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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Lear's castle.
(b) Gloucester's castle.
(c) Goneril's castle.
(d) Albany's castle.

2. During the first scene of Act 3, what are the armies of France ready to do?
(a) Support Albany.
(b) Support Lear.
(c) Invade England.
(d) Protect France.

3. Who protests punishing Kent without the King's consent?
(a) Oswald.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Edmund.
(d) Goneril.

4. The Fool calls King Lear a fool for doing what?
(a) Giving away his lands.
(b) Leaving his palace.
(c) Searching for the Fool.
(d) Hitting Oswald.

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

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

7. 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) Love her.
(b) Send her away.
(c) Turn against her.
(d) Marry her to someone she doesn't like.

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

9. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, she complains that his knights are doing what?
(a) Interfering with her household.
(b) Eating too much food.
(c) Taking up too much space.
(d) Causing problems with the children.

10. Who is Edmund's father?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Burgundy.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Kent.

11. Who is Goneril's husband?
(a) The Duke of Burgundy.
(b) The Duke of France.
(c) The Duke of Kent.
(d) The Duke of Albany.

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

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

14. According to Goneril, while King Lear is staying with her, how often does King Lear wrong her?
(a) During the day with the demands of his followers.
(b) Day and night and every hour.
(c) At mealtimes with his demands.
(d) At least once an hour.

15. By what title does Oswald refer to Goneril as in Act I, Scene 3?
(a) Lady.
(b) Duchess.
(c) Madam.
(d) Princess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Goneril's goal is to have King Lear go and stay with whom, rather than stay at her house?

2. In order to escape detection, Edgar decides to disguise himself as what?

3. Gloucester blames the effects of what for affecting relationships?

4. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?

5. Instead of calling Edgar mad, Lear gives him what title?

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