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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says "Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, / Than still contemned and flattered"?
(a) Regan.
(b) Lear.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Edgar.

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

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

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

5. Cordelia says she is guiding the French army against the English only because of what?
(a) Her desire for land.
(b) Her desire to oust her sisters.
(c) Her love for her father.
(d) Her annoyance at her sisters.

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

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

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

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

10. Goneril thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?
(a) His hands should be cut off.
(b) His eyes should be plucked out.
(c) He should be drawn and quartered.
(d) His skin should be removed.

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

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

13. A servant draws his sword on Cornwall because of what action?
(a) Because Cornwall tied Gloucester to a chair.
(b) Because Cornwall stabbed Gloucester.
(c) Because Cornwall accused Gloucester of being a traitor.
(d) Because Cornwall gouged out one of Gloucester's eyes.

14. What emotion does Edgar feel when he sees that his father is blind?
(a) Fear.
(b) Horror.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Sadness.

15. Who confirms the death of Cornwall to Cordelia and the doctor?
(a) Kent.
(b) Lear.
(c) Edmund.
(d) Edgar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kent asks who not to reveal his identity?

3. The messenger who delivers the news of Cornwall's death to Albany and Goneril also delivers a letter to Goneril from whom?

4. The man who leads the blind Earl of Gloucester into the heath claims what relationship to the Earl?

5. Edmund fakes feeling what about turning in his father?

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