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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. Oswald reports that Albany smiled when he heard what news?
(a) That the French Army had landed.
(b) That the King had gone to Dover.
(c) That Gloucester was punished.
(d) That Goneril and Edmund were on their way.

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

3. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Lear's castle.
(b) Gloucester's castle.
(c) Albany's castle.
(d) Goneril's castle.

4. Who does Lear say should feel obligation to him?
(a) His daughters.
(b) His servants.
(c) His kingdom.
(d) His son-in-laws.

5. Lear states that Edgar is the natural man, after his ravings, because of what?
(a) Edgar owes nobody anything.
(b) Edgar is mad.
(c) Edgar is letting his own mind run free.
(d) Edgar is unburdened by heartache.

Short Answer Questions

1. Goneril and Regan believe that the King's banishment of the man who defended Cordelia against being disinherited was what?

2. Where does Act I, Scene 3 take place?

3. Who is the protagonist in the play?

4. What does the doctor prescribe to help cure Lear's madness?

5. Which character does the line "when old fools are babes again" refer to?

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