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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. Kent points out that there is a hovel nearby and asks the King to do what?
(a) Go dry out in it.
(b) Sit by the fire in it.
(c) Take shelter in it.
(d) Clean it.

2. Which character does the line "when old fools are babes again" refer to?
(a) Duke of Albany.
(b) King of France.
(c) King Lear.
(d) The Fool.

3. What do Regan and Goneril believe is affecting the King's mind?
(a) Old age.
(b) Madness.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Tiredness.

4. Gloucester tells Edmund there has been a falling out between which two dukes?
(a) Cornwall and Burgundy.
(b) Burgundy and Albany.
(c) Albany and Camelot.
(d) Albany and Cornwall.

5. Who says, "I am a man / More sinned against than sinning" ?
(a) Kent.
(b) Lear.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Gloucester.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lear bemoans his treatment at Goneril's house, what does Regan say?

2. Gloucester blames the effects of what for affecting relationships?

3. Goneril and Cornwall order Gloucester to do what if Lear returns to the castle?

4. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, she complains that his knights are doing what?

5. According to Goneril, while King Lear is staying with her, how often does King Lear wrong her?

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