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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Edmund's father?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Kent.
(d) Burgundy.

2. Edgar hides in what location to escape his pursuers?
(a) An abandoned shack.
(b) A hollow of a tree.
(c) In tree branches.
(d) Under a bush.

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

4. What is the name Edgar uses in place of his own?
(a) Poor Man.
(b) Poor Tom.
(c) Poor Kent.
(d) Poor Thomas.

5. The paper Edmund has, which he is going to show to Gloucester as proof of his brother's treachery, says that the older generation should do what with their riches?
(a) Give them to the poor.
(b) Hold onto them.
(c) Use them to benefit their children.
(d) Give them to the younger men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Goneril's goal is to have King Lear go and stay with whom, rather than stay at her house?

2. Why does Edmund want his legitimate brother disinherited?

3. Who is the protagonist in the play?

4. Who delivers King Lear's letter to his other daughter, while the King is at Goneril's?

5. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?

(see the answer key)

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