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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. Who makes Lear sleep while they are in the farmhouse?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Kent.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Fortune.

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

3. When Lear sees Kent in the stocks, he asks Kent what question?
(a) He asks if Kent is amusing himself.
(b) He asks if Kent hurt anyone.
(c) He asks if Kent likes being in the stocks.
(d) He asks if Kent has slept.

4. In Act I, Scene 3, what are the names of the characters who speak?
(a) King Lear and Oswald.
(b) King Lear and Goneril.
(c) Goneril, Oswald, and King Lear.
(d) Goneril and Oswald.

5. Curan holds what position in society?
(a) Gentleman.
(b) Courtier.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Officer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Edmund is going to betray Gloucester in order to do what?

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

4. Lear conducts a mock trial of his daughters; who serves as the judges?

5. What has to happen in order for Edgar to be reunited with his father?

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