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100

What kind of conflict occurs in this passage?

What is Man vs Man?
100

What does "finical" refer to?

What is "fussy"?

100

Who insults and dislikes Oswald because they serve Goneril?

Who is Kent?

200

What does Kent compare himself to when talking about how Lear treats him?

What is a "dog"? (line 135)

200

What does "garb" refer to?

What is "appearance"?

200

Who sides with Oswald?

Who is Cornwall?

300
What does Kent allude to at the end of the passage?

What is a godly higher power with the mention of Phoebus?

300

What does Kent actually mean when he calls Oswald "Zed"?

What is being "insignificant/unnecessary"?

300

Where does Kent fall asleep?

What is in the stocks?

400

"Whose influence, like the wreath of radiant fire..."

What is a simile?

400

What does "fleshment" refer to?

What is an "accomplishment"?

400

Which of the three sisters is present in this scene?

Who is Regan?

500

What makes Kent's insults to Oswald so effective? (2)

What is his use of vivid vocabulary and asyndeton?

500

What does "rubbed" refer to?

What is the term "obstructed"?

500

Who insults Oswald calling him a "whoreson Zed"?

Who is Kent?

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