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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Isabella state she feels some sadness after the battle?
(a) She fears Kent's possible betrayal.
(b) She bemoans England's woes.
(c) She grieves Edward's misfortune.
(d) She cannot stand the carnage.

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

3. In Mortimer's soliloquy in Scene 4, who does he say commands him?
(a) The devil.
(b) Edward III.
(c) No one.
(d) Isabella.

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

5. According to Baldock at the end of Scene 6, why do all men live?
(a) To be glad.
(b) To die.
(c) To strive.
(d) To suffer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nobles' deaths does Mortimer confirm in his report to Isabella in Scene 2?

2. On the field of battle in Scene 2, what does Lancaster tell Edward his flatterers will do?

3. Whose company do the nobles demand that Edward forsake through the Herald in Scene 1?

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

5. What is related on the paper that Spencer Junior reads at the beginning of Scene 3?

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