Henry IV, Part 1

Henry IV, Part 1 - Quiz

1. In what year did Henry IV, Part 1 first cause controversy?

A) 1597
B) 1986
C) 1596
D) 1600

2. What was the original name of the comic character now known as Falstaff?

A) Fastolf
B) Oldcastle
C) Cobham
D) Mowbray

3. Who was the historical figure that the original name of Falstaff was based on?

A) Thomas Mowbray
B) William Brooke
C) Sir John Fastolf
D) John Oldcastle

4. What was John Oldcastle considered to be?

A) A cowardly knight
B) A theatrical manager
C) A proto-Protestant martyr
D) A Lord Chamberlain

5. Who mentioned the change of names in the seventeenth-century work 'Epistle to Sir Harry Bourchier'?

A) Thomas Fuller
B) Richard James
C) George Carey
D) Thomas Nashe

6. Who mentioned the change of names in 'Worthies of England' (1662)?

A) Henry Carey
B) Thomas Nashe
C) Thomas Fuller
D) Richard James

7. In which play's quarto text (1600) was a speech prefix mistakenly left uncorrected as 'Old.'?

A) Henry IV, Part 2
B) The Merry Wives of Windsor
C) Henry VI, Part 1
D) Henry IV, Part 1

8. According to Henry IV, Part 2, III, ii, 25-6, Falstaff had been a page to which historical figure?

A) William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham
B) Henry Carey, 1st Lord Hunsdon
C) Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk
D) Sir John Fastolf

9. What does Prince Hal call Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 1, I, ii, 42?

A) My sweet creature of bombast
B) My brave Lord Cobham
C) My old lad of the castle
D) My cowardly knight

10. Which verse line in Henry IV, Part 1 is irregular when using the name 'Falstaff', but regular with the original name?

A) An anapestic trimeter verse line
B) A trochaic tetrameter verse line
C) A spondaic hexameter verse line
D) An iambic pentameter verse line

11. Where does the explicit disclaimer discriminating between Oldcastle and Falstaff appear?

A) Henry IV, Part 2 Epilogue
B) The Merry Wives of Windsor Act V
C) Henry IV, Part 1 Epilogue
D) Sir John Oldcastle Act I

12. What are the line numbers for the Epilogue disclaimer in Henry IV, Part 2?

A) 85–90
B) 1–4
C) 25–28
D) 29–32

13. Besides the two parts of Henry IV, which other play contains the character of Falstaff?

A) Sir John Oldcastle
B) Henry V
C) The Merry Wives of Windsor
D) Henry VI, Part 1

14. In The Merry Wives of Windsor, what letter does Falstaff call out when his fingertips are singed?

A) O
B) H
C) C
D) F

15. Who were the powerful living descendants of John Oldcastle in Elizabethan England?

A) The Lords Hunsdon
B) The Lords Bourchier
C) The Lords Cobham
D) The Lords Mowbray

16. Who was the 10th Baron Cobham who died on 6 March 1597?

A) Henry Carey
B) Henry Brooke
C) William Brooke
D) George Carey

17. Who was Frances Brooke to the 11th Baron Cobham?

A) His wife
B) His sister
C) His daughter
D) His mother

18. Whose close personal favourite was Frances Brooke, the 10th Baron's wife?

A) Queen Mary I
B) Queen Elizabeth I
C) Lady Jane Grey
D) Queen Anne

19. What acting company was formed in 1594 and included Shakespeare?

A) The Lord Chamberlain's Men
B) The King's Men
C) The Admiral's Men
D) The Earl of Oxford's Boys

20. Whose patronage did the Lord Chamberlain's Men initially enjoy?

A) William Brooke, Lord Cobham
B) Sir John Fastolf
C) Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham
D) Henry Carey, first Lord Hunsdon

21. On what date did Henry Carey, first Lord Hunsdon, die?

A) 6 March 1600
B) 22 July 1596
C) 6 March 1597
D) 22 July 1594

22. Who received the post of Lord Chamberlain after Henry Carey died in 1596?

A) Thomas Mowbray
B) Sir Harry Bourchier
C) George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon
D) William Brooke, Lord Cobham

