Henry IV Part 2 Study Guide

1. Shakespeare lived during

• the eighteenth century
• the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
• the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
• the fifteenth century

2. <i>Henry IV, Part 2</i> was written in

• the 1340s
• the 1620s
• the 1720s
• the 1590s

3. <i>Henry IV, Part 2</i> is best categorized as a

• comedy
• romance
• tragedy
• history

4. Shakespeare's plays were performed at

• both the Globe theater and the Blackfriars theater
• the Globe theater
• the Blackfriars theater
• the Dionysia festival

5. When Shakespeare first came to London, England was under the reign of

• Queen Elizabeth I
• King Henry VIII
• King James I
• Queen Elizabeth II

6. Henry IV came to power by deposing what monarch?

• Richard III
• Henry III
• Mary I
• Richard II

7. In <i>1 Henry IV</i>, Hal defeated and killed what rebel in single combat?

• Glendower
• Westmoreland
• Harry Hotspur
• Mowbray

8. What name was Henry IV formerly known by?

• Henry Windsor
• Henry, Queen of Scotts
• Henry Percy
• Henry Bolingbroke

9. The play opens with an induction by

• Father Time
• Jesus
• Rumor
• Malice

10. Act One opens with the Earl of Northumberland awaiting news about the battle of

• Shrewsbury
• Hastings
• Normandy
• Gaultree Forest