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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Edward give Lightborn before he is murdered?
(a) A jewel.
(b) A kiss.
(c) A letter.
(d) His robe.

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

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

5. From whom does Lightborn say he was sent when he greets Edward II?
(a) Kent.
(b) Satan.
(c) Mortimer Junior.
(d) Isabella.

6. At the beginning of the scene, for what the only thing that Edward longs?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Death.
(d) Power.

7. In what Italian town did Lightborn learn his deadly craft?
(a) Florence.
(b) Malfi.
(c) Naples.
(d) Rome.

8. Which of the following allies does Mortimer intend to have killed after Edward II is dead?
(a) Matrevis.
(b) Winchester.
(c) Lightborn.
(d) Isabella.

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

10. How does Lightborn die at the end of Scene 5?
(a) Gurney kills him.
(b) Matrevis kills him.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He kills himself.

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

12. Who is the "gloomy fellow" Spencer mentions in Scene 5 (IV.vi.29)?
(a) Rice Ap Howell.
(b) Leicester.
(c) The Abbot.
(d) The Mower.

13. What do Matrevis and Gurney use to wash Edward's face in Scene 3?
(a) Edward's own blood.
(b) A puddle.
(c) Wine.
(d) Their spittle.

14. What does the Mower request in the last moment of the scene?
(a) Transport.
(b) Payment.
(c) Reprieve.
(d) Absolution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 1, what position does Edward beg his captors not to allow Mortimer Junior to hold?

2. What does Edward III want to do at the beginning of Scene 2?

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

4. Which of Edwards warders is ordered to give up custody of the deposed king at the end of Scene 1?

5. What is related on the paper that Spencer Junior reads at the beginning of Scene 3?

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