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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lear say should feel obligation to him?
(a) His servants.
(b) His son-in-laws.
(c) His kingdom.
(d) His daughters.

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

3. What does Edmund have that is supposedly from his brother?
(a) A seal.
(b) A letter.
(c) A book.
(d) A ring.

4. What is the name of Edmund's legitimate brother?
(a) Eric.
(b) Edward.
(c) Ethan.
(d) Edgar.

5. What sound precedes the King's entrance into a scene?
(a) Hoofbeats.
(b) Horns.
(c) Footfalls.
(d) A herald's announcement.

6. Curan holds what position in society?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Gentleman.
(c) Courtier.
(d) Officer.

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

8. To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar do to his hair?
(a) He shaves it all off.
(b) He cuts it.
(c) He rubs mud in it.
(d) He knots it.

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

10. Kent tells the gentleman of a coming conflict between Albany and Cornwall and asks the gentleman to take the report to where?
(a) Camelot.
(b) Dover.
(c) France.
(d) London.

11. What room in the house does Act I, Scene 4 take place?
(a) The hall.
(b) The ballroom.
(c) The entrance.
(d) The dining room.

12. What punishment will King Lear's daughters give the Fool for speaking the truth?
(a) A whipping.
(b) A caning.
(c) Death.
(d) Prison.

13. Lear says that the weather is not unkind in its actions of a storm because why?
(a) It has no reason to be obligated to him.
(b) It simply acts as nature will.
(c) It has reason to be stormy.
(d) It doesn't need any man to be a storm.

14. When Lear sees Kent in the stocks, he asks Kent what question?
(a) He asks if Kent hurt anyone.
(b) He asks if Kent likes being in the stocks.
(c) He asks if Kent is amusing himself.
(d) He asks if Kent has slept.

15. What is the name of the person who stands up for Cordelia when her father disinherits her?
(a) Kent.
(b) Albany.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Burgundy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Edmund is going to betray Gloucester in order to do what?

2. King Lear has brought how many servants and knights to stay with Goneril?

3. Who says: "Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise"

4. In Act I, Scene 3, what are the names of the characters who speak?

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

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