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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King Lear is trying to find his fool who has been missing for how long?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two weeks.

2. The Fool calls King Lear a fool for doing what?
(a) Hitting Oswald.
(b) Giving away his lands.
(c) Searching for the Fool.
(d) Leaving his palace.

3. King Lear has brought how many servants and knights to stay with Goneril?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Four hundred.

4. Who gives Edmund the office of Earl of Gloucester?
(a) The Duke of Burgundy.
(b) The Duke of Cornwall.
(c) Goneril and Regan.
(d) The Duke of Albany.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Act 3, Scene 5 take place?

3. Who tells Kent of a plot against the King?

4. In order to escape detection, Edgar decides to disguise himself as what?

5. Cornwall says that Edmund will find a better what with Cornwall than with Gloucester?

(see the answer key)

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