23. Which local officials wanted to drive the acting companies out of the city of London?

A) The Knights of the Garter
B) The Wardens of the Cinque Ports
C) The Privy Council
D) The Lord Mayor and the aldermen

24. Which contemporary writer complained in a letter that actors were 'piteously persecuted'?

A) Thomas Nashe
B) William Shakespeare
C) Thomas Fuller
D) Richard James

25. Who became Lord Chamberlain after William Brooke, Lord Cobham died?

A) Henry Carey, 1st Lord Hunsdon
B) Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham
C) George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon
D) Sir Harry Bourchier

26. Who was the new name 'Falstaff' based upon?

A) Sir John Fastolf
B) William Brooke
C) Thomas Mowbray
D) John Oldcastle

27. For what trait was the historical Sir John Fastolf known?

A) Martyrdom for Protestantism
B) Patronage of actors in London
C) Cowardice at the Battle of Patay
D) Loyalty as a page to Mowbray

28. In which earlier play had Shakespeare previously represented Sir John Fastolf?

A) Henry V
B) Henry IV, Part 2
C) Henry VI, Part 1
D) The Merry Wives of Windsor

29. Why was Sir John Fastolf considered safe for a playwright's use?

A) He was the Lord Chamberlain
B) He was a beloved national hero
C) He had died without descendants
D) He was a close favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

30. What was the title of the two-part play written shortly afterward by a team of playwrights presenting a heroic dramatisation of Oldcastle's life?

A) Epistle to Sir Harry Bourchier
B) Worthies of England
C) The Merry Wives of Windsor
D) Sir John Oldcastle

31. In what year was the play 'Sir John Oldcastle' published?

A) 1600
B) 1986
C) 1597
D) 1625

32. Which edition of Shakespeare's works rendered the character's name as Oldcastle in Henry IV, Part 1 in 1986?

A) The Oxford Shakespeare
B) The First Folio
C) The Quarto of Henry IV, Part 2
D) Worthies of England

33. From which play and scene is the famous Sherlock Holmes catchphrase 'The game is afoot' taken?

A) The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene 5
B) Henry IV, Part 1, Act I, Scene 3
C) Henry IV, Part 2, Act I, Scene 2
D) Henry V, Act III, Scene 1

34. Which character speaks the line containing 'The game is afoot' in Henry IV, Part 1?

A) Falstaff
B) Prince Hal
C) The Earl of Northumberland
D) Thomas Mowbray

35. What is the line number for 'The game is afoot' in Henry IV, Part 1, Act I, Scene 3?

A) 42
B) 615
C) 85
D) 25

36. In Henry V, who uses the phrase 'The game's afoot'?

A) Thomas Mowbray
B) The Earl of Northumberland
C) Falstaff
D) The title character (Henry V)

37. In which act and scene of Henry V does the title character say 'The game's afoot'?

A) Act V, Scene 5
B) Act III, Scene 1
C) Act I, Scene 3
D) Act I, Scene 2

38. What animals are the soldiers compared to in Henry V, Act III, Scene 1?

A) Steeds at the starting gate
B) Greyhounds in the slips
C) Wild boars in the forest
D) Lions in the field

39. What battle is associated with Sir John Fastolf's historical reputation for cowardice?

A) The Battle of Shrewsbury
B) The Battle of Bosworth Field
C) The Battle of Agincourt
D) The Battle of Patay

40. Who served as Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1558 to 1597?

A) Henry Carey, 1st Lord Hunsdon
B) William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham
C) George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon
D) Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham

