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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. The Fool calls King Lear a fool for doing what?
(a) Leaving his palace.
(b) Searching for the Fool.
(c) Hitting Oswald.
(d) Giving away his lands.

2. Gloucester blames the effects of what for affecting relationships?
(a) The planets.
(b) The eclipses.
(c) The stars.
(d) The moon.

3. Who is the protagonist in the play?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Duke of Cornwall.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Edmund.

4. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?
(a) In the court before the Duke of Albany's palace.
(b) In the stable of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(c) In the hall of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(d) In the upstairs of the Duke of Albany's palace.

5. What did Goneril's gentleman do that causes King Lear to strike him?
(a) Chiding the King.
(b) Entering a building before the King.
(c) Refusing one of the knight's requests.
(d) Chiding the Fool.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?

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

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

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