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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lear refuses to leave the storm and go to safety without whom?
(a) Edgar.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Kent.
(d) The Fool.

2. Cordelia enters Act 4, Scene 4 with what instruments sounding?
(a) Trumpets.
(b) Drums.
(c) Horns.
(d) Nothing.

3. Who brings Cordelia the news that the British armies are marching towards them?
(a) An officer.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A gentleman.
(d) A messenger.

4. Lear says the anguish of the storm distracts him from what?
(a) The heartbreak of losing Cordelia.
(b) The heartbreak of losing his kingdom.
(c) The hearbreak of making bad choices.
(d) The heartbreak of his daughters' treachery.

5. Cordelia says that France is not fighting the English with which motivation?
(a) Land.
(b) Greed.
(c) Property.
(d) Ambition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of calling Edgar mad, Lear gives him what title?

2. Who calls the hovel haunted?

3. What does the doctor prescribe to help cure Lear's madness?

4. Cornwall and Regan administer what punishment to Kent?

5. Who does Kent ask to "turn thy wheel"?

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