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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. Cornwall says that Gloucester's villainy may be the cause of who's villainy?
(a) Goneril.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Kent.
(d) Cordelia.

2. Who does Kent ask to "turn thy wheel"?
(a) The sun.
(b) Hope.
(c) Daylight.
(d) Fortune.

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

4. Edgar hides in what location to escape his pursuers?
(a) Under a bush.
(b) A hollow of a tree.
(c) In tree branches.
(d) An abandoned shack.

5. Who brings Cornwall the news that Gloucester has taken the King to Dover?
(a) A gentleman.
(b) Kent.
(c) Oswald.
(d) A spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cordelia has what quality that her sisters lack?

2. Who calls the hovel haunted?

3. Cordelia says that France is not fighting the English with which motivation?

4. What is Edmund's response to Regan when she asks him if he slept with Goneril?

5. If Edmund cannot get his brother disinherited, how much of his father's inheritance will Edmund inherit?

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