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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lear says the anguish of the storm distracts him from what?
(a) The heartbreak of losing his kingdom.
(b) The heartbreak of his daughters' treachery.
(c) The hearbreak of making bad choices.
(d) The heartbreak of losing Cordelia.

3. Who protests punishing Kent without the King's consent?
(a) Goneril.
(b) Edmund.
(c) Oswald.
(d) Gloucester.

4. Lear refuses to leave the storm and go to safety without whom?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Kent.
(d) The Fool.

5. Cordelia says that France is not fighting the English with which motivation?
(a) Property.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Land.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor prescribe to help cure Lear's madness?

2. Cordelia enters Act 4, Scene 4 with what instruments sounding?

3. Cornwall and Regan administer what punishment to Kent?

4. Kent repeatedly calls Oswald by what name?

5. Cordelia has what quality that her sisters lack?

(see the answer key)

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