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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. King Lear has brought how many servants and knights to stay with Goneril?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) Four hundred.
(d) One hundred.

2. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?
(a) In the stable of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(b) In the upstairs of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(c) In the court before the Duke of Albany's palace.
(d) In the hall of the Duke of Albany's palace.

3. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?
(a) As truth.
(b) As preposterous.
(c) As superstitious.
(d) As genuine.

4. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, how does she command her servants to treat the King and his people?
(a) Disrespectfully.
(b) Like royalty.
(c) Poorly.
(d) Well.

5. Oswald is what relation to Goneril?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her steward.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Edmund cuts his arm with what weapon after he and Edgar pretend to fight?

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

3. Gloucester blames the effects of what for affecting relationships?

4. Which character does the line "when old fools are babes again" refer to?

5. If Edmund cannot get his brother disinherited, how much of his father's inheritance will Edmund inherit?

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