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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 sound precedes the King's entrance into a scene?
(a) Horns.
(b) Hoofbeats.
(c) A herald's announcement.
(d) Footfalls.

2. Who is the protagonist in the play?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Edmund.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Duke of Cornwall.

3. How many of King Lear's daughters are married?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. Who says, "Here's a night pities neither wise man nor fool"?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Kent.
(c) The Fool.
(d) The King.

5. Who says: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child"
(a) The Fool.
(b) The Duke of Burgundy.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Goneril.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Edmund cannot get his brother disinherited, how much of his father's inheritance will Edmund inherit?

2. In order to escape detection, Edgar decides to disguise himself as what?

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

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

5. When Kent says: "but you have that in your countenance which I would fain call master," what quality is he referring to?

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