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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Goneril's goal is to have King Lear go and stay with whom, rather than stay at her house?
(a) His palace.
(b) Her brother's house.
(c) Her sister's house.
(d) His summer palace.

3. Who protests punishing Kent without the King's consent?
(a) Goneril.
(b) Edmund.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Oswald.

4. Kent repeatedly calls Oswald by what name?
(a) Knave.
(b) Rat.
(c) Pig.
(d) Slave.

5. Who is Goneril's husband?
(a) The Duke of Burgundy.
(b) The Duke of France.
(c) The Duke of Kent.
(d) The Duke of Albany.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what title does Oswald refer to Goneril as in Act I, Scene 3?

2. What is the name of the person who stands up for Cordelia when her father disinherits her?

3. What does Oswald say after Kent draws his sword?

4. In order to escape detection, Edgar decides to disguise himself as what?

5. How much love does Cordelia say she will give her husband?

(see the answer key)

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