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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, how does she command her servants to treat the King and his people?
(a) Disrespectfully.
(b) Poorly.
(c) Well.
(d) Like royalty.
2. Gloucester tells Edmund there has been a falling out between which two dukes?
(a) Albany and Camelot.
(b) Albany and Cornwall.
(c) Cornwall and Burgundy.
(d) Burgundy and Albany.
3. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Edmund Curan, and Gloucester.
(b) Edmund, Curan, and Edgar.
(c) Edgar Curan, and Gloucester.
(d) Gloucester, Edgar, and Edmund.
4. When Lear sees Kent in the stocks, he asks Kent what question?
(a) He asks if Kent likes being in the stocks.
(b) He asks if Kent hurt anyone.
(c) He asks if Kent has slept.
(d) He asks if Kent is amusing himself.
5. Goneril's goal is to have King Lear go and stay with whom, rather than stay at her house?
(a) His palace.
(b) His summer palace.
(c) Her brother's house.
(d) Her sister's house.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which character does the line "when old fools are babes again" refer to?
2. Goneril and Cornwall order Gloucester to do what if Lear returns to the castle?
3. Gloucester tells Edmund to say what if someone asks about Gloucester?
4. Who makes Lear sleep while they are in the farmhouse?
5. Who is the protagonist in the play?
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