41. When was Henry IV, Part 1 probably written?

A) Early 1600s
B) Late 1580s
C) Mid-1590s
D) Mid-1620s

42. In what year was Henry IV, Part 1 first published in quarto?

A) 1616
B) 1603
C) 1598
D) 1592

43. When is the play set?

A) Late 1300s
B) Early 1400s
C) Early 1500s
D) Late 1400s

44. What is Harry Percy commonly called?

A) Hotspur
B) Mortimer
C) Bolingbroke
D) Prince Hal

45. Who is the Welsh rebel that joins the uprising?

A) Edmund Mortimer
B) Owen Glendower
C) Bardolph
D) Richard II

46. Who was Richard II's chosen heir that joins the rebel alliance?

A) Edmund Mortimer
B) John Falstaff
C) Harry Percy
D) Thomas Percy

47. What would have solved Henry IV's personal disquiet regarding his usurpation?

A) The execution of the Percys
B) A royal marriage alliance
C) A crusade to the Holy Land
D) A treaty with France

48. Where does Prince Hal spend most of his time instead of the royal court?

A) A monastery in Wales
B) Military training camps
C) Taverns with lowborn companions
D) The Scottish border

49. What is the name of the tavern where Hal meets Falstaff and his associates?

A) Boar's Head Tavern
B) The Crown and Anchor
C) Red Lion Inn
D) The White Hart

50. Who helps Hal carry out a plot to rob Falstaff after a highway robbery?

A) Bardolph
B) Poins
C) Peto
D) Hotspur

51. Who hunts the King during the Battle of Shrewsbury?

A) Hotspur
B) Douglas
C) Glendower
D) Worcester

52. Who kills Hotspur in single combat?

A) Prince Hal
B) Sir John Falstaff
C) King Henry IV
D) Poins

53. What does Falstaff do to avoid an attack by Douglas during the battle?

A) Hides inside a tavern
B) Dishonourably feigns death
C) Flee the battlefield on a fast horse
D) Surrenders immediately

54. Before whom was the play acted at court during its earliest recorded performance?

A) Queen Elizabeth I
B) King James I
C) The French Ambassador
D) The Flemish Ambassador

55. Who first printed the play in quarto later in 1598?

A) Edward Dering
B) Andrew Wise
C) The Flemish Ambassador
D) William Shakespeare

56. For what purpose might Edward Dering have prepared the redaction?

A) A professional performance at court
B) Family or amateur theatrics
C) Publication by Andrew Wise
D) An official state archive

57. Who prepared the Dering Manuscript redaction according to scholarly consensus?

A) Andrew Wise
B) Edward Dering
C) The Flemish Ambassador
D) William Shakespeare

58. Where was the Dering Manuscript discovered?

A) Surrenden Manor, Pluckley, Kent
B) The Stationers Company Register
C) The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
D) At court before the Flemish Ambassador

59. What is the modern designation for the tetralogy of plays dealing with Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V?

A) The Henriad
B) The Lancaster Cycle
C) The Shakespearean Tetralogy
D) The Crown Chronicles

60. What traditional story form is Hal's evolution into King Henry V often compared to?

A) The tragedy of ambition
B) The hero's journey
C) The fall of man
D) The prodigal son

61. In Act 5 Scene 1, what is the name of the soliloquy delivered by Falstaff that addresses war and honour?

A) The Soldier's Oath
B) The Tavern Philosophy
C) Falstaff's Catechism
D) The Honour Soliloquy

62. To what does Falstaff ultimately reduce the concept of honour in his soliloquy?

A) Gold
B) Air
C) Glory
D) Blood

63. How does Falstaff describe honour at the end of his catechism?

A) A mere scutcheon
B) A noble pursuit
C) A heavy burden
D) A golden crown

64. Who drew parallels between Falstaff's catechism and Philippe de Mornay’s 1582 treatise?

A) Professor Clifford Davidson
B) James Quin
C) William Shakespeare
D) David Garrick

65. What is the title of Philippe de Mornay’s 1582 treatise mentioned in the text?

A) Utopia
B) De Monarchia
C) The Prince
D) De la verité de la religion chrestienne

66. What does de Mornay's passage compare honour to, using language similar to Falstaff's?

A) Water
B) Earth
C) Wind
D) Fire

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