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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom is the letter that Lady Margaret carries with her in Scene 1?
(a) Gaveston.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) Edward.

2. From what does Isabella tell Moritmer are her hands sore in Scene 3?
(a) Haling Edward.
(b) Battling with her heart.
(c) Beating her breast.
(d) Holding her lord.

3. Who is the first noble that Edward publicly forgives after Gaveston is repealed in Scene 4?
(a) Warwick.
(b) Mortimer Senior.
(c) Pembroke.
(d) Lancaster.

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

5. What land's ship do the nobles take to pursue Gaveston at the end of Scene 3?
(a) France.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Flanders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Lancaster and Mortimer say no longer inhabits the court?

2. To what bird does Edward compare the nobles after they exit in Scene 2?

3. Over what two forms of execution do the nobles argue regarding Gaveston in Scene 4?

4. At the beginning of the scene, Mortimer Junior brings news that what country is invading Normandy?

5. At the end of Scene 1, whom does Edward depose in vengeance of his part in Gaveston's exile?

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