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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King Lear has brought how many servants and knights to stay with Goneril?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Four hundred.

2. What does Edmund have that is supposedly from his brother?
(a) A letter.
(b) A seal.
(c) A ring.
(d) A book.

3. What punishment will King Lear's daughters give the Fool for speaking the truth?
(a) Death.
(b) A caning.
(c) Prison.
(d) A whipping.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child"

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

3. Instead of referring to the King by his title, what does Oswald call the king?

4. Who is the protagonist in the play?

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

(see the answer key)

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