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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Kent of a plot against the King?
(a) The stars.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) His dreams.
(d) A gentleman.

2. How does Edgar lead the blind Gloucester from the heath to the cliffs?
(a) By his arm.
(b) By a rope.
(c) By his voice.
(d) By a leash.

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

4. Who is Goneril's husband?
(a) The Duke of Kent.
(b) The Duke of Albany.
(c) The Duke of France.
(d) The Duke of Burgundy.

5. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Gloucester, Edgar, and Edmund.
(b) Edmund, Curan, and Edgar.
(c) Edgar Curan, and Gloucester.
(d) Edmund Curan, and Gloucester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Goneril thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?

2. What does Kent give to the gentleman to show Cordelia?

3. What event caused the Fool to pine away?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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