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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gloucester tells Edmund there has been a falling out between which two dukes?
(a) Albany and Cornwall.
(b) Cornwall and Burgundy.
(c) Albany and Camelot.
(d) Burgundy and Albany.

2. Lear conducts a mock trial of his daughters; who serves as the judges?
(a) Kent and The Fool.
(b) Edgar and Kent.
(c) Edgar, Kent, and The Fool.
(d) Edgar and The Fool.

3. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Gloucester, Edgar, and Edmund.
(b) Edgar Curan, and Gloucester.
(c) Edmund, Curan, and Edgar.
(d) Edmund Curan, and Gloucester.

4. Edgar is left alone at the farmhouse and hopes that the King will be able to do what?
(a) Live a long life.
(b) Get justice on his daughters.
(c) Escape.
(d) Get his lands back.

5. Gloucester orders Edgar captured and killed because Gloucester thinks Edgar did what to Edmund?
(a) Gloucester thinks Edgar killed Edmund.
(b) Gloucester thinks Edgar hurt Edmund.
(c) Gloucester thinks Edgar stabbed Edmund.
(d) Gloucester thinks Edgar betrayed Edmund.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oswald is what relation to Goneril?

2. Goneril and Cornwall order Gloucester to do what if Lear returns to the castle?

3. Where does Act I, Scene 3 take place?

4. Who is the protagonist in the play?

5. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, she complains that his knights are doing what?

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