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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regan suspects that Goneril and Edmund are doing what?
(a) Plotting against her.
(b) Having an affair.
(c) Plotting against Albany.
(d) Going to kill Albany and get married.

2. To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar do to his hair?
(a) He knots it.
(b) He rubs mud in it.
(c) He shaves it all off.
(d) He cuts it.

3. Goneril thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?
(a) His eyes should be plucked out.
(b) His hands should be cut off.
(c) His skin should be removed.
(d) He should be drawn and quartered.

4. Where does Act 3, Scene 3 take place?
(a) Gloucester's courtyard.
(b) Gloucester's stable.
(c) Gloucester's hall.
(d) Gloucester's castle.

5. What did Goneril's gentleman do that causes King Lear to strike him?
(a) Refusing one of the knight's requests.
(b) Chiding the Fool.
(c) Chiding the King.
(d) Entering a building before the King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of calling Edgar mad, Lear gives him what title?

2. Who tells Kent of Cordelia's response to his letter?

3. While Lear is in the town near the French encampment, he doesn't want to see Cordelia because he feels what?

4. Who tells Kent of a plot against the King?

5. When Gloucester is told that he is climbing a cliff, what does he complain about not hearing?

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