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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following nobles does not leave with King Edward in this scene?
(a) Gaveston.
(b) Pembroke.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Kent.

2. How does Pembroke refer to Isabella when the nobles reenter in Scene 4?
(a) A saint.
(b) A child.
(c) A weakling.
(d) A harlot.

3. What does Mortimer Junior fear regarding Gaveston in Ireland?
(a) He will incite popular unrest.
(b) He will build an army there.
(c) He will die of consumption.
(d) He will send assassin to England for them.

4. What new honor does Edward give Mortimer Junior in thanks for Gaveston's return?
(a) Lord Marshall.
(b) Royal Secretary.
(c) Lord Chamberlain.
(d) Duke of Cornwall.

5. What event does Edward plan for Gaveston's return?
(a) A masque.
(b) A military display.
(c) A May fair.
(d) A joust.

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

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

8. According to the nobles in seem to, how is Gaveston normally positioned with the King in court?
(a) Kneeling by his side.
(b) Seated at his left.
(c) Lying on his lap.
(d) Leaning on his shoulder.

9. Where is the Bishop of Coventry at the beginning of Scene 2?
(a) In Rome.
(b) In France.
(c) Buried.
(d) In the Tower.

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

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

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

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

14. According to Mortimer Junior, who is aiding the Scots?
(a) The French.
(b) The Welsh.
(c) The Italians.
(d) The Irish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what bird does Edward compare the nobles after they exit in Scene 2?

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

3. What city does Gaveston declare that he loves as he would Elysium?

4. What skill does the first poor man who approaches Gaveston for preferment possess?

5. According to Mortimer Junior, what do the Mortimers never do?

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