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Questions 1-5 of 25:

What country is Cordelia's fiance the king of? (from Act Three)

Ireland.

Spain.

Germany.

France.

Who acts as Gloucester's guide on his way to Dover? (from Act Four)

Albany.

Edgar.

Edmund.

Kent.

Which of the following characters is NOT present when Gloucester's eyes are plucked out? (from Act Four)

Regan.

Goneril.

Albany.

Cornwall.

Which is the only villain to stand up for Gloucester and Lear in the face of the others' extreme cruelty? (from Act Five)

Edmund.

Goneril.

Regan.

Albany.

When Lear doles out control of the kingdom to his daughters, how does his base the distribution? (from Act Three)

By drawing straws.

By votes from the subjects.

By how old the daughters are.

By how much the daughters love him.

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