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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. Edmund is going to betray Gloucester in order to do what?
(a) Gain more for himself.
(b) Get Gloucester's land.
(c) Be selfish.
(d) Get married to Cordelia.

2. Goneril and Cornwall order Gloucester to do what if Lear returns to the castle?
(a) Strip him of anything valuable.
(b) Make sure he doesn't have any servants with him.
(c) Not allow him in.
(d) Allow him into the stables only.

3. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, how does she command her servants to treat the King and his people?
(a) Well.
(b) Poorly.
(c) Like royalty.
(d) Disrespectfully.

4. Edmund cuts his arm with what weapon after he and Edgar pretend to fight?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A sword.
(c) A knife.
(d) A dagger.

5. Gloucester tells Edmund to say what if someone asks about Gloucester?
(a) That Gloucester is not home.
(b) That Gloucester is out of town.
(c) That Gloucester is sick.
(d) That Gloucester is away.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Gloucester loyal?

2. When Lear bemoans his treatment at Goneril's house, what does Regan say?

3. Goneril's goal is to have King Lear go and stay with whom, rather than stay at her house?

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

5. What did Oswald's letter from Goneril cause Regan and Cornwall to do?

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