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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Edward's body does he chastise Gaveston not to kiss?
(a) His hand.
(b) His neck.
(c) His lips.
(d) His feet.

2. What skill does the first poor man who approaches Gaveston for preferment possess?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Riding.
(d) Soldiery.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Isabella wish would happen to Gaveston at the end of Scene 3?
(a) He be slain.
(b) He be shipwrecked.
(c) He he taken prisoner.
(d) He be returned to Ireland.

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

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

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

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

12. In Edward's soliloquy after the nobles leave in Scene 4, whom does he long to kill?
(a) Isabella.
(b) Mortimer Junior.
(c) Priests.
(d) All nobles.

13. Who do Lancaster and Mortimer say no longer inhabits the court?
(a) Knights.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Peers.
(d) Foriegn dignitaries.

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

15. How does Mortimer Junior characterize Gaveston in Scene 4?
(a) A murderer.
(b) A whore.
(c) A thief.
(d) A pander.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Edward threaten Mortimer Junior after the brawl of Scene 2?

2. Who volunteers to shelter the nobles at the end of Scene 2?

3. What does Isabella resolve to do in Scene 2 rather than be the cause of unrest?

4. What does Edward swear to send Gaveston?

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

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