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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Regan complains about not feeling well while fighting with whom about Edmund?
(a) Albany.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Goneril.
(d) Her father.

4. The doctor wants Lear to wake up and servants carry Lear into the doctor on what?
(a) A litter.
(b) A bed.
(c) A chair.
(d) A blanket.

5. Kent wonders how such different daughters can come from the same what?
(a) House.
(b) Family.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

6. Cordelia enters Act 4, Scene 4 with what instruments sounding?
(a) Horns.
(b) Trumpets.
(c) Drums.
(d) Nothing.

7. Who tells Gloucester that Edmund betrayed him?
(a) Cornwall.
(b) Regan.
(c) Goneril.
(d) Edmund.

8. The messenger who delivers the news of Cornwall's death to Albany and Goneril also delivers a letter to Goneril from whom?
(a) Regan.
(b) Edmund.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Lear.

9. Cornwall says that Edmund will find a better what with Cornwall than with Gloucester?
(a) Father.
(b) Life.
(c) Relationship.
(d) House.

10. Gloucester greets the news of the English taking prisoners with what thoughts?
(a) Thoughts of rescue.
(b) Thoughts of suicide.
(c) Thoughts of hopelessness.
(d) Thoughts of sadness.

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

12. What is Edmund's response to Regan when she asks him if he slept with Goneril?
(a) He agrees.
(b) Denial.
(c) Refusal.
(d) He ignores her.

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

14. Regan promises a promotion to Oswald if he finds and kills who?
(a) Goneril.
(b) Edmund.
(c) Lear.
(d) Gloucester.

15. Edmund fakes feeling what about turning in his father?
(a) Emotional conflict
(b) Sadness.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cordelia prays that Lear will recover from what?

2. How does Edgar lead the blind Gloucester from the heath to the cliffs?

3. When Oswald leaves Goneril and Albany and returns to Regan at Cornwall, what does he carry from Goneril to Edmund?

4. Edgar, in his disguise as Poor Tom, agrees to lead Gloucester to the cliffs at which place?

5. Kent asks who not to reveal his identity?

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