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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What announcement has Spencer Junior recently made in Scene 3?
(a) A reward for Mortimer's capture.
(b) A festival to be held in Edward's honor.
(c) An amnesty for lords who took up arms and retreated.
(d) A general curfew for the northern towns.

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

4. In whose name does Leicester arrest Baldock and Spencer Junior?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) God.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Edward III.

5. What employment does Mortimer give Rice Ap Howell at the end of Scene 5?
(a) Spying on Kent.
(b) Readying the castle for Isabella's arrival.
(c) Beheading Spencer Senior.
(d) Pursuing Edward.

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

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

8. 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 crown no longer fits.
(c) They do not tremble.
(d) The nobles weep.

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

10. On the field of battle in Scene 2, what does Lancaster tell Edward his flatterers will do?
(a) Use him.
(b) Become dependant on him.
(c) Weaken him.
(d) Betray him.

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

12. In his long speech regarding relinquishing his crown, how long does Edward beg Leicester and Winchester allow him to remain king?
(a) Until night.
(b) Until his death.
(c) For all eternity.
(d) Until Easter.

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

14. Which of Edwards warders is ordered to give up custody of the deposed king at the end of Scene 1?
(a) Liecester.
(b) Trussel.
(c) Winchester.
(d) Berkeley.

15. As he is taken captive, where does Kent protest the court is?
(a) London.
(b) Where the King is.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Where Isabella is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have Edward and his peers not arrived in Ireland?

2. What is the function of the room in Killingworth where Edward II is kept in Scene 5?

3. Which of the following promises is not one that Sir John makes to Kent and Mortimer in Scene 2?

4. What does Edward protest she should be given instead of a litter?

5. To whom does Edward say he will complain of the malefactions of Mortimer and Isabella?

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