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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. Who delivers King Lear's letter to his other daughter, while the King is at Goneril's?
(a) Kent.
(b) A knight.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Oswald.

2. What event caused the Fool to pine away?
(a) Cordelia not professing her love for the King.
(b) The King going to Goneril's home.
(c) The King leaving his palace.
(d) Cordelia leaving for France.

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

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

5. What is the name of the person who stands up for Cordelia when her father disinherits her?
(a) Albany.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Kent.
(d) Burgundy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Kent repeatedly calls Oswald by what name?

4. What is Edmund going to do in order to assure Gloucester that his brother's intent isn't to hurt Gloucester?

5. Gloucester, when mentioning the effect of the stars and planets on relationships, says that these effects have caused King Lear to do what to Cordelia?

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