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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Cordelia enters Act 4, Scene 4 with what instruments sounding?
(a) Trumpets.
(b) Horns.
(c) Drums.
(d) Nothing.
2. Where does the battle take place?
(a) On a field between the two camps.
(b) On a field behind the English encampment.
(c) In Dover.
(d) On a field by the French encampment.
3. The doctor wants Lear to wake up and servants carry Lear into the doctor on what?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A chair.
(c) A litter.
(d) A bed.
4. Edgar is left alone at the farmhouse and hopes that the King will be able to do what?
(a) Escape.
(b) Live a long life.
(c) Get justice on his daughters.
(d) Get his lands back.
5. Oswald reports that Albany smiled when he heard what news?
(a) That Gloucester was punished.
(b) That the King had gone to Dover.
(c) That Goneril and Edmund were on their way.
(d) That the French Army had landed.
6. How does Edgar lead the blind Gloucester from the heath to the cliffs?
(a) By a leash.
(b) By his voice.
(c) By a rope.
(d) By his arm.
7. Gloucester greets the news of the English taking prisoners with what thoughts?
(a) Thoughts of rescue.
(b) Thoughts of sadness.
(c) Thoughts of suicide.
(d) Thoughts of hopelessness.
8. After Cornwall's death, who leads his army?
(a) The Marshal of Cornwall.
(b) Regan.
(c) Albany.
(d) Edmund.
9. On the battlefield, Edgar sets Gloucester by a tree and tells him to pray for what?
(a) That the right side will be victorious.
(b) That the English win and Lear is restored to his throne.
(c) That the French will win and Lear will be victorious.
(d) That his sons will survive the fight.
10. Who brings Cornwall the news that Gloucester has taken the King to Dover?
(a) A gentleman.
(b) A spy.
(c) Oswald.
(d) Kent.
11. Since she is widowed, Regan expects Edmund to do what?
(a) Seduce her.
(b) Court her.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Leave her.
12. Who poisoned Regan?
(a) Goneril.
(b) Edmund.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Albany.
13. Why did the King of France leave the French encampment and return to France?
(a) There was important business to take care of in France.
(b) Because his life was in danger.
(c) He didn't want to see King Lear.
(d) So he wouldn't have to fight.
14. How does Edmund die?
(a) Regan kills him.
(b) Edgar kills him.
(c) Goneril kills him.
(d) Kent kills him.
15. After hearing the news of Cornwall's death, Albany vows to take revenge for what act of Cornwall's?
(a) The escape of the King.
(b) Not keeping the women out of the plans.
(c) Not keeping Goneril at Cornwall.
(d) The blinding of Gloucester.
Short Answer Questions
1. Albany arrests who for treason?
2. What is Edmund's response to Regan when she asks him if he slept with Goneril?
3. When told of the death of Cornwall, Albany says the death was what?
4. How does Goneril die?
5. Lear conducts a mock trial of his daughters; who serves as the judges?
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