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Test your knowledge of Act 1, scene 4. Submit your answers to see your results and get feedback.
What can Lear's inability to recognize Kent in disguise be interpreted as representing more generally?
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Lear's failing memory in old age
Lear's failure to see reality
Kent's social malleability
Lear's lack of trust in his advisors
What can be said about the way that Goneril treats Lear while he stays in her house?
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It does not show the respect a child should owe to a parent
It does not adhere to the rules of traditional hospitality
It does not follow Lear's expectations
All of the above
What is the Fool saying when he calls Lear a fool and then says to Lear that "thou art nothing?"
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That Lear is much closer to death than he understands
That the role of king is never more than an illusion
That in dividing his kingdom Lear has destroyed himself
That Lear has always thought too much of himself
After Goneril demands that Lear reduce the number of knights with him from 100 to 50, what curse does Lear direct at Goneril?
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That she only have ungrateful children
That her husband leaves her
That her sisters turn against her
That she one day suffer as Lear is now
What does Albany's clear vision of Goneril's cruelty to her father foreshadow?
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Albany's future alliance with France
The future strengthening of their political alliance
Their eventual break-up by the end of the play
Goneril's redemption and change of heart
