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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is leading a blind Gloucester into the heath?
(a) A mad man.
(b) An old man.
(c) A sad man.
(d) A poor man.

2. Where does Act 3, Scene 5 take place?
(a) Cornwall's castle.
(b) Gloucester's courtyard.
(c) Gloucester's castle.
(d) Cornwall's castle.

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

4. Who gives Edmund the office of Earl of Gloucester?
(a) The Duke of Burgundy.
(b) The Duke of Cornwall.
(c) The Duke of Albany.
(d) Goneril and Regan.

5. Cordelia says she is guiding the French army against the English only because of what?
(a) Her desire for land.
(b) Her love for her father.
(c) Her desire to oust her sisters.
(d) Her annoyance at her sisters.

6. Who makes Lear sleep while they are in the farmhouse?
(a) Kent.
(b) Fortune.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Gloucester.

7. While Lear is in the town near the French encampment, he doesn't want to see Cordelia because he feels what?
(a) Shame.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Fear.

8. The British armies are encamped near what city?
(a) Dover.
(b) Stratford.
(c) London.
(d) Avon.

9. The doctor wants Lear to wake up and servants carry Lear into the doctor on what?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A chair.
(c) A litter.
(d) A bed.

10. Albany comes to the British encampment and says that the King is with Cordelia where?
(a) In the French encampment.
(b) In the town.
(c) At the castle.
(d) In the nearby forest.

11. On the battlefield, Edgar sets Gloucester by a tree and tells him to pray for what?
(a) That the English win and Lear is restored to his throne.
(b) That the right side will be victorious.
(c) That the French will win and Lear will be victorious.
(d) That his sons will survive the fight.

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

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

14. Regan suspects that Goneril and Edmund are doing what?
(a) Having an affair.
(b) Plotting against Albany.
(c) Going to kill Albany and get married.
(d) Plotting against her.

15. After hearing the news of Cornwall's death, Albany vows to take revenge for what act of Cornwall's?
(a) Not keeping Goneril at Cornwall.
(b) The blinding of Gloucester.
(c) The escape of the King.
(d) Not keeping the women out of the plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Edmund says it will be best, and will support his story, if he finds Gloucester doing what?

2. When Gloucester is brought in and tied up, he asks Regan, Goneril, and Cornwall to not mistreat him because why?

3. The messenger who delivers the news of Cornwall's death to Albany and Goneril also delivers a letter to Goneril from whom?

4. Albany arrests who for treason?

5. When Oswald leaves Goneril and Albany and returns to Regan at Cornwall, what does he carry from Goneril to Edmund?

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