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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What punishment will King Lear give to the Fool for lying?
(a) Dismissal as Fool.
(b) A whipping.
(c) Prison.
(d) A caning.

2. Instead of referring to the King by his title, what does Oswald call the king?
(a) My lady's burden.
(b) My lady's relation.
(c) My lady's father.
(d) My lady's responsibility.

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

4. 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?
(a) Hold onto them.
(b) Give them to the younger men.
(c) Use them to benefit their children.
(d) Give them to the poor.

5. Gloucester blames the effects of what for affecting relationships?
(a) The eclipses.
(b) The stars.
(c) The moon.
(d) The planets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kent comes to King Lear in disguise and offers his services in what position?

2. The Fool calls King Lear a fool for doing what?

3. Curan holds what position in society?

4. Who is Edmund's father?

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

(see the answer key)

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