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Question 1
A is the correct answer. The worst thing you can do is get things wrong. The main purpose of reading a match report is to find out what happened, when, who scored and who got sent off.

Question 2
C is the correct answer. Cutting from the bottom is having the end of your story cut off by a sub-editor to make it fit on the page.

Question 3
A is the correct answer. There's no doubt that you have to be single-minded and determined - just like King Henry.

Question 4
A is the correct answer. In 1998, a Macedonian footballer called Hristov made the error of saying that Barnsley women were the ugliest and fattest women in the world. Ian hit back!

Question 5
B is the correct answer. King Henry takes on the responsibilities of kingship and goes to war with France. The most interesting thing about the play is how Henry changes, casting off his old friends and, against the odds, becoming a great king.

Question 6
C is the correct answer. Shakespeare wrote many plays based on historical figures and the lives of English kings. He was keen to show how the idea of monarchy had developed in Great Britain.

Question 7
A is the correct answer. Bardolph is caught stealing a trinket from a church. It is not valuable but Henry has said that thieves will be hung and he has to keep his word even if it means his friend must die.

Question 8
B is the correct answer. Scroop and Henry grew up together. His best friend has betrayed him and mercy is out of the question. Henry orders his execution.

Question 9
A is the correct answer. The Battle of Hastings where William the Conqueror defeated King Harold in 1066, the siege of Harfleur, and then the Battle of Agincourt.

Question 10
C is the correct answer. The soliloquy allows a character to share his or her thoughts and doubts and to explain his or her actions