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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. How many suitors does Cordelia have when the King tells them that she will have no dowry?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

2. Kent repeatedly calls Oswald by what name?
(a) Knave.
(b) Pig.
(c) Rat.
(d) Slave.

3. Oswald reports that Albany smiled when he heard what news?
(a) That Goneril and Edmund were on their way.
(b) That the King had gone to Dover.
(c) That Gloucester was punished.
(d) That the French Army had landed.

4. Who says: "Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise"
(a) Goneril.
(b) Regan.
(c) King Lear.
(d) The Fool.

5. After Lear laments his ungrateful daughters, what begins?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) Snow.
(d) A storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has to happen in order for Edgar to be reunited with his father?

2. Where does Act I, Scene 3 take place?

3. What does Edmund have that is supposedly from his brother?

4. Who does Lear say should feel obligation to him?

5. Which character does the line "when old fools are babes again" refer to?

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