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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. Where does Act I, Scene 3 take place?
(a) Goneril's summer home.
(b) The King's palace.
(c) The Duke of Albany's palace.
(d) The Duke of Burgundy's palace.

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

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

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

5. Which character does the line "when old fools are babes again" refer to?
(a) Duke of Albany.
(b) King Lear.
(c) The Fool.
(d) King of France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lear, The Fool, Kent, and Gloucester go when they leave the farmhouse?

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

3. Who is the protagonist in the play?

4. Who makes Lear sleep while they are in the farmhouse?

5. Gloucester orders Edgar captured and killed because Gloucester thinks Edgar did what to Edmund?

(see the answer key)

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