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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. When Cordelia refuses to profess her undying love for her father (the King), what does her father do?
(a) Her father hits her.
(b) Her father takes back the jewels.
(c) Her father disowns her.
(d) Her father yells at her.

2. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?
(a) As preposterous.
(b) As superstitious.
(c) As truth.
(d) As genuine.

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

4. Oswald is what relation to Goneril?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her steward.
(d) Her husband.

5. When Lear bemoans his treatment at Goneril's house, what does Regan say?
(a) Regan agrees with Lear.
(b) Regan defends Goneril.
(c) Regan doesn't say anything.
(d) Regan says that she will be different.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound precedes the King's entrance into a scene?

2. What punishment will King Lear's daughters give the Fool for speaking the truth?

3. Which character does the line "when old fools are babes again" refer to?

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

5. What event caused the Fool to pine away?

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