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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 Isabella wish would happen to Gaveston at the end of Scene 3?
(a) He be slain.
(b) He he taken prisoner.
(c) He be shipwrecked.
(d) He be returned to Ireland.

2. Who is the first noble that Edward publicly forgives after Gaveston is repealed in Scene 4?
(a) Pembroke.
(b) Warwick.
(c) Mortimer Senior.
(d) Lancaster.

3. To what smith's implement does Edward compare his heart upon his return from seeing Gaveston off?
(a) An anvil.
(b) A clamp.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A fire pit.

4. Who exits with Gaveston guarded in Scene 4?
(a) Coventry.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Kent.
(d) Edward.

5. How does Mortimer Junior characterize Gaveston in Scene 4?
(a) A murderer.
(b) A pander.
(c) A whore.
(d) A thief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baldock protest he despises about the court?

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

3. To what bird does Edward compare the nobles after they exit in Scene 2?

4. Which of the following men is not a group that Gaveston announces he wants to keep about him and the king?

5. Who do Lancaster and Mortimer say no longer inhabits the court?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Baldock's attitude toward the court?

2. Why does Edward agree to Gaveston's exile?

3. How does Rice Ap Howell track down Edward?

4. What plans does Gaveston upon returning from exile?

5. Why does Isabella want Edward dead?

6. What promises does Edward make to Isabella when she gives him the good news regarding Gaveston?

7. How do Edward and Gaveston react to Isabella's entrance in Scene 4?

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

9. What is the state of the Bishop of Coventry in Scene 2?

10. Who orders Kent's execution and how?

(see the answer keys)

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