Edward II by Christopher Marlowe
Unit IV
151. Marlowe was born in the year _________
a. 1564 b.
1456 c.
1546 d.
1465
152. At the age of sixteen and a half, Marlowe was awarded a
scholarship to ____College, Cambridge
a.
Trinity b. Corpus
Christi c. Oxford d.
Bishop’s
153. Marlowe wrote _______ plays in his lifetime.
a.
5 b.
6 c.
7 d.
8
154. Christopher Marlowe is the father of English ________
a. Literature b.
Language c.
Sonnet d. Tragedy
155. “Hamartia” means ___________
a. Tragic Flaw b.
Climax c. pity and
relief d.
Revenge
156. When did Edward II become king of
England?
a. 14 January 1296 b. 15 May
1299 c. 7 July 1307 d. 4 December 1298
157. Where was Edward II born?
a. Caernarvon b.
Swansea c. Liverpool d. Chelsea
158. What does Edward call Isabella just
before he says farewell to Gaveston?
a. French strumpet b. his dearest beloved c. French traitor d. she-wolf of France
159. From whom has Gaveston received a
letter that he reads aloud at the beginning of the play?
a. Earl of Lancaster b.
Edward II c. Earl of Warwick d. Queen Isabella
160. What relation are the Younger
Mortimer and the Elder Mortimer to each other?
a. brothers b. son and father c. cousins d. nephew and uncle
161. Which sorts of men do Gaveston plan
to use to make the “pliant” king do anything that he (Gaveston) wants?
a. monks and other churchmen b. soldiers and builders of castles
c. poets and musicians d sailors and explorers
162. What pet name for the King does
Gaveston use in his aside to the audience?
a. Darling b. Ted c. Ned d. Teddy
163. Who is the only noble to speak
out on the King's side in this first confrontation at the beginning of the
play?
a. Edmund of Kent,
Edward's half-brother
b. Edward, Prince of Wales, Edward's
son
c. Earl of Warwick
d. Thomas of Lancaster, Edward’s cousin
164. Which clergyman do Gaveston and the King throw into the gutter?
a. Bishop of Carlisle b.
Bishop of Ely
c. Bishop of Coventry d.
Archbishop of Canterbury
165. Who uses “A lofty
cedar tree” in Act 2, Scene 2?
a. Pembroke b. Mortimer Junior c.
Warwick d. Lancaster
166. To what bird does
Edward compare the nobles in Act 2, Scene 2?
a. Sea Gull b. eagles c. Parrot d. Peacock
167. Who is the assassin that Mortimer
Junior hires at the end of the play Edward II?
a.
Lancaster
b. Warwick c. Lightborne d. Baldock
168. Who murders Gaveston before he could see the king?
a. Lancaster b. Warwick
c. Lightborne
d. Baldock
169. Which important earldom
does he also give to Gaveston?
a. Gloucester b. Cornwall c. Cardiff d. Lancaster
170. Whose property does Gaveston receive
from Edward?
a. Bishop of Carlisle b.
Bishop of Ely
c. Bishop of Coventry d.
Archbishop of Canterbury
171.Who calls Spencer
a “base upstart” Act 3, Scene 3?
a. Pembroke b. Mortimer Junior c. Warwick
d. Lancaster
172. Act 5, Scene 1, to whom does Edward hand over the crown?
a. Trussel b. Bishop of Winchester
c. Bishop of Coventry d. Archbishop of Canterbury
173. Who compares
himself to a tree – “stands as Jove's huge tree”?
a. Pembroke b. Mortimer Junior c.
Warwick d. Lancaster
174. Who is called “a
paltry boy” by Mortimer?
a. Edward II b. Edward III c. Gaveston d.Lancaster
175. Where did Edward II die?
a. Gloucester b. Cornwall c.
London d. Berkeley
