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

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

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

4. Regan complains about not feeling well while fighting with whom about Edmund?
(a) Her father.
(b) Goneril.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Albany.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Goneril that she is becoming a monster and only her shape as a woman protects her?

2. Edmund tells a captain to kill Cordelia and make it look like what?

3. The stage directions have the battle between the English and the French taking place where?

4. Edgar, in his disguise as Poor Tom, agrees to lead Gloucester to the cliffs at which place?

5. Albany comes to the British encampment and says that the King is with Cordelia where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cordelia consider her father to be suffering from?

2. When Edgar sees that his father is blind, what does he offer to do?

3. What plants the seeds of discord between Goneril and Regan?

4. When Goneril hears of Cornwall's death, what are her concerns?

5. What caused Lear's madness?

6. How is Lear able to recover from his madness?

7. In terms of the plot, the description of Cordelia's response to Kent's letter paves the way for what?

8. How does Edgar use his father's blindness to trick him?

9. Albany already sympathizes with the King. What action by Goneril is likely to make him turn completely against her?

10. What warning does Regan ask Oswald to give to Goneril?

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