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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kent comes to King Lear in disguise and offers his services in what position?
(a) An advisor.
(b) A fighter.
(c) A servant.
(d) A nobleman.

2. Instead of calling Edgar mad, Lear gives him what title?
(a) Wise man.
(b) Fool.
(c) Poet.
(d) Philosopher.

3. Why does Edmund want his legitimate brother disinherited?
(a) So that Edmund can inherit everything.
(b) So that Edmund can live as a nobleman.
(c) So that Edmund can sell off all the land.
(d) So that Edmund can have all their father's attention.

4. Before leaving Goneril's house, what does the Fool warn King Lear about?
(a) To not let Goneril be mad at him.
(b) Not treating people better.
(c) Not to expect better treatment by his other daughter.
(d) Not to leave Goneril's in haste.

5. Where does Act I, Scene 3 take place?
(a) The Duke of Burgundy's palace.
(b) Goneril's summer home.
(c) The Duke of Albany's palace.
(d) The King's palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters does King Lear have?

2. Oswald and Kent meet in front of what structure?

3. How many of King Lear's daughters are married?

4. Kent points out that there is a hovel nearby and asks the King to do what?

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the Duke of Cornwall and Regan commiserate with Gloucester about his traitorous son, what do they suggest was the influence on Edgar?

2. What actions of the King does Gloucester fret about in Act I, Scene II?

3. What is ironic about Goneril's behavior towards her father, while he is at her house?

4. When Lear arrives at Regan's castle, what is one of the actions Regan takes to show that she is selfish?

5. Instead of explaining why he attacked Oswald, what does Kent say?

6. What does the Fool compare Lear too?

7. The storm is distracting the King from what?

8. How does Oswald deny the King's authority in Goneril's house?

9. How does Edmund incite his father into a rage against Edgar?

10. The Fools says who will whip him and for what?

(see the answer keys)

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