Richard II Quizzes

Richard II Quiz 1

By J. N. Smith · Last reviewed January 01, 2000

1 Richard II is a

history play

tragedy

comedy

romance
2 Richard II is the first play in what is known as the

series

tetralogy

triology

chronicles
3 Who was king before Richard II?

Richard I

Henry IV

James I

Edward III
4 Richard II is the last king in the house of

Lancaster

York

Tudor

Plantagenet
5 Which of these plays is the sequel to Richard II?

Richard III

Henry VI, part one

Henry V

Henry IV, part one
6 Henry Bolingbroke is also

Henry VIII

King Henry IV

Henry Tudor

Prince Hal
7 Who is Bolingbroke's son?

Harry

Prince Hal

Henry V

all of these
8 Richard II was likely written in

1595

1600

1610

1588
9 The play was first published in

1609

1623

1660

1597
10 The format of the play's first publication was

octo

folio

pamphlet

quarto
11 John of Gaunt is

Bolingbroke's uncle

Richard's brother

Richard's uncle

Richard's father
12 Richard and Bolingbroke are

brothers

cousins

father and son

friends
13 Gaunt is Duke of

Surrey

Gloucester

Burgundy

Lancaster
14 Who is Duke of Norfolk?

Gaunt

Pembroke

Mowbray

Bolingbroke
15 Who is fighting at the beginning of the play?

Gaunt and Richard

Mowbray and Bolingbroke

Richard and Bolingbroke

Bolingbroke and Gaunt
16 What is Bolingbroke's punishment?

death

exile

indentured servitude

imprisonment
17 Richard reduces Bolingbroke's sentence from 10 years to

1 year

3 years

8 years

6 years
18 Which of these is not one of Richard's favorites?

Sully

Bagot

Bushy

Green
19 The Duke of York is Richard's

cousin

uncle

brother

friend
20 The Duke of Aumerle is York's

brother

son

cousin

uncle
21 Bolingbroke is Duke of

Gloucester

Lancaster

Hereford

Salisbury
22 Henry Percy is

Northumberland's son

Richard's son

York's son

Bolingbroke's son
23 Henry Percy is also known as

Holland

Hal

Harry

Hotspur
24 Which of these is not a rebel in the play?

Exton

Northumberland

Ross

York
25 Richard II was king until

1399

1400

1500

1388

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