View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who carries a torch and finds the King and company in the forest?
(a) Cornwall.
(b) Regan.
(c) Goneril.
(d) Gloucester.

2. Who delivers King Lear's letter to his other daughter, while the King is at Goneril's?
(a) Oswald.
(b) A knight.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Kent.

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

4. Kent wonders how such different daughters can come from the same what?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Family.
(d) House.

5. Instead of calling Edgar mad, Lear gives him what title?
(a) Wise man.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Fool.
(d) Poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. A servant draws his sword on Cornwall because of what action?

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

3. If Edmund cannot get his brother disinherited, how much of his father's inheritance will Edmund inherit?

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

5. What did Goneril's gentleman do that causes King Lear to strike him?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 230 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample