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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which man marries Cordelia even though she doesn't have a dowry?
(a) The Lord of Burgundy.
(b) The Earl of Gloucester.
(c) No one.
(d) The King of France.

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

3. The man who leads the blind Earl of Gloucester into the heath claims what relationship to the Earl?
(a) A servant.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A tenant.
(d) A man-at-arms.

4. To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar do for clothing?
(a) Uses his old, torn clothing.
(b) Uses old rags.
(c) Uses only a blanket.
(d) Doesn't wear anything.

5. Cordelia says that France is not fighting the English with which motivation?
(a) Property.
(b) Land.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of referring to the King by his title, what does Oswald call the king?

2. What does the doctor prescribe to help cure Lear's madness?

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

4. Regan suspects that Goneril and Edmund are doing what?

5. 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?

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