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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. What do Regan and Goneril believe is affecting the King's mind?
(a) Old age.
(b) Madness.
(c) Tiredness.
(d) Sadness.

2. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?
(a) In the court before the Duke of Albany's palace.
(b) In the hall of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(c) In the stable of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(d) In the upstairs of the Duke of Albany's palace.

3. Where does Act 4, Scene 3 take place?
(a) In a forest.
(b) At the French encampment.
(c) In a town.
(d) Outside the French encampment.

4. King Lear is trying to find his fool who has been missing for how long?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three days.

5. While Lear is in the town near the French encampment, he doesn't want to see Cordelia because he feels what?
(a) Shame.
(b) Fear.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings Cordelia the news that the British armies are marching towards them?

2. Who brings Cornwall the news that Gloucester has taken the King to Dover?

3. Who delivers King Lear's letter to his other daughter, while the King is at Goneril's?

4. How many suitors does Cordelia have when the King tells them that she will have no dowry?

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

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