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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does Edward plan for Gaveston's return?
(a) A masque.
(b) A military display.
(c) A joust.
(d) A May fair.

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

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

4. Before departing, what does Lancaster swear Edward will soon have for a crown?
(a) Gaveston's head.
(b) Cuckold's horns.
(c) Bloody locks.
(d) A jester's cap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Edward send Gaveston for banishment?

2. What does Warwick believe is the only mean the nobles have of challenging Gaveston?

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

4. Which of the following men is not a group that Gaveston announces he wants to keep about him and the king?

5. Which noble does Isabella enlist to be her advocate among the others in Scene 4?

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