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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who exits with Gaveston guarded in Scene 4?
(a) Isabella.
(b) Coventry.
(c) Edward.
(d) Kent.

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

3. Which of the following items is not one that Lightborn requires of Matrevis and Gurney?
(a) A bed.
(b) A table.
(c) Shackles.
(d) A spit.

4. Which of the following nobles speaks in defense of Edward in Scene 1?
(a) Mortimer Senior.
(b) Lancaster.
(c) Kent.
(d) Warwick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edward III decide to do with Isabella at the end of the play?

2. Which of the following is not a figure that Mortimer Senior cites in describing great men with obsessive companions?

3. What present role does Spencer Junior tell Baldock her must cast off to come to court?

4. What does Edward protest she should be given instead of a litter?

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

(see the answer key)

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