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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who swears to protect Edward III at the end of Scene 4?
(a) Kent.
(b) His Champion.
(c) Mortimer Junior.
(d) Isabella.

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

4. What word does Kent protest that he will not use to address Edward II?
(a) Highness.
(b) Brother.
(c) King.
(d) Lord.

5. What is related on the paper that Spencer Junior reads at the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) The nobles that have been executed.
(b) An inventory of lands that Edward has seized.
(c) The foreign powers that have lent men to Edward's campaign.
(d) The lords that are fled to France.

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

7. In Act 3, Scene 1, what does Spencer Junior recommend Edward do with the rebellious nobles?
(a) Behead them.
(b) Make peace with them.
(c) Banish them.
(d) Buy them off.

8. What is Edward's mother's name?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Jane.
(c) Alais.
(d) Samantha.

9. What information about Isabella does Kent reveal in his soliloquy in Scene 5?
(a) She is in love with Mortimer.
(b) She has died in the battle.
(c) She intends to return to France for the remainder of her life.
(d) She detests her son by Edward.

10. Of what is the abbot assuring Edward at the beginning of the scene?
(a) Edward is the rghtful heir to the throne of England.
(b) God protects the righteous.
(c) He will not admit any of Edward's enemies.
(d) He will soon regain his throne.

11. According to Baldock at the end of Scene 6, why do all men live?
(a) To be glad.
(b) To suffer.
(c) To die.
(d) To strive.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose company do the nobles demand that Edward forsake through the Herald in Scene 1?

2. In the beginning of Act 5, which of Edward's possessions does he claim Mortimer defiles?

3. Which king does Warwick promise Gaveston will soon meet before killing him?

4. What announcement has Spencer Junior recently made in Scene 3?

5. At the beginning of the scene, for what the only thing that Edward longs?

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