View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Edward protest he will use to sign the writ of banishment?
(a) Bile.
(b) Ink.
(c) Blood.
(d) Tears.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who exits with Gaveston guarded in Scene 4?

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

3. According to Lancaster in Scene 4, where is the only place that Gaveston is safe?

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

5. Where is Isabella headed when Mortimer halts her in Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 200 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample