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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Lear laments his ungrateful daughters, what begins?
(a) A storm.
(b) Snow.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A hurricane.

3. In order to escape detection, Edgar decides to disguise himself as what?
(a) A servant.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A madman.
(d) A farmer.

4. Oswald reports that Albany smiled when he heard what news?
(a) That the French Army had landed.
(b) That the King had gone to Dover.
(c) That Gloucester was punished.
(d) That Goneril and Edmund were on their way.

5. Goneril and Cornwall order Gloucester to do what if Lear returns to the castle?
(a) Not allow him in.
(b) Strip him of anything valuable.
(c) Allow him into the stables only.
(d) Make sure he doesn't have any servants with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Oswald leaves Goneril and Albany and returns to Regan at Cornwall, what does he carry from Goneril to Edmund?

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

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

4. Where does Act 4, Scene 3 take place?

5. Who says, "Here's a night pities neither wise man nor fool"?

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