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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 to say what if someone asks about Gloucester?
(a) That Gloucester is not home.
(b) That Gloucester is away.
(c) That Gloucester is sick.
(d) That Gloucester is out of town.

2. Edmund cuts his arm with what weapon after he and Edgar pretend to fight?
(a) A sword.
(b) A knife.
(c) An arrow.
(d) A dagger.

3. Regan and Goneril tell Lear that he is what type of a man?
(a) Mad.
(b) Old.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Crazy.

4. By what title does Oswald refer to Goneril as in Act I, Scene 3?
(a) Madam.
(b) Duchess.
(c) Princess.
(d) Lady.

5. After Lear laments his ungrateful daughters, what begins?
(a) A storm.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) Snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Edgar is left alone at the farmhouse and hopes that the King will be able to do what?

2. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. To whom is Gloucester loyal?

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

5. Gloucester tells Edmund there has been a falling out between which two dukes?

(see the answer key)

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