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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. How many suitors does Cordelia have when the King tells them that she will have no dowry?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

2. The Fool calls King Lear a fool for doing what?
(a) Searching for the Fool.
(b) Giving away his lands.
(c) Leaving his palace.
(d) Hitting Oswald.

3. Goneril and Cornwall order Gloucester to do what if Lear returns to the castle?
(a) Strip him of anything valuable.
(b) Make sure he doesn't have any servants with him.
(c) Allow him into the stables only.
(d) Not allow him in.

4. When Edmund tells his brother that his father is horribly angry with him, what does Edmund advise his brother to do?
(a) Stay away from Gloucester until he cools off.
(b) Write a letter to Gloucester to explain things.
(c) Go and talk to Gloucester to cool him off.
(d) Leave England until Gloucester cools off.

5. Why does Edmund want his legitimate brother disinherited?
(a) So that Edmund can have all their father's attention.
(b) So that Edmund can live as a nobleman.
(c) So that Edmund can sell off all the land.
(d) So that Edmund can inherit everything.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Curan holds what position in society?

4. Regan and Goneril tell Lear that he is what type of a man?

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

(see the answer key)

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