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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Send her away.
(b) Turn against her.
(c) Love her.
(d) Marry her to someone she doesn't like.

2. How much love does Cordelia say she will give her husband?
(a) All her love.
(b) None of her love.
(c) Half her love.
(d) Some of her love.

3. In the first scene, an attendant is carrying a small crown meant for whom?
(a) Regan.
(b) Goneril.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Cordelia.

4. How many suitors does Cordelia have when the King tells them that she will have no dowry?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

5. What event caused the Fool to pine away?
(a) Cordelia not professing her love for the King.
(b) The King leaving his palace.
(c) Cordelia leaving for France.
(d) The King going to Goneril's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Goneril and Regan believe that the King's banishment of the man who defended Cordelia against being disinherited was what?

2. What did Goneril's gentleman do that causes King Lear to strike him?

3. What is Edmund going to do in order to assure Gloucester that his brother's intent isn't to hurt Gloucester?

4. What punishment will King Lear's daughters give the Fool for speaking the truth?

5. Kent comes to King Lear in disguise and offers his services in what position?

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