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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. Where does Act 4, Scene 3 take place?
(a) In a forest.
(b) Outside the French encampment.
(c) In a town.
(d) At the French encampment.

2. Which man marries Cordelia even though she doesn't have a dowry?
(a) The Earl of Gloucester.
(b) No one.
(c) The King of France.
(d) The Lord of Burgundy.

3. Who was captured by the English army?
(a) Cordelia and the Marshal of France.
(b) Lear and Cordelia.
(c) Lear and the Marshal of France.
(d) Kent and Lear.

4. What did Goneril's gentleman do that causes King Lear to strike him?
(a) Entering a building before the King.
(b) Chiding the Fool.
(c) Chiding the King.
(d) Refusing one of the knight's requests.

5. How many of King Lear's daughters are married?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Edmund tells his brother that his father is horribly angry with him, what does Edmund advise his brother to do?

2. Before leaving Goneril's house, what does the Fool warn King Lear about?

3. Who delivers King Lear's letter to his other daughter, while the King is at Goneril's?

4. Edmund is going to betray Gloucester in order to do what?

5. The messenger who delivers the news of Cornwall's death to Albany and Goneril also delivers a letter to Goneril from whom?

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