1. Gloucester blames the effects of what for affecting relationships?
(a) The planets.
(b) The eclipses.
(c) The stars.
(d) The moon.

2. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Edmund Curan, and Gloucester.
(b) Gloucester, Edgar, and Edmund.
(c) Edmund, Curan, and Edgar.
(d) Edgar Curan, and Gloucester.

3. King Lear is trying to find his fool who has been missing for how long?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three weeks.

4. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, she complains that his knights are doing what?
(a) Taking up too much space.
(b) Causing problems with the children.
(c) Eating too much food.
(d) Interfering with her household.

5. What are the rumors that Curan tells Edmund?
(a) Rumors of war between Lear and the Duke of Albany.
(b) Rumors of war between the Duke of Cornwall and the Duke of Albany.
(c) Rumors of war between Fance and England.
(d) Rumors of war between Lear and Burgundy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Act I, Scene 3 take place?

3. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?

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

5. When King Lear announces that he is retiring, what does he want to do with his lands?

(see the answer key)

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