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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. What is Edmund going to do in order to assure Gloucester that his brother's intent isn't to hurt Gloucester?
(a) Write a letter asking Edgar what his intent is.
(b) Talk with Edgar and report to Gloucester.
(c) Talk with Edgar so that Gloucester can hear them.
(d) Send someone to spy on Edgar.

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

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

4. Who says: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child"
(a) The Fool.
(b) The Duke of Burgundy.
(c) Goneril.
(d) King Lear.

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

2. What punishment will King Lear give to the Fool for lying?

3. Which man marries Cordelia even though she doesn't have a dowry?

4. Oswald is what relation to Goneril?

5. When Kent says: "but you have that in your countenance which I would fain call master," what quality is he referring to?

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