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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 city does Gaveston declare that he loves as he would Elysium?
(a) London.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

2. Who volunteers to shelter the nobles at the end of Scene 2?
(a) The Bishop of Canterbury.
(b) Lancaster.
(c) Isabella.
(d) The King of France.

3. Who exits with Gaveston guarded in Scene 4?
(a) Edward.
(b) Kent.
(c) Coventry.
(d) Isabella.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Bishop of Coventry at the beginning of Scene 2?

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

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

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

5. In Edward's soliloquy after the nobles leave in Scene 4, whom does he long to kill?

(see the answer key)

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