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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. To what country does Spencer Junior order Levune to deliver large stores of English gold in Scene 3?
(a) Ireland.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italy.

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

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

9. Whose entreaty finally convinces Edward to relinquish his crown?
(a) Kent.
(b) Edward III.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Leicester.

10. In relinquishing his crown, what action does Edward refuse to take?
(a) Handing it to Winchester.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Saying the words.
(d) Weeping.

11. What offer does John of Hainault make Isabella and Edward III in Scene 2?
(a) A ship back to England.
(b) Shelter in France.
(c) His purse for their general comfort.
(d) A retinue of armed men.

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

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

14. For what destination are the King and his remaining counselors bound according to Rice Ap Howell?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Sweden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Spencer Junior state wills his and Baldock's arrest?

2. According to Isabella in Scene 4, whose country's men are not able to stay in England and fight Edward?

3. Which nobles' deaths does Mortimer confirm in his report to Isabella in Scene 2?

4. In Edward's pained lamenting in Scene 3, who among his executed friends does he not mention?

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

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