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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Baldock exit in Scene 1?
(a) To carouse in town.
(b) To attend his Lord's funeral.
(c) To draft a letter to Gaveston.
(d) To call Lady Margaret's coach.

2. What covert act must a gentleman occasionally enact, according to Spencer Junior?
(a) Stabbing.
(b) Seducing.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Carousing.

3. Who of Spencer's relations is Gaveston's lover?
(a) His nephew.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His cousin.

4. According to Lancaster in Scene 4, where is the only place that Gaveston is safe?
(a) At Edward's side.
(b) In Hell.
(c) In the Tower.
(d) In France.

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

6. What noble rank has Gaveston been given by Scene 2?
(a) Duke.
(b) Knight.
(c) Baron.
(d) Earl.

7. Who is updating Gaveston on recent events in Scene 3?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Edward.
(c) Kent.
(d) Mortimer Junior.

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

9. What entreaty does Mortimer Junior make to Edward when they enter in Scene 1?
(a) Hold a full funeral for his father.
(b) Spend less of the community purse on revels.
(c) Increase pay to the troops.
(d) Hate Gaveston.

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

11. From whom is the letter that Lady Margaret carries with her in Scene 1?
(a) Isabella.
(b) Mortimer.
(c) Edward.
(d) Gaveston.

12. According to Mortimer Junior, what do the Mortimers never do?
(a) Deceive.
(b) Fail.
(c) Die.
(d) Beg.

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

14. Which of the following outrages is not one that his befallen the Bishop of Coventry?
(a) He has been sodomized.
(b) He has been stripped of his property.
(c) His garments have been torn.
(d) He has been manhandled.

15. Which Lord does Spencer Junior specifically say does not want to serve?
(a) Lancaster.
(b) Kent.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) Gavenston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Bishop of Coventry at the beginning of Scene 2?

2. According to Mortimer Junior, who is aiding the Scots?

3. According to the nobles in seem to, how is Gaveston normally positioned with the King in court?

4. How does Mortimer Junior characterize Gaveston in Scene 4?

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

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