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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. When Gloucester is told that he is climbing a cliff, what does he complain about not hearing?
(a) A river.
(b) The wind.
(c) Birds.
(d) The sea.

2. Lear says that the weather is not unkind in its actions of a storm because why?
(a) It doesn't need any man to be a storm.
(b) It simply acts as nature will.
(c) It has no reason to be obligated to him.
(d) It has reason to be stormy.

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

4. Gloucester tries to commit suicide by doing what?
(a) Stabbing himself.
(b) Jumping off a cliff.
(c) Hanging himself.
(d) Lighting himself on fire.

5. Since she is widowed, Regan expects Edmund to do what?
(a) Leave her.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Seduce her.
(d) Court her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lear conducts a mock trial of his daughters; who serves as the judges?

2. When Lear bemoans his treatment at Goneril's house, what does Regan say?

3. 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?

4. In Act I, Scene 3, what are the names of the characters who speak?

5. What has to happen in order for Edgar to be reunited with his father?

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