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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Spencer and Baldock served what newly-deceased lord?
(a) Leicester.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) Durham.

2. Which of the following nobles does not leave with King Edward in this scene?
(a) Kent.
(b) Gaveston.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Pembroke.

3. What covert act must a gentleman occasionally enact, according to Spencer Junior?
(a) Poisoning.
(b) Stabbing.
(c) Carousing.
(d) Seducing.

4. Whose death is announced in the first moment of the play?
(a) Isabella.
(b) Edward II.
(c) Edward I.
(d) Edward III.

5. What new honor does Edward give Mortimer Junior in thanks for Gaveston's return?
(a) Lord Marshall.
(b) Royal Secretary.
(c) Lord Chamberlain.
(d) Duke of Cornwall.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lancaster in Scene 4, where is the only place that Gaveston is safe?

2. Who exits with Gaveston guarded in Scene 4?

3. Which of the following outrages is not one that his befallen the Bishop of Coventry?

4. Of what relation are the two Mortimers?

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

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