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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regan thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?
(a) Prison.
(b) The stocks.
(c) Beheading.
(d) Hanging.

2. The British armies are encamped near what city?
(a) Avon.
(b) Stratford.
(c) Dover.
(d) London.

3. When the King of France leaves the French encampment, who does he leave in charge?
(a) Albany.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The Prince of France.
(d) The Marshal of France.

4. Who is leading a blind Gloucester into the heath?
(a) An old man.
(b) A poor man.
(c) A mad man.
(d) A sad man.

5. Albany comes to the British encampment and says that the King is with Cordelia where?
(a) In the French encampment.
(b) In the nearby forest.
(c) In the town.
(d) At the castle.

6. What has to happen in order for Edgar to be reunited with his father?
(a) Edgar has to not be mad.
(b) Edgar must repent of his actions.
(c) Edgar has to find his father.
(d) Edgar's innocence has to be proven.

7. Edgar is left alone at the farmhouse and hopes that the King will be able to do what?
(a) Live a long life.
(b) Escape.
(c) Get his lands back.
(d) Get justice on his daughters.

8. Cordelia has what quality that her sisters lack?
(a) Pride.
(b) Greed.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Honesty.

9. When Gloucester is brought in and tied up, he asks Regan, Goneril, and Cornwall to not mistreat him because why?
(a) Because they are his guests.
(b) Because they are related to him.
(c) Because he helped their father.
(d) Because they are human.

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

11. The stage directions have the battle between the English and the French taking place where?
(a) On the whole stage.
(b) Off stage.
(c) In the back of the stage.
(d) To the right of where Gloucester sits.

12. Albany arrests who for treason?
(a) Goneril.
(b) Goneril and Edmund.
(c) Regan and Edmund.
(d) Goneril and Regan.

13. How does Edmund die?
(a) Regan kills him.
(b) Edgar kills him.
(c) Kent kills him.
(d) Goneril kills him.

14. Edgar stops in the middle of what area when he tells Gloucester that they are on a cliff?
(a) A river.
(b) A barn.
(c) A field.
(d) The forest.

15. When Gloucester is told that he is climbing a cliff, what does he complain about not hearing?
(a) The sea.
(b) Birds.
(c) The wind.
(d) A river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cordelia enters Act 4, Scene 4 with what instruments sounding?

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

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

4. Regan promises a promotion to Oswald if he finds and kills who?

5. On the battlefield, Edgar sets Gloucester by a tree and tells him to pray for what?

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