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

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

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

4. Against what enemy has the Third Poor Man fought?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) The Scots.
(c) The French.
(d) The Irish.

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

6. Spencer and Baldock served what newly-deceased lord?
(a) Leicester.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) Durham.

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

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

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

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

11. With what does Edward threaten Mortimer Junior after the brawl of Scene 2?
(a) Banishment from the court.
(b) Imprisonment in the Tower.
(c) Drawing and quartering.
(d) Loss of his titles and land.

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

13. To which of the following items does Mortimer compare the king in his jousting crest?
(a) A cedar tree.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A lion.
(d) A flying fish.

14. Whom does Edward send to fight the rebellious Scots in this scene?
(a) Warwick.
(b) Pembroke.
(c) Lancaster.
(d) Mortimer Senior.

15. Who volunteers to shelter the nobles at the end of Scene 2?
(a) The King of France.
(b) Lancaster.
(c) Isabella.
(d) The Bishop of Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what two forms of execution do the nobles argue regarding Gaveston in Scene 4?

2. To whom is the Bishop of Canterbury writing in Scene 2?

3. What does Edward swear to send Gaveston?

4. Which of the following nobles does not leave with King Edward in this scene?

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

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