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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mortimer Junior threaten to do if Gaveston return to England?
(a) Kill Gaveston.
(b) Refuse to fight for Edward.
(c) Leave England.
(d) Rise up in revolt.

2. Where is the Bishop of Coventry at the beginning of Scene 2?
(a) In Rome.
(b) Buried.
(c) In the Tower.
(d) In France.

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

4. Who volunteers to shelter the nobles at the end of Scene 2?
(a) Isabella.
(b) The Bishop of Canterbury.
(c) The King of France.
(d) Lancaster.

5. With whom does Edward accuse Isabella of being too familiar?
(a) Mortimer Junior.
(b) Kent.
(c) Gaveston.
(d) Lancaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the nobles in seem to, how is Gaveston normally positioned with the King in court?

2. What entreaty does Mortimer Junior make to Edward when they enter in Scene 1?

3. After Gaveston is carried off in Scene 4, what does Edward say stops his speech?

4. What does Warwick believe is the only mean the nobles have of challenging Gaveston?

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

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