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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is net an earldom that Lancaster holds?
(a) Leicester.
(b) Derby.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Kent.

2. What does Edward swear to send Gaveston?
(a) Gold.
(b) Reports of his revenge.
(c) Letters of love.
(d) Fine clothes.

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

4. Which of the following outrages is not one that his befallen the Bishop of Coventry?
(a) He has been stripped of his property.
(b) He has been sodomized.
(c) His garments have been torn.
(d) He has been manhandled.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the Bishop of Canterbury writing in Scene 2?

2. Which vice does Mortimer Junior say is the "venom" that Gaveston has brought to the realm (I.ii.31)?

3. Before departing, what does Lancaster swear Edward will soon have for a crown?

4. After Gaveston is carried off in Scene 4, what does Edward say stops his speech?

5. What has Mortimer resolved to do to Gaveston by the end of Scene 2?

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