Untitled

• 1. In the Prologue to Act 1, when the Chorus refers to “this wooden O,” the Chorus is referring to


  *a. the round, wooden construction of The Globe Theatre
• In the Prologue to Act 1, the Chorus’ tone seems to indicate


  *c. veneration for earlier days of noble kings and awesome battles
• 3. In the opening of the play, the Bishop of Ely and the Bishop of Canterbury worry that


  d. the church will become poor if a particular bill passes
• The Bishop of Canterbury tells how he broke off introduction of the idea that Henry deserved certain French dukedoms as well as “the crown and seat of France” with Henry because 


  b. the French ambassador arrived for his audience with the king
• Shakespeare makes it clear that the bishops Ely and Canterbury have subversive motives for wanting Henry to attack France to claim his “inheritance.” This is particularly clear when Henry argues that 


  c. an unjust cause will mean countless needless deaths with the blame for

  those deaths falling upon them
• The FRENCH are concerned with a law which they claim bars women from inheriting

  property (as is Henry’s claim to the French throne) called the law of

  b. Salic
• In regard to the laws of Salic [The Bishop of] Canterbury and [the Bishop of] Ely urge Henry to

  d. invade France
• Before Henry prepares for war against France, he says he must prepare himself for

  attack from

  e. Scotland
• Henry determines to sail for France with a very small force, just one-fourth of his men, because

  c. Scotland, assuming England is left unguarded during their assault against France, is likely to attack
• As Henry decides to attack France, he believes

  *d. he will either win or lose all
• As Henry decides to attack France, he receives a messenger from

  the Dauphin
• Rather than certain dukedoms in France, the Dauphin offers Henry


  *e. tennis balls
• Initially, the Dauphin holds Henry in


  *b. mocking scorn
• In the Prologue to Act 2, the Chorus indicates that the common English folk


  eagerly prepare for war, selling farmland for horses to ride into battle
• All of the following are traitors to Henry EXCEPT

  d. The Duke of Clarence
• Nym and Pistol are at odds with each other because

  1. Pistol has married Mistress [Nell] Quickly, Nym’s former affianced
• Nym and Pistol stop their quarreling when

  *d. news comes that Falstaff is deathly ill just as Bardolph insists upon their

  peaceful resolution
• The boy says Falstaff’s illness is caused by

  b. the king has broken Falstaff’s heart
• Shakespeare creates a scene where Henry announces to Cambridge, Scroop, and Grey his intent to release a drunken critic so that


  c. the audience can see how undeserving the traitors are of Henry’s mercy since they advised none
• When Henry hands Cambridge, Scroop, and Grey their “commissions” and tells

  them that he recognizes the worthiness of each (2.2.65-75), Shakespeare expects the audience to realize

  1. that each man is worthless and about to get his just punishment
• Henry indicates that one of the traitors, ___________________, was his most trusted friend, a confidant who “knew’st the very bottom of [Henry’s soul”

  d. Scroop
• After Henry’s betrayal by three of his own men, Henry claims he will

  c. never again trust anyone in the same innocent way
• As Falstaff dies, he

  turns stone cold, talks of the Whore of Babylon, and says a fly is a black soul

  burning in hell
• Shakespeare allows the French King to allude to previous battles in what later became known as The Hundred Years’ War with England From Charles VI’s mention of the defeat suffered by the French at the hands of the English at Crecy —under Edward the Black Prince in 1346—and Poitiers—under Henry IV in1356], the character of the French King indicates that

  1. he has learned to fear [or respect] the English as an enemy and thus urges hasty preparation to battle
• Henry sends his ambassador ______________ to negotiate a French

  surrender—before any battle begins

  *b. Exeter
• In his initial negotiations, Henry demands that Charles VI


  resign his crown and kingdom since Henry’s claim through the line of Edward III carries stronger merit
• In his initial message to the French throne, Henry sends his particular __________ for the Dauphin

  *c. contempt
• Exeter notes that the king is ____ from when he was a young man

  *b. entirely changed
• After Henry lands his English fleet, he makes his first attack upon

  1. Harfleur
• When the King of France hears that Henry has laid siege on Harfleur, the King of France 


  offers Henry marriage to his daughter Katherine as well as some petty and unprofitable dukedoms
• . Henry rallies his men “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead—” before 


  *c. the siege of Harfleur
• Before the siege of Harfleur (3.2), Bardolph, Nym and Pistol


  *b. procrastinate fighting at all
• The boy decides to dessert Bardolph, Nym and Pistol because they

  *a. are poor role models
• As Henry talks to the Governor of Harfleur, Henry says that

  *d. if the Governor does not surrender, Henry will be merciless
• The Governor of Harfleur says he must surrender to Henry because

  *c. the Dauphin has refused to come to the aid of Harfleur
• Katherine of France learns English from

  *d. her maid Alice
• In Katherine’s first English lesson, she learns

  b. the parts of the body
• The Dauphin believes the English cannot be much of a threat since they are descendants of [William the Bastard who later became] William the Conqueror, a


  *c. Norman
• The Constable finds the English fervor in battle incredible particularly since


  *a. the English drink beer and the French drink wine *
• Henry leaves Harfleur under the leadership of ____ to fortify it further against the French

  *c. Exeter