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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. King Lear has brought how many servants and knights to stay with Goneril?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Four hundred.

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

3. What has to happen in order for Edgar to be reunited with his father?
(a) Edgar's innocence has to be proven.
(b) Edgar has to not be mad.
(c) Edgar has to find his father.
(d) Edgar must repent of his actions.

4. Gloucester tells Edmund there has been a falling out between which two dukes?
(a) Burgundy and Albany.
(b) Albany and Camelot.
(c) Albany and Cornwall.
(d) Cornwall and Burgundy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Regan and Goneril tell Lear that he is what type of a man?

2. Which man marries Cordelia even though she doesn't have a dowry?

3. What do Regan and Goneril believe is affecting the King's mind?

4. Edgar hides in what location to escape his pursuers?

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

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