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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kent asks who not to reveal his identity?
(a) The Gentleman.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Lear.

2. After Cornwall's death, who leads his army?
(a) Regan.
(b) Albany.
(c) Edmund.
(d) The Marshal of Cornwall.

3. Lear conducts a mock trial of his daughters; who serves as the judges?
(a) Edgar and Kent.
(b) Edgar and The Fool.
(c) Kent and The Fool.
(d) Edgar, Kent, and The Fool.

4. On the battlefield, Edgar sets Gloucester by a tree and tells him to pray for what?
(a) That the French will win and Lear will be victorious.
(b) That the English win and Lear is restored to his throne.
(c) That the right side will be victorious.
(d) That his sons will survive the fight.

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

6. When Oswald leaves Goneril and Albany and returns to Regan at Cornwall, what does he carry from Goneril to Edmund?
(a) A sword.
(b) A letter.
(c) A flower.
(d) A message.

7. Who was captured by the English army?
(a) Lear and the Marshal of France.
(b) Lear and Cordelia.
(c) Cordelia and the Marshal of France.
(d) Kent and Lear.

8. Who kills Oswald?
(a) Regan.
(b) Edmund.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Edgar.

9. 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) The blinding of Gloucester.
(c) Not keeping Goneril at Cornwall.
(d) Not keeping the women out of the plans.

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

11. Who brings Cornwall the news that Gloucester has taken the King to Dover?
(a) Kent.
(b) A spy.
(c) Oswald.
(d) A gentleman.

12. Where do Lear, The Fool, Kent, and Gloucester go when they leave the farmhouse?
(a) France.
(b) To see a doctor.
(c) Dover.
(d) To Cordelia.

13. Edgar tells Gloucester that the person who led Gloucester to the edge of the cliff looked like a what?
(a) God.
(b) Traitor.
(c) Demon.
(d) Boy.

14. While Lear is in the town near the French encampment, he doesn't want to see Cordelia because he feels what?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Fear.
(c) Shame.
(d) Sorrow.

15. Who states that Goneril is a better soldier than Albany?
(a) Oswald.
(b) Cornwall.
(c) Edmund.
(d) A soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cordelia prays that Lear will recover from what?

2. When the King of France leaves the French encampment, who does he leave in charge?

3. What has to happen in order for Edgar to be reunited with his father?

4. Cordelia has what quality that her sisters lack?

5. Gloucester greets the news of the English taking prisoners with what thoughts?

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