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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Which noble resolves to murder Gaveston personally on his way to see Edward?
(a) Warwick.
(b) Lancaster.
(c) Mortimer Junior.
(d) Pembroke.

4. Which of the nobles is a citizen of Wales?
(a) Mortimer Junior.
(b) Warwick.
(c) Lancaster.
(d) Pembroke.

5. Who is the first noble that Edward publicly forgives after Gaveston is repealed in Scene 4?
(a) Pembroke.
(b) Warwick.
(c) Mortimer Senior.
(d) Lancaster.

6. What does Baldock protest he despises about the court?
(a) Deception.
(b) Pomp.
(c) Formality.
(d) Hypocrisy.

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

8. What does Mortimer Junior threaten to do if Gaveston return to England?
(a) Rise up in revolt.
(b) Refuse to fight for Edward.
(c) Kill Gaveston.
(d) Leave England.

9. With whom does Edward accuse Isabella of being too familiar?
(a) Gaveston.
(b) Mortimer Junior.
(c) Kent.
(d) Lancaster.

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

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

12. What city does Gaveston declare that he loves as he would Elysium?
(a) Rome.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

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

14. At the beginning of Scene 3, how does Edward direct his and and Gaveston's departure?
(a) Gaveston by sea; Edward by land.
(b) Gaveston by land; Edward by sea.
(c) Both by land.
(d) Both by sea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Edward send Gaveston for banishment?

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

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

4. Where does Lady Margaret put the letter after she has read it in Scene 1?

5. What does Isabella decide to do when Mortimer Junior leaves in Scene 3?

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