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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Oswald's letter from Goneril cause Regan and Cornwall to do?
(a) Stay and clean.
(b) Leave for the King's castle.
(c) Go hunting for food.
(d) Immediately depart.

2. Gloucester tells Edmund to say what if someone asks about Gloucester?
(a) That Gloucester is out of town.
(b) That Gloucester is away.
(c) That Gloucester is sick.
(d) That Gloucester is not home.

3. When Edmund tells his brother that his father is horribly angry with him, what does Edmund advise his brother to do?
(a) Write a letter to Gloucester to explain things.
(b) Stay away from Gloucester until he cools off.
(c) Go and talk to Gloucester to cool him off.
(d) Leave England until Gloucester cools off.

4. While Kent warns the gentleman of the coming conflict between Albany and Cornwall, what are the spies of France doing?
(a) Causing trouble.
(b) Sowing discord.
(c) Sabotage.
(d) Gathering information.

5. What event caused the Fool to pine away?
(a) The King leaving his palace.
(b) Cordelia not professing her love for the King.
(c) The King going to Goneril's home.
(d) Cordelia leaving for France.

6. To whom is Gloucester loyal?
(a) Himself.
(b) The King.
(c) Duke of Albany.
(d) Duke of Cornwall.

7. Who says: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child"
(a) The Duke of Burgundy.
(b) Goneril.
(c) The Fool.
(d) King Lear.

8. In the first scene, an attendant is carrying a small crown meant for whom?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Regan.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Goneril.

9. Instead of referring to the King by his title, what does Oswald call the king?
(a) My lady's relation.
(b) My lady's burden.
(c) My lady's responsibility.
(d) My lady's father.

10. Gloucester tells Edmund there has been a falling out between which two dukes?
(a) Cornwall and Burgundy.
(b) Burgundy and Albany.
(c) Albany and Cornwall.
(d) Albany and Camelot.

11. When King Lear announces that he is retiring, what does he want to do with his lands?
(a) Choose one of his daughters to be Queen.
(b) Divide them equally amongst his daughters.
(c) Reward his youngest daughter with the lands.
(d) Give them equally to his son-in-laws.

12. What is the name Edgar uses in place of his own?
(a) Poor Tom.
(b) Poor Thomas.
(c) Poor Kent.
(d) Poor Man.

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

14. Who says: "Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise"
(a) The Fool.
(b) Regan.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Goneril.

15. Edmund tells his brother that he fears someone has turned Gloucester against him and then tells his brother to do what?
(a) Leave quickly.
(b) Arm himself.
(c) Find out who the informant is.
(d) Issue a challenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, she complains that his knights are doing what?

2. Gloucester orders Edgar captured and killed because Gloucester thinks Edgar did what to Edmund?

3. Which man marries Cordelia even though she doesn't have a dowry?

4. What sound precedes the King's entrance into a scene?

5. Goneril and Cornwall order Gloucester to do what if Lear returns to the castle?

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