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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. When Kent says: "but you have that in your countenance which I would fain call master," what quality is he referring to?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Authority.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Knowledge.

2. Gloucester blames the effects of what for affecting relationships?
(a) The moon.
(b) The stars.
(c) The eclipses.
(d) The planets.

3. What does Edmund have that is supposedly from his brother?
(a) A seal.
(b) A book.
(c) A letter.
(d) A ring.

4. Who is Gloucester's illegitimate son?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Edward.
(c) Ethan.
(d) Eric.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gloucester, when mentioning the effect of the stars and planets on relationships, says that these effects have caused King Lear to do what to Cordelia?

3. Edmund tells his brother that he fears someone has turned Gloucester against him and then tells his brother to do what?

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

5. Oswald is what relation to Goneril?

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