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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. Goneril's goal is to have King Lear go and stay with whom, rather than stay at her house?
(a) His palace.
(b) His summer palace.
(c) Her brother's house.
(d) Her sister's house.

2. When Lear bemoans his treatment at Goneril's house, what does Regan say?
(a) Regan agrees with Lear.
(b) Regan defends Goneril.
(c) Regan says that she will be different.
(d) Regan doesn't say anything.

3. What has to happen in order for Edgar to be reunited with his father?
(a) Edgar has to find his father.
(b) Edgar has to not be mad.
(c) Edgar's innocence has to be proven.
(d) Edgar must repent of his actions.

4. What did Goneril's gentleman do that causes King Lear to strike him?
(a) Chiding the King.
(b) Chiding the Fool.
(c) Refusing one of the knight's requests.
(d) Entering a building before the King.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the protagonist in the play?

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

4. According to Goneril, while King Lear is staying with her, how often does King Lear wrong her?

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

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