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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Gloucester's illegitimate son?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Edward.
(c) Ethan.
(d) Eric.
2. What punishment will King Lear's daughters give the Fool for speaking the truth?
(a) A whipping.
(b) A caning.
(c) Death.
(d) Prison.
3. Goneril and Regan believe that the King's banishment of the man who defended Cordelia against being disinherited was what?
(a) Rash.
(b) Sound.
(c) Hasty.
(d) Logical.
4. How many daughters does King Lear have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.
5. Goneril's goal is to have King Lear go and stay with whom, rather than stay at her house?
(a) Her sister's house.
(b) His palace.
(c) His summer palace.
(d) Her brother's house.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Act I, Scene 3, what are the names of the characters who speak?
2. Where does Act I, Scene 3 take place?
3. By what title does Oswald refer to Goneril as in Act I, Scene 3?
4. Who is Edmund's father?
5. When Edmund tells his brother that his father is horribly angry with him, what does Edmund advise his brother to do?
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