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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lancaster intend to do with the writ of banishment after Edward signs it?
(a) Frame it.
(b) Publish it.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Deliver it to Gaveston personally.

2. Who is not with King Edward in Scene 5?
(a) Kent.
(b) Spencer Senior.
(c) Baldock.
(d) Spencer Junior.

3. Which of the following nobles speaks in defense of Edward in Scene 1?
(a) Lancaster.
(b) Warwick.
(c) Kent.
(d) Mortimer Senior.

4. To whom does Edward say he will complain of the malefactions of Mortimer and Isabella?
(a) To France.
(b) To the legions of hell.
(c) To the gods.
(d) To his dead servants.

5. Which of the following is net an earldom that Lancaster holds?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Derby.
(c) Kent.
(d) Leicester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following men is not a group that Gaveston announces he wants to keep about him and the king?

2. What does Isabella resolve to do in Scene 2 rather than be the cause of unrest?

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

4. What does Edward protest he will use to sign the writ of banishment?

5. Whose entreaty finally convinces Edward to relinquish his crown?

(see the answer key)

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