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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Edmund's legitimate brother?
(a) Edward.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Ethan.
(d) Eric.

3. King Lear is trying to find his fool who has been missing for how long?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

4. If Edmund cannot get his brother disinherited, how much of his father's inheritance will Edmund inherit?
(a) None.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-fourth.
(d) Half.

5. Who says: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child"
(a) The Fool.
(b) Goneril.
(c) The Duke of Burgundy.
(d) King Lear.

Short Answer Questions

1. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, how does she command her servants to treat the King and his people?

2. Edmund cuts his arm with what weapon after he and Edgar pretend to fight?

3. What event caused the Fool to pine away?

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

5. When King Lear announces that he is retiring, what does he want to do with his lands?

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