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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kent says: "but you have that in your countenance which I would fain call master," what quality is he referring to?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Authority.
(d) Wisdom.

2. Where does Act 3, Scene 3 take place?
(a) Gloucester's castle.
(b) Gloucester's stable.
(c) Gloucester's hall.
(d) Gloucester's courtyard.

3. Who says: "Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise"
(a) Goneril.
(b) King Lear.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Regan.

4. 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?
(a) Turn against her.
(b) Send her away.
(c) Marry her to someone she doesn't like.
(d) Love her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Gloucester's illegitimate son?

2. What is the name Edgar uses in place of his own?

3. What is the name of Edmund's legitimate brother?

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

5. What do Regan and Goneril believe is affecting the King's mind?

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