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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What land's ship do the nobles take to pursue Gaveston at the end of Scene 3?
(a) Denmark.
(b) France.
(c) Flanders.
(d) Ireland.

2. From whom is the letter that Edward receives in Scene 3?
(a) Levune.
(b) Mortimer Junior.
(c) Valois.
(d) Isabella.

3. Why can Edward not commit Mortimer Junior to the Tower?
(a) Isabella loves him.
(b) The Tower is already full.
(c) He has a strong retinue of men.
(d) The people love him.

4. At the closing of Edward's revenge pledge in Scene 1, whom does he adopt and bestow titles?
(a) Pembroke.
(b) Spencer Senior.
(c) Arundel.
(d) Spencer Junior.

5. What announcement has Spencer Junior recently made in Scene 3?
(a) A festival to be held in Edward's honor.
(b) An amnesty for lords who took up arms and retreated.
(c) A reward for Mortimer's capture.
(d) A general curfew for the northern towns.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Earl of Kent refer to his brother Edward in Scene 1?

2. Which Lord does Spencer Junior specifically say does not want to serve?

3. According to Arundel's story in Scene 1, how did Warwick kill Gaveston?

4. In Edward's soliloquy after the nobles leave in Scene 4, whom does he long to kill?

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

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