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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. Edmund laments promising himself to both sisters and figures out that the only way he is going to enjoy one of them is for what to happen?
(a) One of the sisters to die.
(b) He says he can enjoy them both if he is crafty.
(c) Goneril stays married to Albany.
(d) If the sisters move farther apart.

2. The man who leads the blind Earl of Gloucester into the heath claims what relationship to the Earl?
(a) A tenant.
(b) A servant.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A man-at-arms.

3. Where does the battle take place?
(a) On a field behind the English encampment.
(b) On a field by the French encampment.
(c) In Dover.
(d) On a field between the two camps.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Edgar is left alone at the farmhouse and hopes that the King will be able to do what?

2. When the King of France leaves the French encampment, who does he leave in charge?

3. While Lear is in the town near the French encampment, he doesn't want to see Cordelia because he feels what?

4. Who brings Cordelia the news that the British armies are marching towards them?

5. Who gives Edmund the office of Earl of Gloucester?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. While Lear and his party are in the farmhouse, what action does Lear take that makes him appear to be suffering from madness?

4. How does Cornwall punish Gloucester for his villainy?

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

6. At the end of the play, why is Lear happy?

7. In terms of the plot, what is Act 5, Scene 2 designed to do?

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

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

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

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