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Where does the first scene of the play take place?
What happened to the king before Henry?
He was deposed (overthrown) and killed.
"I know you all and will a while uphold the unyoked humor of your idleness. Yet herein will I imitate the _______ who doth permit the base contagious clouds to smother up his beauty from the world."
sun
Name any one of Hal's companions in Eastcheap besides Falstaff.
Poins, Gadshill, Bardolph, Peto, Mistress Quickly.
What is the name of the London neighborhood where Hal and Falstaff hang out?
Eastcheap
What is Hal's title in the play?
Prince of Wales
"Methinks it were an easy leap to pluck bright ________ from the pale-faced moon."
Honor
What is Hotspur's real full name?
Henry Percy
What three countries do the play's characters come from?
England, Wales, and Scotland
Who calls king Henry a "king of smiles"?
Hotspur
Which character is being described:
" I saw [him]...
Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury
And vaulted with such ease into his seat
As if an angel dropped down from the clouds,
To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus
And witch the world with noble horsemanship."
Hal (described by Vernon riding his horse while preparing for battle)
Which character's name is left out of this speech? "banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins, but for
sweet ________, kind _______, true _______, valiant __________, and therefore more
valiant being as he is old _________, banish not
him thy Harry’s company"
Jack Falstaff
In the first scene of the play, where does King Henry plan to go before he is interrupted by news of the wars?
Jerusalem (the "sepulchre of Christ")
Who does Hotspur believe should be made king?
his brother-in-law (wife's brother), Mortimer
How many beats per line are used in blank verse (the poetic form of Henry IV, Part 1)?
five (iambic pentameter)
Who is speaking? What is his "vocation"?
"’Tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation."
Falstaff's vocation is stealing
Where does the play's final battle take place?
Shrewsbury (a town in England)
What was King Henry's name before becoming king?
Henry Bolingbroke
Who is being described?
"I do not think a braver gentleman,
More active-valiant, or more valiant-young,
More daring or more bold, is now alive
To grace this latter age with noble deeds."
Hotspur (by Hal)
What is the name of Hal's younger brother?
John of Lancaster