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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom is the letter that Edward receives in Scene 3?
(a) Valois.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Levune.
(d) Mortimer Junior.

2. What is related on the paper that Spencer Junior reads at the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) The foreign powers that have lent men to Edward's campaign.
(b) An inventory of lands that Edward has seized.
(c) The lords that are fled to France.
(d) The nobles that have been executed.

3. In whose name does Leicester arrest Baldock and Spencer Junior?
(a) God.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Mortimer.
(d) Edward III.

4. Where does Kent intend to travel in Scene 1?
(a) France.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Italy.
(d) Scotland.

5. In Act 3, Scene 1, what does Spencer Junior recommend Edward do with the rebellious nobles?
(a) Make peace with them.
(b) Banish them.
(c) Behead them.
(d) Buy them off.

6. In relinquishing his crown, what action does Edward refuse to take?
(a) Smiling.
(b) Handing it to Winchester.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Saying the words.

7. What does Spencer Junior state wills his and Baldock's arrest?
(a) Mortimer's faction.
(b) The devil.
(c) Fate.
(d) Heaven.

8. Into what does Edward will heaven turn his crown before he give it to Mortimer?
(a) A sword.
(b) A jester's cap.
(c) Poison.
(d) Fire.

9. In what Italian town did Lightborn learn his deadly craft?
(a) Florence.
(b) Rome.
(c) Naples.
(d) Malfi.

10. In Scene 6, what name does Edward refuse to hear spoken?
(a) Valois.
(b) Gaveston.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Mortimer.

11. According to Isabella in Scene 4, whose country's men are not able to stay in England and fight Edward?
(a) Italy.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Norway.
(d) Belgium.

12. According to Baldock at the end of Scene 6, why do all men live?
(a) To suffer.
(b) To strive.
(c) To die.
(d) To be glad.

13. How does the Earl of Kent refer to his brother Edward in Scene 1?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A despot.
(d) A fool.

14. In Edward's pained lamenting in Scene 3, who among his executed friends does he not mention?
(a) Spencer Senior.
(b) Spencer Junior.
(c) Gaveston.
(d) Baldock.

15. Which of the following promises is not one that Sir John makes to Kent and Mortimer in Scene 2?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Arms.
(c) Money.
(d) Friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mortimer interrupt Isabella in Scene 4?

2. Which noble does Edward consign to the Tower in Scene 3?

3. Who does Isabella credit with winning battle when she enters in Scene 5?

4. The Mayor of which city arrives in Scene 5 to present Spencer Senior to Isabella?

5. What word does Kent protest that he will not use to address Edward II?

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