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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mortimer Junior fear regarding Gaveston in Ireland?
(a) He will incite popular unrest.
(b) He will build an army there.
(c) He will die of consumption.
(d) He will send assassin to England for them.

2. Which noble does Isabella enlist to be her advocate among the others in Scene 4?
(a) Mortimer Junior.
(b) Warwick.
(c) Pembroke.
(d) Lancaster.

3. Which of the nobles is a citizen of Wales?
(a) Warwick.
(b) Mortimer Junior.
(c) Pembroke.
(d) Lancaster.

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

5. What skill does the first poor man who approaches Gaveston for preferment possess?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Riding.
(d) Soldiery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Edward send to fight the rebellious Scots in this scene?

2. What noble rank has Gaveston been given by Scene 2?

3. According to Lancaster in Scene 4, where is the only place that Gaveston is safe?

4. Why does Baldock exit in Scene 1?

5. With what title do Spencer and Margaret refer to Gaveston throughout Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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