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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. In Act I, Scene 3, what are the names of the characters who speak?
(a) King Lear and Oswald.
(b) Goneril, Oswald, and King Lear.
(c) Goneril and Oswald.
(d) King Lear and Goneril.

2. Who states that Goneril is a better soldier than Albany?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Oswald.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) A soldier.

3. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Edgar Curan, and Gloucester.
(b) Edmund Curan, and Gloucester.
(c) Gloucester, Edgar, and Edmund.
(d) Edmund, Curan, and Edgar.

4. What sound precedes the King's entrance into a scene?
(a) Footfalls.
(b) Hoofbeats.
(c) A herald's announcement.
(d) Horns.

5. People who see Gloucester's crippled condition are turning against whom?
(a) Edmund and Goneril.
(b) Regan and Albany.
(c) Albany and Edmund.
(d) Regan and Edmund.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lear states that Edgar is the natural man, after his ravings, because of what?

2. While Kent warns the gentleman of the coming conflict between Albany and Cornwall, what are the spies of France doing?

3. What are the rumors that Curan tells Edmund?

4. What do Regan and Goneril believe is affecting the King's mind?

5. Where does Act 3, Scene 3 take place?

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