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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. What entreaty does Mortimer Junior make to Edward when they enter in Scene 1?
(a) Increase pay to the troops.
(b) Spend less of the community purse on revels.
(c) Hold a full funeral for his father.
(d) Hate Gaveston.

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

3. At the end of Scene 1, whom does Edward depose in vengeance of his part in Gaveston's exile?
(a) Mortimer Junior.
(b) The Earl of Lancaster.
(c) The Bishop of Coventry.
(d) The Duke of Warwick.

4. Which of the following men is not a group that Gaveston announces he wants to keep about him and the king?
(a) Prostitutes.
(b) Wits.
(c) Poets.
(d) Musicians.

5. What noble rank has Gaveston been given by Scene 2?
(a) Duke.
(b) Earl.
(c) Knight.
(d) Baron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Edward's body does he chastise Gaveston not to kiss?

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

3. What does Edward swear to send Gaveston?

4. What does Mortimer Junior threaten to do if Gaveston return to England?

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

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