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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Isabella headed when Mortimer halts her in Scene 2?
(a) Her stables.
(b) The forest.
(c) France.
(d) Durham.

3. After Gaveston is carried off in Scene 4, what does Edward say stops his speech?
(a) Exasperration.
(b) Despair.
(c) Defeat.
(d) Fury.

4. What covert act must a gentleman occasionally enact, according to Spencer Junior?
(a) Poisoning.
(b) Carousing.
(c) Seducing.
(d) Stabbing.

5. Of what relation are the two Mortimers?
(a) They are not related.
(b) Senior is the older brother of Junior.
(c) Senior is uncle to Junior.
(d) Senior is the father of Junior.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Scene 1, whom does Edward depose in vengeance of his part in Gaveston's exile?

2. Whose death is announced in the first moment of the play?

3. Who do Lancaster and Mortimer say no longer inhabits the court?

4. According to the nobles in seem to, how is Gaveston normally positioned with the King in court?

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

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