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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room in the house does Act I, Scene 4 take place?
(a) The ballroom.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The hall.
(d) The entrance.

2. When Edmund tells his brother that his father is horribly angry with him, what does Edmund advise his brother to do?
(a) Write a letter to Gloucester to explain things.
(b) Go and talk to Gloucester to cool him off.
(c) Leave England until Gloucester cools off.
(d) Stay away from Gloucester until he cools off.

3. Who is Goneril's husband?
(a) The Duke of Burgundy.
(b) The Duke of France.
(c) The Duke of Albany.
(d) The Duke of Kent.

4. When King Lear announces that he is retiring, what does he want to do with his lands?
(a) Choose one of his daughters to be Queen.
(b) Give them equally to his son-in-laws.
(c) Divide them equally amongst his daughters.
(d) Reward his youngest daughter with the lands.

5. What punishment will King Lear's daughters give the Fool for speaking the truth?
(a) A whipping.
(b) Prison.
(c) A caning.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child"

2. Goneril and Regan believe that the King's banishment of the man who defended Cordelia against being disinherited was what?

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

4. Who is the protagonist in the play?

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

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