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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scenes 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following promises is not one that Sir John makes to Kent and Mortimer in Scene 2?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Money.
(c) Friends.
(d) Arms.

2. What event does Edward plan for Gaveston's return?
(a) A May fair.
(b) A military display.
(c) A joust.
(d) A masque.

3. How does Pembroke refer to Isabella when the nobles reenter in Scene 4?
(a) A harlot.
(b) A saint.
(c) A weakling.
(d) A child.

4. Which of the following outrages is not one that his befallen the Bishop of Coventry?
(a) He has been manhandled.
(b) His garments have been torn.
(c) He has been stripped of his property.
(d) He has been sodomized.

5. What does Mortimer Junior fear regarding Gaveston in Ireland?
(a) He will send assassin to England for them.
(b) He will build an army there.
(c) He will incite popular unrest.
(d) He will die of consumption.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lady Margaret ordered to go in her second letter?

2. Which noble does Isabella enlist to be her advocate among the others in Scene 4?

3. How does Mortimer Junior characterize Gaveston in Scene 4?

4. Where does Lady Margaret put the letter after she has read it in Scene 1?

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

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