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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?
(a) In the hall of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(b) In the upstairs of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(c) In the court before the Duke of Albany's palace.
(d) In the stable of the Duke of Albany's palace.

2. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?
(a) As genuine.
(b) As preposterous.
(c) As truth.
(d) As superstitious.

3. Oswald is what relation to Goneril?
(a) Her steward.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her cousin.

4. To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar do to his hair?
(a) He knots it.
(b) He rubs mud in it.
(c) He shaves it all off.
(d) He cuts it.

5. Gloucester orders Edgar captured and killed because Gloucester thinks Edgar did what to Edmund?
(a) Gloucester thinks Edgar stabbed Edmund.
(b) Gloucester thinks Edgar killed Edmund.
(c) Gloucester thinks Edgar betrayed Edmund.
(d) Gloucester thinks Edgar hurt Edmund.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says: "Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise"

2. Who is Edmund's father?

3. What are the rumors that Curan tells Edmund?

4. Who is the protagonist in the play?

5. The paper Edmund has, which he is going to show to Gloucester as proof of his brother's treachery, says that the older generation should do what with their riches?

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