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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose company do the nobles demand that Edward forsake through the Herald in Scene 1?
(a) Gaveston.
(b) Spencer Senior.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Spencer Junior.

3. In Scene 1, what position does Edward beg his captors not to allow Mortimer Junior to hold?
(a) Protector of Edward III.
(b) Husband to his widowed Queen.
(c) King of England.
(d) Lord Chamberlain.

4. How many different ways can Mortimer's Latin death order be read?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

5. Who does Edward want to accompany Isabella on her journey to France?
(a) Mortimer Junior.
(b) Spencer Senior.
(c) Edward III.
(d) Levune.

6. What is the function of the room in Killingworth where Edward II is kept in Scene 5?
(a) A chapel.
(b) A sewer.
(c) A stable.
(d) A banquet hall.

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

8. At the closing of Edward's revenge pledge in Scene 1, whom does he adopt and bestow titles?
(a) Arundel.
(b) Pembroke.
(c) Spencer Senior.
(d) Spencer Junior.

9. How does the Earl of Kent refer to his brother Edward in Scene 1?
(a) A butcher.
(b) A fool.
(c) A despot.
(d) A ghost.

10. Which nobles' deaths does Mortimer confirm in his report to Isabella in Scene 2?
(a) Warwick and Lancaster.
(b) Lancaster and Mortimer Senior.
(c) Mortimer Senior and Pembroke.
(d) Pembroke and Canterbury.

11. From whom is the letter that Edward receives in Scene 3?
(a) Mortimer Junior.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Valois.
(d) Levune.

12. Who tries to stop Mortimer from having Kent executed in Scene 4?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Edward III.
(c) Leicester.
(d) Isabella.

13. According to Arundel's story in Scene 1, how did Warwick kill Gaveston?
(a) He hanged him.
(b) He made him drink poison.
(c) He beheaded him.
(d) He ran hom through with his sword.

14. Which noble does Edward consign to the Tower in Scene 3?
(a) Pembroke.
(b) Lancaster.
(c) Mortimer Junior.
(d) Warwick.

15. Why does Isabella state she feels some sadness after the battle?
(a) She grieves Edward's misfortune.
(b) She bemoans England's woes.
(c) She cannot stand the carnage.
(d) She fears Kent's possible betrayal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Mortimer's soliloquy in Scene 4, who does he say commands him?

2. Of what is the abbot assuring Edward at the beginning of the scene?

3. Mortimer has arranged a horse for Lightborn at points how many miles apart?

4. What does the Mower request in the last moment of the scene?

5. On the field of battle in Scene 2, what does Lancaster tell Edward his flatterers will do?

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