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

2. The Fool calls King Lear a fool for doing what?
(a) Leaving his palace.
(b) Giving away his lands.
(c) Hitting Oswald.
(d) Searching for the Fool.

3. Who states that Goneril is a better soldier than Albany?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Cornwall.
(c) Oswald.
(d) A soldier.

4. In Act I, Scene 3, what are the names of the characters who speak?
(a) Goneril, Oswald, and King Lear.
(b) King Lear and Oswald.
(c) King Lear and Goneril.
(d) Goneril and Oswald.

5. Cordelia has what quality that her sisters lack?
(a) Pride.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Lear says that the weather is not unkind in its actions of a storm because why?

3. What punishment will King Lear give to the Fool for lying?

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

5. Goneril and Cornwall order Gloucester to do what if Lear returns to the castle?

(see the answer key)

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