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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?
(a) In the hall of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(b) In the stable of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(c) In the court before the Duke of Albany's palace.
(d) In the upstairs of the Duke of Albany's palace.

2. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?
(a) As preposterous.
(b) As truth.
(c) As genuine.
(d) As superstitious.

3. Who brings Cornwall the news that Gloucester has taken the King to Dover?
(a) A spy.
(b) Oswald.
(c) A gentleman.
(d) Kent.

4. When Oswald leaves Goneril and Albany and returns to Regan at Cornwall, what does he carry from Goneril to Edmund?
(a) A letter.
(b) A sword.
(c) A message.
(d) A flower.

5. Edmund is going to betray Gloucester to whom?
(a) The King.
(b) The Earl.
(c) The Duke.
(d) The knights.

Short Answer Questions

1. While they are walking to the hovel, the Fool utters a prophecy that says what?

2. To whom is Gloucester loyal?

3. How does Edgar lead the blind Gloucester from the heath to the cliffs?

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

5. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, she complains that his knights are doing what?

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