Which of his friends does Henry execute for plotting to assassinate him?

(A) Scrope

(B) Falstaff

(D) Randall

2. Where does Henry make his “Once more unto the breach, dear friends” speech?

(A) Agincourt

(B) Paris

(D) London

3. Approximately how many French soldiers are killed at Agincourt?

(A) 150

(B) 10,000

(D) 4,500

4. Approximately how many English soldiers are killed at Agincourt?

(A) 50

(B) 10,000

(D) 30

5. From whom did Henry’s father take the English crown?

(A) Richard II

(B) Richard III

(D) Henry IV

6. Whom does Henry agree to marry as part of his treaty with France?

(A) Alice

(B) Michelle

(D) Catherine

7. Where does Henry make his “St. Crispin’s Day” speech?

(A) Harfleur

(B) Agincourt

(D) Warwickshire

8. In what year was Henry V probably first performed?

(A) 1560

(B) 1617

(D) 1599

9. Who gives Henry tennis balls?

(A) The Dauphin

(B) The king of France

(D) Exeter

10. Which of his friends does Henry execute for looting a French town?

(A) Exeter

(B) Chubb

(D) Ancient Pistol

11. Which character is Welsh?

(A) The Dauphin

(B) Fluellen

(D) Ancient Pistol

12. What action prompts Henry to kill the French prisoners?

(A) The murder of Alice

(B) The murder of Westmorland

(D) The murder of the English pages

13. What breaks Falstaff’s heart?

(A) Henry’s rejection of him

(B) His failure to defeat Owain Glyndwr

(D) His failure to seduce Catherine

14. Who gives Henry a glove?

(A) Gower

(B) Warwick

(D) Mistress Quickly

15. What is the Dauphin’s attitude toward the English troops?

(A) Wary respect

(B) Mocking contempt

(D) Open fear

16. Who is the king of France?

(A) Louis IX

(B) Henri IV

(D) Charles VI

17. Of what disease does Mistress Quickly die?

(A) Cancer

(B) Venereal disease

(D) Alcoholism

18. What does Pistol plan to do at the end of the play?

(A) Become a full-time soldier

(B) Run Mistress Quickly’s tavern

(D) Become an actor

19. What does the Chorus do at the beginning and end of the play?

(A) Point out the play’s shortcomings

(B) Boast about the play

(D) Lie about the play

20. What name will Henry’s son take?

(A) Richard III

(B) Philip III

(D) Henry VI

21. Who tries to teach Catherine English?

(A) The queen of France

(B) The king of France

(D) Alice

22. To whom does Henry threaten that his troops will rape women and murder children?

(A) The mayor of Agincourt

(B) The governor of Harfleur

(D) The minister of defense

23. Where does Henry make his speech about the tennis balls?

(A) Harfleur

(B) Agincourt

(D) Reisa

24. Who was Henry’s closest friend before he became king?

(A) Falstaff

(B) The boy

(D) Bardolph

25. Who is married to the hostess?

(A) Nim

(B) Bardolph

(D) Pistol

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