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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 calls the hovel haunted?
(a) Kent.
(b) The King.
(c) Edgar.
(d) The Fool.

2. What does the doctor prescribe to help cure Lear's madness?
(a) Cold water baths.
(b) Herbs and walking.
(c) Nothing can cure madness.
(d) Sleep and rest.

3. Oswald and Kent meet in front of what structure?
(a) Gloucester's castle.
(b) Gloucester's stable.
(c) Albany's castle.
(d) Albany's stable.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings Cordelia the news that the British armies are marching towards them?

2. Who carries a torch and finds the King and company in the forest?

3. Lear says the anguish of the storm distracts him from what?

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

5. Who does Kent ask to "turn thy wheel"?

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