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Test your knowledge of Act 2, scene 4. Submit your answers to see your results and get feedback.
What does Lear find upon arriving at Gloucester's castle that infuriates him?
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Kent is in the stocks
Regan and Cornwall arrived before him
Gloucester will not let him inside
His Fool has been attacked
What does Regan's initial refusal to see Lear when he arrives at Gloucester's castle parallel from earlier in the play?
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Cordelia refusal to flatter Lear with descriptions of her love
Cornwall putting Kent in the stocks
Gloucester's decision to disown Edgar
Goneril's neglectful behavior towards Lear
What does Regan suggest Lear should do after hearing his grievances against Goneril?
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Help her to overthrow Goneril so she can rule alone
Return to Goneril's house and ask for her forgiveness
Recognize that it is Albany rather than Goneril who is at fault
Ask Cordelia if she would be willing to take him in
After Regan tells Lear to return to Goneril with just half his retinue, what does Lear's statement about preferring to be a "comrade with the wolf and owl" suggest?
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That he thinks Goneril and Regan are behaving like wild predators
That he believes nature has more intrinsic justice than family bonds or law
That he wants to live in the woods alone
All of the above
In their joint meeting with Lear, what do Regan and Goneril's actions regarding Lear's knights symbolize?
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Their fear of Lear's military prowess
Their concern for Lear's safety
Their desire to serve and take care of Lear themselves
Their reduction of Lear to nothing
What does Lear say about a life defined by meeting one's needs?
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It is fulfilling and satisfying
It is no more than one can expect
It is no more than animal life
It is a life of luxury and ease
What does Lear do as a result of Goneril and Regan's final decisions about housing him and his retinue during their meeting in Gloucester's palace?
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Lear disowns them
Lear threatens to rebel against them
Lear goes mad
Lear reconciles with them
