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

2. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Edmund Curan, and Gloucester.
(b) Edgar Curan, and Gloucester.
(c) Edmund, Curan, and Edgar.
(d) Gloucester, Edgar, and Edmund.

3. Kent comes to King Lear in disguise and offers his services in what position?
(a) A servant.
(b) A nobleman.
(c) An advisor.
(d) A fighter.

4. Who says: "Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise"
(a) Goneril.
(b) The Fool.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Regan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event caused the Fool to pine away?

2. How many of King Lear's daughters are married?

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

4. Gloucester orders Edgar captured and killed because Gloucester thinks Edgar did what to Edmund?

5. Goneril's goal is to have King Lear go and stay with whom, rather than stay at her house?

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