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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 items is not one that Lightborn requires of Matrevis and Gurney?
(a) A bed.
(b) A table.
(c) Shackles.
(d) A spit.

2. Which king does Warwick promise Gaveston will soon meet before killing him?
(a) The King of Worms.
(b) King Edward II.
(c) The King of Heaven.
(d) King Edward I.

3. To whom does Edward say he will complain of the malefactions of Mortimer and Isabella?
(a) To the gods.
(b) To France.
(c) To his dead servants.
(d) To the legions of hell.

4. What shocks Edward as he wears the crown and shouts orders at Winchester and Leicester in Scene 1?
(a) His voice continually breaks.
(b) The nobles weep.
(c) They do not tremble.
(d) The crown no longer fits.

5. What disaster does Mortimer wish befalls the King in his passage?
(a) Still wind.
(b) Cyclone.
(c) Whirlwind.
(d) Hailstorm.

6. What does Edward expect the next news he receives to be?
(a) His son is in the Tower.
(b) Mortimer is made King.
(c) Kent has been executed.
(d) He must die.

7. With what natural image does Kent characterize the vengeance he must face for betraying his brother?
(a) Fire.
(b) Stones.
(c) Rain.
(d) Buzzards.

8. In Scene 6, what name does Edward refuse to hear spoken?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Gaveston.
(d) Valois.

9. The Mayor of which city arrives in Scene 5 to present Spencer Senior to Isabella?
(a) Southampton.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Brimingham.
(d) Durham.

10. Why have Edward and his peers not arrived in Ireland?
(a) Edward refused to leave the island.
(b) A tempest forced them back.
(c) The lords of Ireland refused to accept them.
(d) Their ship was maliciously sunk.

11. To what town is Edward bound with Leicester at the end of the scene?
(a) Tottenham.
(b) Killingworth.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Lincoln.

12. What does Edward protest she should be given instead of a litter?
(a) A boat.
(b) A chariot.
(c) A hearse.
(d) A horse.

13. How does Leicester recommend Edward view Killingworth Castle at the beginning of the scene?
(a) As a ship.
(b) As a court.
(c) As his royal bed chamber.
(d) As heaven.

14. What does Edward offer to Leicester in place of Baldock and Spencer Junior?
(a) His heart.
(b) His purse.
(c) His crown.
(d) His soul.

15. To what animal does Edward compare himself in his response to Leicester's kind words?
(a) A hare.
(b) A deer.
(c) A lion.
(d) A serpent.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Lightborn say he was sent when he greets Edward II?

2. Whose presence in the approaching army grieved Edward in Scene 3?

3. Which noble does Edward consign to the Tower in Scene 3?

4. In Act 3, Scene 1, what does Spencer Junior recommend Edward do with the rebellious nobles?

5. In what Italian town did Lightborn learn his deadly craft?

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