Use this editable quiz to evaluate reading comprehension related to Act 4 of William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear. An answer key is included. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to help high school students focus on key aspects of characters, settings, and conflicts. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Edgar’s changing perspective on life
• Gloucester’s criticism of the gods
• Gloucester’s concern for a beggar
• Goneril’s assumptions about her husband
• Goneril’s adulterous desires
• King Lear’s concerns about Cordelia
• Cordelia’s desires for her father
• Edmund’s intensifying desire to commit murder
• Edgar’s efforts to save his father’s life
• A second fake trial
• King Lear’s struggle to understand his daughters
• King Lear’s thoughts about powerful people
• A duel
• The intent of a letter
• Cordelia’s request of Kent