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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the "gloomy fellow" Spencer mentions in Scene 5 (IV.vi.29)?
(a) The Mower.
(b) The Abbot.
(c) Leicester.
(d) Rice Ap Howell.

2. Into what does Edward will heaven turn his crown before he give it to Mortimer?
(a) A sword.
(b) A jester's cap.
(c) Poison.
(d) Fire.

3. What does Mortimer Junior threaten to do if Gaveston return to England?
(a) Refuse to fight for Edward.
(b) Kill Gaveston.
(c) Rise up in revolt.
(d) Leave England.

4. Which of Edwards warders is ordered to give up custody of the deposed king at the end of Scene 1?
(a) Winchester.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Liecester.
(d) Trussel.

5. From whom is the letter that Edward receives in Scene 3?
(a) Levune.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Mortimer Junior.
(d) Valois.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Act 5, which of Edward's possessions does he claim Mortimer defiles?

2. Where is Lady Margaret ordered to go in her second letter?

3. At the beginning of the scene, for what the only thing that Edward longs?

4. What does Mortimer threaten Edward if he do not agree to Gaveston's exile?

5. What shocks Edward as he wears the crown and shouts orders at Winchester and Leicester in Scene 1?

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