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What does Gloucester overhear when gathering supplies?
A secret about Cordelia
A plot to kill Lear
A fight between Edgar and Edmund
A servant seducing Regan
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Where does Gloucester ask Kent to take Lear?
France
London
York
Dover
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What does Edgar realize after seeing Lear's suffering?
Daughters cannot be trusted.
Kings must be suspicious of everyone.
His own suffering is insignificant
Edmund has betrayed him.
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Why does Edmund have to go with Goneril to Albany's palace?
To set up defenses against the French
To kill Albany and take his place
To find Edgar and murder him
To avoid seeing his father suffer
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What punishment do Cornwall and Regan inflict on Gloucester?
They gouge out his eyes.
They slit open his stomach.
They pry out his teeth.
They cut off his hands.
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