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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Goneril thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?
(a) His hands should be cut off.
(b) He should be drawn and quartered.
(c) His eyes should be plucked out.
(d) His skin should be removed.

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

3. The stage directions have the battle between the English and the French taking place where?
(a) To the right of where Gloucester sits.
(b) On the whole stage.
(c) Off stage.
(d) In the back of the stage.

4. While Lear is in the storm, who is his only companion?
(a) The Fool.
(b) No one.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Kent.

5. Who is Edmund's father?
(a) Burgundy.
(b) Kent.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Gloucester.

Short Answer Questions

1. When King Lear gets ready to depart Goneril's house, what is his method of travel?

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

3. Edgar is left alone at the farmhouse and hopes that the King will be able to do what?

4. While Lear is in the town near the French encampment, he doesn't want to see Cordelia because he feels what?

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

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