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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 and Goneril tell Lear that he is what type of a man?
(a) Old.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Mad.

2. Who tells Goneril that she is becoming a monster and only her shape as a woman protects her?
(a) The Fool.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Lear.
(d) Albany.

3. Who brings Cornwall the news that Gloucester has taken the King to Dover?
(a) Oswald.
(b) A spy.
(c) Kent.
(d) A gentleman.

4. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, she complains that his knights are doing what?
(a) Interfering with her household.
(b) Taking up too much space.
(c) Eating too much food.
(d) Causing problems with the children.

5. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Edgar Curan, and Gloucester.
(b) Gloucester, Edgar, and Edmund.
(c) Edmund, Curan, and Edgar.
(d) Edmund Curan, and Gloucester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Here's a night pities neither wise man nor fool"?

2. After Lear laments his ungrateful daughters, what begins?

3. Curan holds what position in society?

4. The messenger who delivers the news of Cornwall's death to Albany and Goneril also delivers a letter to Goneril from whom?

5. Edmund is going to betray Gloucester to whom?

(see the answer key)

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