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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who protests punishing Kent without the King's consent?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Goneril.
(c) Oswald.
(d) Edmund.

2. What did Oswald's letter from Goneril cause Regan and Cornwall to do?
(a) Stay and clean.
(b) Immediately depart.
(c) Leave for the King's castle.
(d) Go hunting for food.

3. Lear conducts a mock trial of his daughters; who serves as the judges?
(a) Kent and The Fool.
(b) Edgar and Kent.
(c) Edgar and The Fool.
(d) Edgar, Kent, and The Fool.

4. What emotion does Edgar feel when he sees that his father is blind?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Horror.
(d) Guilt.

5. Who delivers King Lear's letter to his other daughter, while the King is at Goneril's?
(a) The Fool.
(b) Oswald.
(c) Kent.
(d) A knight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Regan promises a promotion to Oswald if he finds and kills who?

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

3. King Lear has brought how many servants and knights to stay with Goneril?

4. In the first scene, an attendant is carrying a small crown meant for whom?

5. Who brings Cordelia the news that the British armies are marching towards them?

(see the answer key)

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