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

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

3. What does Lancaster intend to do with the writ of banishment after Edward signs it?
(a) Deliver it to Gaveston personally.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Frame it.
(d) Publish it.

4. Which vice does Mortimer Junior say is the "venom" that Gaveston has brought to the realm (I.ii.31)?
(a) Unnatural lust.
(b) Ambitious pride.
(c) Common scorn.
(d) Luxurious indolence.

5. Who is updating Gaveston on recent events in Scene 3?
(a) Mortimer Junior.
(b) Edward.
(c) Kent.
(d) Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what relation are the two Mortimers?

2. How does Pembroke refer to Isabella when the nobles reenter in Scene 4?

3. What does Edward swear to send Gaveston?

4. What noble rank has Gaveston been given by Scene 2?

5. What event does Edward plan for Gaveston's return?

(see the answer key)

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