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

2. To whom is Gloucester loyal?
(a) The King.
(b) Duke of Cornwall.
(c) Duke of Albany.
(d) Himself.

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

4. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, how does she command her servants to treat the King and his people?
(a) Like royalty.
(b) Well.
(c) Poorly.
(d) Disrespectfully.

5. Edmund tells his brother that he fears someone has turned Gloucester against him and then tells his brother to do what?
(a) Arm himself.
(b) Issue a challenge.
(c) Find out who the informant is.
(d) Leave quickly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?

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

4. Goneril and Regan believe that the King's banishment of the man who defended Cordelia against being disinherited was what?

5. Kent points out that there is a hovel nearby and asks the King to do what?

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