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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edward swear to send Gaveston?
(a) Letters of love.
(b) Reports of his revenge.
(c) Fine clothes.
(d) Gold.

2. Against what enemy has the Third Poor Man fought?
(a) The French.
(b) The Irish.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The Scots.

3. From whom is the letter that Lady Margaret carries with her in Scene 1?
(a) Gaveston.
(b) Edward.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) Isabella.

4. Whom does Edward send to fight the rebellious Scots in this scene?
(a) Mortimer Senior.
(b) Pembroke.
(c) Warwick.
(d) Lancaster.

5. What does Isabella decide to do when Mortimer Junior leaves in Scene 3?
(a) Stay at a nearby castle.
(b) Return to France.
(c) Go to King Edward.
(d) Go with Mortimer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Gaveston declare that he loves as he would Elysium?

2. What does Edward protest he will use to sign the writ of banishment?

3. Which noble resolves to murder Gaveston personally on his way to see Edward?

4. Which of the following is not a figure that Mortimer Senior cites in describing great men with obsessive companions?

5. After Gaveston is carried off in Scene 4, what does Edward say stops his speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Isabella greet the victory of Scene 5?

2. How are the nobles and Edward at odds in the first scene in the play?

3. Who is Lady Margaret?

4. What is Mortimer's plan regarding Edward III?

5. What is Warwick's plan at the end of Scene 5?

6. Describe the private pleading Mortimer Junior and Lancaster make to Edward.

7. How is Kent's attitude toward Mortimer and Isabella changing in this scene?

8. Describe Edward and Gaveston's parting in Scene 4.

9. To what extent is Mortimer's pride getting the best of him in Scene 4?

10. What plan have the nobles mad by the end of Scene 2?

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