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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabella decide to do when Mortimer Junior leaves in Scene 3?
(a) Go with Mortimer.
(b) Return to France.
(c) Stay at a nearby castle.
(d) Go to King Edward.

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

3. According to the nobles in seem to, how is Gaveston normally positioned with the King in court?
(a) Leaning on his shoulder.
(b) Seated at his left.
(c) Kneeling by his side.
(d) Lying on his lap.

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

5. Against what enemy has the Third Poor Man fought?
(a) The Scots.
(b) The Irish.
(c) The French.
(d) The Spanish.

6. What event does Edward plan for Gaveston's return?
(a) A May fair.
(b) A military display.
(c) A masque.
(d) A joust.

7. At the end of Scene 1, whom does Edward depose in vengeance of his part in Gaveston's exile?
(a) The Duke of Warwick.
(b) The Bishop of Coventry.
(c) The Earl of Lancaster.
(d) Mortimer Junior.

8. To what smith's implement does Edward compare his heart upon his return from seeing Gaveston off?
(a) A hammer.
(b) An anvil.
(c) A clamp.
(d) A fire pit.

9. Which noble resolves to murder Gaveston personally on his way to see Edward?
(a) Pembroke.
(b) Mortimer Junior.
(c) Warwick.
(d) Lancaster.

10. Over what two forms of execution do the nobles argue regarding Gaveston in Scene 4?
(a) Hanging and beheading.
(b) Quartering and hanging.
(c) Beheading and burning.
(d) Burning and quartering.

11. Where does Lady Margaret put the letter after she has read it in Scene 1?
(a) In her Bible.
(b) In Spencer's hands.
(c) Against her breast.
(d) In the brook.

12. What part of Edward's body does he chastise Gaveston not to kiss?
(a) His lips.
(b) His hand.
(c) His neck.
(d) His feet.

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

14. With what title do Spencer and Margaret refer to Gaveston throughout Scene 1?
(a) Lord of Man
(b) Lord Chamberlain
(c) Royal Secretary
(d) Cornwall

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is net an earldom that Lancaster holds?

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

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

4. What his happened to Mortimer Senior in Scotland?

5. Where does Edward send Gaveston for banishment?

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