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

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

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

4. Who is Gloucester's illegitimate son?
(a) Ethan.
(b) Edmund.
(c) Edward.
(d) Eric.

5. What do Regan and Goneril believe is affecting the King's mind?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Old age.
(c) Tiredness.
(d) Madness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room in the house does Act I, Scene 4 take place?

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

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

4. Who is Goneril's husband?

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

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