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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 did Oswald's letter from Goneril cause Regan and Cornwall to do?
(a) Stay and clean.
(b) Immediately depart.
(c) Leave for the King's castle.
(d) Go hunting for food.

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

3. When Lear sees Kent in the stocks, he asks Kent what question?
(a) He asks if Kent hurt anyone.
(b) He asks if Kent likes being in the stocks.
(c) He asks if Kent has slept.
(d) He asks if Kent is amusing himself.

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

5. Who says: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child"
(a) The Duke of Burgundy.
(b) King Lear.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Goneril.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kent ask to "turn thy wheel"?

2. What did Goneril's gentleman do that causes King Lear to strike him?

3. Who protests punishing Kent without the King's consent?

4. Kent comes to King Lear in disguise and offers his services in what position?

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

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