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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. To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar do to his hair?
(a) He knots it.
(b) He rubs mud in it.
(c) He shaves it all off.
(d) He cuts it.

2. Gloucester, when mentioning the effect of the stars and planets on relationships, says that these effects have caused King Lear to do what to Cordelia?
(a) Marry her to someone she doesn't like.
(b) Send her away.
(c) Love her.
(d) Turn against her.

3. Who delivers King Lear's letter to his other daughter, while the King is at Goneril's?
(a) A knight.
(b) The Fool.
(c) Kent.
(d) Oswald.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When King Lear gets ready to depart Goneril's house, what is his method of travel?

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

3. Oswald is what relation to Goneril?

4. To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar cover his face with?

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

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