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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. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?
(a) As truth.
(b) As preposterous.
(c) As genuine.
(d) As superstitious.

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

3. What punishment will King Lear give to the Fool for lying?
(a) Dismissal as Fool.
(b) A caning.
(c) Prison.
(d) A whipping.

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

5. What is the name of the person who stands up for Cordelia when her father disinherits her?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Albany.
(c) Burgundy.
(d) Kent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Edmund tells his brother that he fears someone has turned Gloucester against him and then tells his brother to do what?

2. How much love does Cordelia say she will give her husband?

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

4. Who is Gloucester's illegitimate son?

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

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