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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. When Goneril and Edmund travel to Albany's palace, what happens between them?
(a) They fall in love.
(b) They become friends.
(c) They have an affair.
(d) They hate each other.

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

3. Gloucester, when mentioning the effect of the stars and planets on relationships, says that these effects have caused King Lear to do what to Cordelia?
(a) Love her.
(b) Send her away.
(c) Marry her to someone she doesn't like.
(d) Turn against her.

4. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Goneril's castle.
(b) Lear's castle.
(c) Gloucester's castle.
(d) Albany's castle.

5. When King Lear announces that he is retiring, what does he want to do with his lands?
(a) Reward his youngest daughter with the lands.
(b) Divide them equally amongst his daughters.
(c) Choose one of his daughters to be Queen.
(d) Give them equally to his son-in-laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 3, Scene 3 take place?

2. In the first scene, an attendant is carrying a small crown meant for whom?

3. Who carries a torch and finds the King and company in the forest?

4. What did Goneril's gentleman do that causes King Lear to strike him?

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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