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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Edward's body does he chastise Gaveston not to kiss?
(a) His lips.
(b) His hand.
(c) His feet.
(d) His neck.

2. What does Edward swear to send Gaveston?
(a) Gold.
(b) Reports of his revenge.
(c) Letters of love.
(d) Fine clothes.

3. Where is Lady Margaret ordered to go in her second letter?
(a) To court.
(b) To France.
(c) To Parliament.
(d) To Ireland.

4. What does Isabella resolve to do in Scene 2 rather than be the cause of unrest?
(a) Have an affair in secret.
(b) Return to France.
(c) Poison Gaveston in secret.
(d) Live a melancholy life.

5. What does Lancaster intend to do with the writ of banishment after Edward signs it?
(a) Frame it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Publish it.
(d) Deliver it to Gaveston personally.

6. When Isabella entreats Lancaster for Gaveston's return, what is the only situation that Lancaster says will bring Gaveston back?
(a) A miracle.
(b) A new king's accession.
(c) A shipwreck.
(d) A war.

7. Which two nobles go to Newcastle to muster troops?
(a) Mortimer Junior and Warwick.
(b) Warwick and Pembroke.
(c) Pembroke and Lancaster.
(d) Lancaster and Mortimer Junior.

8. Which of the following is not a figure that Mortimer Senior cites in describing great men with obsessive companions?
(a) Socrates
(b) Achilles
(c) Nero
(d) Alexander

9. Which of the following is net an earldom that Lancaster holds?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Kent.
(c) Derby.
(d) Leicester.

10. Which Lord does Spencer Junior claim once much preferred him?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) Gaveston.
(c) Edward.
(d) Canterbury.

11. At the beginning of the scene, Mortimer Junior brings news that what country is invading Normandy?
(a) Norway.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

12. What are the nobles doing with the writ of exile at the beginning of Scene 4?
(a) Signing it.
(b) Sealing it.
(c) Drafting it.
(d) Burning it.

13. What his happened to Mortimer Senior in Scotland?
(a) He has killed the Scottish commander.
(b) He has retreated fromt he field.
(c) He has been taken prisoner.
(d) He has been slain.

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

15. Which vice does Mortimer Junior say is the "venom" that Gaveston has brought to the realm (I.ii.31)?
(a) Ambitious pride.
(b) Unnatural lust.
(c) Luxurious indolence.
(d) Common scorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does Isabella tell Moritmer are her hands sore in Scene 3?

2. Which of the nobles wounds Gaveston in this scene?

3. With whom does Edward accuse Isabella of being too familiar?

4. Which of the nobles is a citizen of Wales?

5. Which noble does Isabella enlist to be her advocate among the others in Scene 4?

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