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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. Edmund cuts his arm with what weapon after he and Edgar pretend to fight?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A sword.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A knife.

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

3. When Goneril and Edmund travel to Albany's palace, what happens between them?
(a) They fall in love.
(b) They hate each other.
(c) They have an affair.
(d) They become friends.

4. Who says, "I am a man / More sinned against than sinning" ?
(a) Lear.
(b) Kent.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) The Fool.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar do for clothing?

2. What punishment will King Lear give to the Fool for lying?

3. Edmund fakes feeling what about turning in his father?

4. Who says: "Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise"

5. The paper Edmund has, which he is going to show to Gloucester as proof of his brother's treachery, says that the older generation should do what with their riches?

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