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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brings Cordelia the news that the British armies are marching towards them?
(a) An officer.
(b) A gentleman.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A messenger.

2. Gloucester tries to commit suicide by doing what?
(a) Stabbing himself.
(b) Hanging himself.
(c) Lighting himself on fire.
(d) Jumping off a cliff.

3. When Oswald leaves Goneril and Albany and returns to Regan at Cornwall, what does he carry from Goneril to Edmund?
(a) A sword.
(b) A letter.
(c) A message.
(d) A flower.

4. Who tells Kent of a plot against the King?
(a) His dreams.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) The stars.
(d) A gentleman.

5. Edmund promises not to allow Albany to have mercy on whom after the battle?
(a) Lear and Edgar.
(b) Gloucester and Edgar.
(c) Cordelia and Goneril.
(d) Lear and Cordelia.

6. Why did the King of France leave the French encampment and return to France?
(a) Because his life was in danger.
(b) So he wouldn't have to fight.
(c) There was important business to take care of in France.
(d) He didn't want to see King Lear.

7. Who states that Goneril is a better soldier than Albany?
(a) Edmund.
(b) A soldier.
(c) Oswald.
(d) Cornwall.

8. Edgar stops in the middle of what area when he tells Gloucester that they are on a cliff?
(a) A barn.
(b) A field.
(c) The forest.
(d) A river.

9. Oswald reports that Albany smiled when he heard what news?
(a) That Goneril and Edmund were on their way.
(b) That the King had gone to Dover.
(c) That the French Army had landed.
(d) That Gloucester was punished.

10. When Gloucester is told that he is climbing a cliff, what does he complain about not hearing?
(a) The wind.
(b) Birds.
(c) A river.
(d) The sea.

11. How does Edgar lead the blind Gloucester from the heath to the cliffs?
(a) By a leash.
(b) By a rope.
(c) By his voice.
(d) By his arm.

12. Goneril thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?
(a) He should be drawn and quartered.
(b) His skin should be removed.
(c) His eyes should be plucked out.
(d) His hands should be cut off.

13. Cordelia has what quality that her sisters lack?
(a) Greed.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Pride.

14. Lear conducts a mock trial of his daughters; who serves as the judges?
(a) Edgar and Kent.
(b) Edgar, Kent, and The Fool.
(c) Edgar and The Fool.
(d) Kent and The Fool.

15. Cordelia says that France is not fighting the English with which motivation?
(a) Land.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Greed.
(d) Property.

Short Answer Questions

1. Regan complains about not feeling well while fighting with whom about Edmund?

2. Who makes Lear sleep while they are in the farmhouse?

3. Regan thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?

4. Who loses the battle according to the news Edgar brings?

5. Cordelia prays that Lear will recover from what?

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