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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who volunteers to shelter the nobles at the end of Scene 2?
(a) Isabella.
(b) Lancaster.
(c) The King of France.
(d) The Bishop of Canterbury.

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

3. Where is the Bishop of Coventry at the beginning of Scene 2?
(a) In the Tower.
(b) In France.
(c) Buried.
(d) In Rome.

4. Whose death is announced in the first moment of the play?
(a) Edward III.
(b) Edward II.
(c) Edward I.
(d) Isabella.

5. What new honor does Edward give Mortimer Junior in thanks for Gaveston's return?
(a) Lord Marshall.
(b) Lord Chamberlain.
(c) Duke of Cornwall.
(d) Royal Secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mortimer Junior fear regarding Gaveston in Ireland?

2. Unto whom does Pembroke entrust Gaveston at the end of Scene 4?

3. Where does Edward send Gaveston for banishment?

4. Of what relation are the two Mortimers?

5. At the beginning of the scene, Mortimer Junior brings news that what country is invading Normandy?

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