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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gloucester, when mentioning the effect of the stars and planets on relationships, says that these effects have caused King Lear to do what to Cordelia?
(a) Send her away.
(b) Marry her to someone she doesn't like.
(c) Love her.
(d) Turn against her.

2. What does Kent give to the gentleman to show Cordelia?
(a) A letter.
(b) His seal.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A ring.

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

4. Who is the protagonist in the play?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Edmund.
(d) Duke of Cornwall.

5. 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.

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

7. Which man marries Cordelia even though she doesn't have a dowry?
(a) The Lord of Burgundy.
(b) The King of France.
(c) No one.
(d) The Earl of Gloucester.

8. How many of King Lear's daughters are married?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

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

10. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?
(a) In the court before the Duke of Albany's palace.
(b) In the upstairs of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(c) In the hall of the Duke of Albany's palace.
(d) In the stable of the Duke of Albany's palace.

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

12. In order to escape detection, Edgar decides to disguise himself as what?
(a) A servant.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A madman.
(d) A carpenter.

13. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, how does she command her servants to treat the King and his people?
(a) Like royalty.
(b) Poorly.
(c) Well.
(d) Disrespectfully.

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

15. After Lear laments his ungrateful daughters, what begins?
(a) Snow.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many suitors does Cordelia have when the King tells them that she will have no dowry?

2. Who calls the hovel haunted?

3. What punishment will King Lear give to the Fool for lying?

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

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

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