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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Mortimer interrupt Isabella in Scene 4?
(a) He fears the army does not understand her meaning.
(b) He must profess his love for her.
(c) The battle must commence.
(d) Her speech is too passionate.

3. What does Edward II intend to do as his armies are being defeated?
(a) Fly to Ireland.
(b) Go into hiding in Wales.
(c) Stay and die in the field.
(d) Surrender to Isabella and Mortimer.

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

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

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

7. Which noble does Edward immediately banish from his presence in the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) Warwick.
(b) Kent.
(c) Lancaster.
(d) Mortimer Junior.

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

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

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

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

12. In Scene 6, what name does Edward refuse to hear spoken?
(a) Valois.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) Gaveston.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Matrevis in the beginning of Scene 3, men are meant to live in what?

2. In whose name does Leicester arrest Baldock and Spencer Junior?

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

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

5. What does Edward offer to Leicester in place of Baldock and Spencer Junior?

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