1. From whom has Gaveston received a letter that he reads aloud at the beginning of the play? Edward II Earl of Warwick Earl of Lancaster Queen Isabella

2. Which sorts of men does Gaveston plan to use to make the "pliant" king do anything that he (Gaveston) wants? sailors and explorers monks and other churchmen poets and musicians soldiers and builders of castles

3. What relation are the Younger Mortimer and the Elder Mortimer to each other? son and father nephew and uncle cousins brothers

4. What pet-name for the King does Gaveston use in his aside to the audience? Darling Ted Ned Teddy

5. Who is the only noble to speak out on the King's side in this first confrontation at the beginning of the play? Edward, Prince of Wales, Edward's son Edmund of Kent, Edward's half-brother Thomas of Lancaster, Edward's cousin Earl of Warwick

6. Lancaster leaves the court in defiance telling Edward he must either change his mind or expect to see something floating in blood. What is it that will "float in blood"? London the crown England the throne

7. Which clergyman do Gaveston and the King throw into the gutter? Bishop of Coventry Bishop of Ely Archbishop of Canterbury Bishop of Carlisle

8. Amongst the titles that Edward II showers on Gaveston are Lord High Chamberlain, Chief Secretary to the State, King and Lord of Man. Which important earldom does he also give to Gaveston? Gloucester Albany Suffolk Cornwall

9. With which of the nobles does the Queen seem to find the most sympathy? Mortimer Warwick Kent Lancaster

10. How does Edward try to influence the nobles into a position where they won't support the Archbishop of Canterbury in his petition to have Gaveston exiled again? He threatens them with soldiers from France. He threatens them with his armed bodyguard. He tries to bribe them with titles. He threatens them with the power of the Pope.

11. Which power base does he threaten to destroy after the nobles have left and he has signed the paper banishing Gaveston? The power of the French King The power of the Council of Nobles The power of the Pope in Rome The power of the Church in England

12. What does Edward call Isabella just before he says farewell to Gaveston? she-wolf of France his dearest beloved French strumpet French traitor

13. What is the main argument that Mortimer puts to the other nobles to suggest that Gaveston should be brought back from banishment? It would please the Queen to be back in her husband's favour. Once back in the country a hired assassin could easily kill him. He believes that Gaveston has changed his ways. Edward is sure to reward them for getting his friend back.

14. What advice does the Elder Mortimer give to the Younger Mortimer before he departs to fight in Scotland? Leave well alone for plenty of kings have had lovers and favourites. Keep away from the Queen for she is not to be trusted. Organise your men and be ready for rebellion. Beware of Lancaster for he will betray you.

15. From whom does the King's niece receive a love letter? Lancaster Younger Mortimer Gaveston Edward II

16. Where does Gaveston land on his second return from exile? Bristol Tynemouth Chester Dover

17. The symbolic device that Mortimer describes to the King as they wait for Gaveston to land is of a cedar tree with eagles on the top branches. What symbolises Gaveston in the rest of this device? a canker or cancer a little fish about to be swallowed by a leviathan a little bird about to be devoured a leaf that has fallen to the ground

18. Which of the nobles attacks and wounds Gaveston when he offers each of them insults on his return to England? Lancaster Pembroke Warwick Younger Mortimer

19. What complaint do Lancaster and Mortimer make against Edward when they decide to "speak their minds"? He let England be humiliated at Bannockburn All of these points He is not stopping the rebellion in Ireland He is allowing the Danes to rule the seas in the Channel

20. When Kent decides to throw in his lot with the rebels who is the nobleman who immediately decides to trust him? Younger Mortimer Warwick Lancaster Pembroke

21. After they have captured Gaveston which two men amongst the nobles want to give Edward one last chance of seeing his favourite? Mortimer and Warwick Pembroke and Arundel Lancaster and Kent Kent and Pembroke

22. Which of the rebels is in the end directly responsible for Gaveston's death? Mortimer Warwick Lancaster Kent

23. To which foreign nobleman does Isabella turn when her brother, the King of France, refuses to help her? The Duke of Burgundy Sir John of Hainault The Duke of Lorraine David of Flanders

24. After the Earl of Leicester and Sir Thomas Berkeley Edward II is placed with his final set of gaolers. What are their names? Wilson and Cade Matrevis and Gurney Lightborn and Tressel Rice Ap Howel and John Mower

25. In the play "Edward II" how does Marlowe arrange the King's death on stage? He is stabbed to death by three assassins. They burn out his intestines using a red-hot poker. The murderers stamp him to death using a table on top of him in bed. The murderers smother him to death using a pillow.