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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scenes 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lady Margaret put the letter after she has read it in Scene 1?
(a) In Spencer's hands.
(b) Against her breast.
(c) In the brook.
(d) In her Bible.

2. What does Isabella wish would happen to Gaveston at the end of Scene 3?
(a) He be slain.
(b) He be returned to Ireland.
(c) He be shipwrecked.
(d) He he taken prisoner.

3. Why does Mortimer say Gaveston will be more fearful of the nobles on his return to England?
(a) He will feel immense gratitude toward them.
(b) He will fear violent reprisal from them.
(c) He will be publicly shamed.
(d) He will know they can banish him again.

4. What announcement has Spencer Junior recently made in Scene 3?
(a) A festival to be held in Edward's honor.
(b) An amnesty for lords who took up arms and retreated.
(c) A general curfew for the northern towns.
(d) A reward for Mortimer's capture.

5. What is related on the paper that Spencer Junior reads at the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) The nobles that have been executed.
(b) The foreign powers that have lent men to Edward's campaign.
(c) An inventory of lands that Edward has seized.
(d) The lords that are fled to France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who of Spencer's relations is Gaveston's lover?

2. What does Edward III want to do at the beginning of Scene 2?

3. Why does Mortimer interrupt Isabella in Scene 4?

4. Unto whom does Pembroke entrust Gaveston at the end of Scene 4?

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

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