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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 says: "Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise"
(a) Goneril.
(b) King Lear.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Regan.

2. The man who leads the blind Earl of Gloucester into the heath claims what relationship to the Earl?
(a) A servant.
(b) A man-at-arms.
(c) A tenant.
(d) A soldier.

3. What punishment will King Lear give to the Fool for lying?
(a) A caning.
(b) A whipping.
(c) Dismissal as Fool.
(d) Prison.

4. Edgar hides in what location to escape his pursuers?
(a) Under a bush.
(b) A hollow of a tree.
(c) An abandoned shack.
(d) In tree branches.

5. Edgar stops in the middle of what area when he tells Gloucester that they are on a cliff?
(a) A river.
(b) A field.
(c) The forest.
(d) A barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Gloucester's illegitimate son?

2. Who does Lear say should feel obligation to him?

3. Where is King Lear going to go when he leaves Goneril's house?

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

5. How many suitors does Cordelia have when the King tells them that she will have no dowry?

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