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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. Who is updating Gaveston on recent events in Scene 3?
(a) Mortimer Junior.
(b) Kent.
(c) Edward.
(d) Canterbury.

2. Over what two forms of execution do the nobles argue regarding Gaveston in Scene 4?
(a) Beheading and burning.
(b) Hanging and beheading.
(c) Burning and quartering.
(d) Quartering and hanging.

3. Which noble resolves to murder Gaveston personally on his way to see Edward?
(a) Pembroke.
(b) Warwick.
(c) Mortimer Junior.
(d) Lancaster.

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

5. Which of the nobles is a citizen of Wales?
(a) Warwick.
(b) Mortimer Junior.
(c) Lancaster.
(d) Pembroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baldock exit in Scene 1?

2. Who finally promises to accompany Gaveston on his journey to Edward?

3. In Edward's soliloquy after the nobles leave in Scene 4, whom does he long to kill?

4. What does Isabella wish would happen to Gaveston at the end of Scene 3?

5. Which of the following is net an earldom that Lancaster holds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sir John of Hainault offer the English exiles?

2. How does Edward react to Leicester's departure?

3. What is Edward's state of mind in Scene 5?

4. Describe Lightborn.

5. Why does Edward part from Gaveston in Scene 4?

6. Why is Isabella distraught in Scene 2?

7. Describe Isabella's and Edward III's reception in France.

8. How is Edward III caught between Kent and Mortimer at the end of Scene 2?

9. How does Rice Ap Howell track down Edward?

10. How is Edward dealing with Mortimer's escape?

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