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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the nobles wounds Gaveston in this scene?
(a) Mortimer Junior.
(b) Warwick.
(c) Pembroke.
(d) Lancaster.

2. How does Pembroke refer to Isabella when the nobles reenter in Scene 4?
(a) A harlot.
(b) A child.
(c) A saint.
(d) A weakling.

3. What offer does John of Hainault make Isabella and Edward III in Scene 2?
(a) Shelter in France.
(b) His purse for their general comfort.
(c) A retinue of armed men.
(d) A ship back to England.

4. What does Isabella resolve to do in Scene 2 rather than be the cause of unrest?
(a) Have an affair in secret.
(b) Return to France.
(c) Poison Gaveston in secret.
(d) Live a melancholy life.

5. In Edward's soliloquy after the nobles leave in Scene 4, whom does he long to kill?
(a) Priests.
(b) Mortimer Junior.
(c) All nobles.
(d) Isabella.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what does Edward will heaven turn his crown before he give it to Mortimer?

2. In Scene 3, what does Edward suggest Matrevis and Gurney give to Isabella and Mortimer?

3. To what bird does Edward compare the nobles after they exit in Scene 2?

4. Whose death is announced in the first moment of the play?

5. From whom is the letter that Lady Margaret carries with her in Scene 1?

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