THE STORY OF ACT I
FALSTAFFE IS FORCED TO "CONICATCH"
How Falstaffe falls into trouble, turns away his followers and begins a new enterprise: How do his followers take revenge? What light upon this opening of the story do scenes i. and iii. show?
What is the underplot as shown in scenes ii. and iv and a part of scene i?
Do they appear to have anything to do with each other?
QUERIES FOR DISCUSSION
Which of her suitors does Anne prefer? Which is to be preferred?
Is the grievance of Shallow against Falstaffe a necessity of the plot to show the fat knight in love, or an episode introduced out of Shakespeare's grudge towards Sir Thomas Lucy? (See pp. 117-119, 138-141, etc., "First Folio Edition.")