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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Edward send Gaveston for banishment?
(a) Norway.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

2. What land's ship do the nobles take to pursue Gaveston at the end of Scene 3?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Denmark.
(c) France.
(d) Flanders.

3. What present role does Spencer Junior tell Baldock her must cast off to come to court?
(a) Pander.
(b) Scholar.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Surgeon.

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

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

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

7. Which of the following men is not a group that Gaveston announces he wants to keep about him and the king?
(a) Poets.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Wits.
(d) Prostitutes.

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 Who is the first noble that Edward publicly forgives after Gaveston is repealed in Scene 4?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

9. Of what relation are the two Mortimers?
(a) They are not related.
(b) Senior is uncle to Junior.
(c) Senior is the father of Junior.
(d) Senior is the older brother of Junior.

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

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

12. 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) He has been manhandled.
(d) His garments have been torn.

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

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

15. What does Isabella decide to do when Mortimer Junior leaves in Scene 3?
(a) Go with Mortimer.
(b) Go to King Edward.
(c) Stay at a nearby castle.
(d) Return to France.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom is the letter that Lady Margaret carries with her in Scene 1?

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

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

4. Why does Mortimer say Gaveston will be more fearful of the nobles on his return to England?

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

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