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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 sound precedes the King's entrance into a scene?
(a) Hoofbeats.
(b) A herald's announcement.
(c) Horns.
(d) Footfalls.

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

3. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, she complains that his knights are doing what?
(a) Interfering with her household.
(b) Causing problems with the children.
(c) Eating too much food.
(d) Taking up too much space.

4. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Goneril's castle.
(b) Lear's castle.
(c) Albany's castle.
(d) Gloucester's castle.

5. In Act I, Scene 3, what are the names of the characters who speak?
(a) King Lear and Oswald.
(b) Goneril, Oswald, and King Lear.
(c) Goneril and Oswald.
(d) King Lear and Goneril.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is King Lear going to go when he leaves Goneril's house?

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

3. If Edmund cannot get his brother disinherited, how much of his father's inheritance will Edmund inherit?

4. Oswald is what relation to Goneril?

5. The Fool calls King Lear a fool for doing what?

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