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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Isabella resolve to do in Scene 2 rather than be the cause of unrest?
(a) Return to France.
(b) Live a melancholy life.
(c) Poison Gaveston in secret.
(d) Have an affair in secret.

3. What noble rank has Gaveston been given by Scene 2?
(a) Knight.
(b) Baron.
(c) Duke.
(d) Earl.

4. Which of the following is not a figure that Mortimer Senior cites in describing great men with obsessive companions?
(a) Alexander
(b) Nero
(c) Achilles
(d) Socrates

5. What does Edward protest he will use to sign the writ of banishment?
(a) Blood.
(b) Ink.
(c) Tears.
(d) Bile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Spencer and Baldock served what newly-deceased lord?

2. Where does Edward send Gaveston for banishment?

3. Which vice does Mortimer Junior say is the "venom" that Gaveston has brought to the realm (I.ii.31)?

4. What skill does the first poor man who approaches Gaveston for preferment possess?

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

(see the answer key)

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