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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. Who loses the battle according to the news Edgar brings?
(a) The French.
(b) Albany.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Lear.

2. Where does the battle take place?
(a) In Dover.
(b) On a field between the two camps.
(c) On a field behind the English encampment.
(d) On a field by the French encampment.

3. On the battlefield, Edgar sets Gloucester by a tree and tells him to pray for what?
(a) That the right side will be victorious.
(b) That the French will win and Lear will be victorious.
(c) That his sons will survive the fight.
(d) That the English win and Lear is restored to his throne.

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

5. Lear says that the weather is not unkind in its actions of a storm because why?
(a) It simply acts as nature will.
(b) It has reason to be stormy.
(c) It doesn't need any man to be a storm.
(d) It has no reason to be obligated to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kent repeatedly calls Oswald by what name?

2. By what title does Oswald refer to Goneril as in Act I, Scene 3?

3. When the King of France leaves the French encampment, who does he leave in charge?

4. Kent comes to King Lear in disguise and offers his services in what position?

5. In Act I, Scene 3, what are the names of the characters who speak?

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