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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kent give to the gentleman to show Cordelia?
(a) His seal.
(b) A letter.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

2. Who says "Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, / Than still contemned and flattered"?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Regan.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Lear.

3. What are the rumors that Curan tells Edmund?
(a) Rumors of war between Lear and the Duke of Albany.
(b) Rumors of war between the Duke of Cornwall and the Duke of Albany.
(c) Rumors of war between Lear and Burgundy.
(d) Rumors of war between Fance and England.

4. While Lear is in the storm, who is his only companion?
(a) No one.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Kent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Goneril and Cornwall order Gloucester to do what if Lear returns to the castle?

3. What did Oswald's letter from Goneril cause Regan and Cornwall to do?

4. Who tells Goneril that she is becoming a monster and only her shape as a woman protects her?

5. Before leaving Goneril's house, what does the Fool warn King Lear about?

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