View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scenes 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabella wish would happen to Gaveston at the end of Scene 3?
(a) He be shipwrecked.
(b) He be slain.
(c) He he taken prisoner.
(d) He be returned to Ireland.

2. What present role does Spencer Junior tell Baldock her must cast off to come to court?
(a) Pander.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Scholar.

3. Why does Mortimer say Gaveston will be more fearful of the nobles on his return to England?
(a) He will fear violent reprisal from them.
(b) He will feel immense gratitude toward them.
(c) He will know they can banish him again.
(d) He will be publicly shamed.

4. Over what two forms of execution do the nobles argue regarding Gaveston in Scene 4?
(a) Burning and quartering.
(b) Beheading and burning.
(c) Hanging and beheading.
(d) Quartering and hanging.

5. To what mythical figure does Lancaster compare Gaveston in Scene 4?
(a) Helen.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Medusa.
(d) Cassandra.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following nobles does not leave with King Edward in this scene?

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

5. What does Edward swear to send Gaveston?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample