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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a figure that Mortimer Senior cites in describing great men with obsessive companions?
(a) Socrates
(b) Nero
(c) Achilles
(d) Alexander

3. At the beginning of Scene 3, how does Edward direct his and and Gaveston's departure?
(a) Gaveston by sea; Edward by land.
(b) Gaveston by land; Edward by sea.
(c) Both by sea.
(d) Both by land.

4. Why does Mortimer say Gaveston will be more fearful of the nobles on his return to England?
(a) He will be publicly shamed.
(b) He will know they can banish him again.
(c) He will feel immense gratitude toward them.
(d) He will fear violent reprisal from them.

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

6. Who finally promises to accompany Gaveston on his journey to Edward?
(a) Pembroke.
(b) Mortimer Junior.
(c) Warwick.
(d) Lancaster.

7. What does Isabella wish would happen to Gaveston at the end of Scene 3?
(a) He be returned to Ireland.
(b) He be slain.
(c) He be shipwrecked.
(d) He he taken prisoner.

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

9. Whom does Edward send to fight the rebellious Scots in this scene?
(a) Mortimer Senior.
(b) Warwick.
(c) Pembroke.
(d) Lancaster.

10. After Gaveston is carried off in Scene 4, what does Edward say stops his speech?
(a) Exasperration.
(b) Despair.
(c) Defeat.
(d) Fury.

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

12. Which Lord does Spencer Junior specifically say does not want to serve?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) Kent.
(c) Lancaster.
(d) Gavenston.

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

14. To what mythical figure does Lancaster compare Gaveston in Scene 4?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Helen.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Medusa.

15. Which of the nobles wounds Gaveston in this scene?
(a) Mortimer Junior.
(b) Pembroke.
(c) Warwick.
(d) Lancaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following nobles does not leave with King Edward in this scene?

2. What has Mortimer resolved to do to Gaveston by the end of Scene 2?

3. With what title do Spencer and Margaret refer to Gaveston throughout Scene 1?

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

5. With what does Edward threaten Mortimer Junior after the brawl of Scene 2?

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