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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 Camelot.
(b) Cornwall and Burgundy.
(c) Albany and Cornwall.
(d) Burgundy and Albany.

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

3. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Goneril's castle.
(b) Albany's castle.
(c) Lear's castle.
(d) Gloucester's castle.

4. What did Oswald's letter from Goneril cause Regan and Cornwall to do?
(a) Immediately depart.
(b) Go hunting for food.
(c) Stay and clean.
(d) Leave for the King's castle.

5. Edmund is going to betray Gloucester in order to do what?
(a) Get married to Cordelia.
(b) Gain more for himself.
(c) Get Gloucester's land.
(d) Be selfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does the line "when old fools are babes again" refer to?

2. To whom is Gloucester loyal?

3. When Lear sees Kent in the stocks, he asks Kent what question?

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

5. When Lear bemoans his treatment at Goneril's house, what does Regan say?

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