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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Edmund going to do in order to assure Gloucester that his brother's intent isn't to hurt Gloucester?
(a) Talk with Edgar so that Gloucester can hear them.
(b) Talk with Edgar and report to Gloucester.
(c) Send someone to spy on Edgar.
(d) Write a letter asking Edgar what his intent is.

2. When King Lear gets ready to depart Goneril's house, what is his method of travel?
(a) By cart.
(b) By foot.
(c) On horseback.
(d) By carriage.

3. Who delivers King Lear's letter to his other daughter, while the King is at Goneril's?
(a) Kent.
(b) A knight.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Oswald.

4. Goneril's goal is to have King Lear go and stay with whom, rather than stay at her house?
(a) His palace.
(b) Her sister's house.
(c) His summer palace.
(d) Her brother's house.

5. Lear states that Edgar is the natural man, after his ravings, because of what?
(a) Edgar owes nobody anything.
(b) Edgar is unburdened by heartache.
(c) Edgar is letting his own mind run free.
(d) Edgar is mad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kent ask to "turn thy wheel"?

2. What did Goneril's gentleman do that causes King Lear to strike him?

3. Where does Act 3, Scene 3 take place?

4. Who protests punishing Kent without the King's consent?

5. Edmund cuts his arm with what weapon after he and Edgar pretend to fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Fool compare Lear too?

2. Goneril complains to Oswald about her father's behavior for what reason?

3. Why are Goneril and Regan awarded large parts of the kingdom?

4. Why does Edmund bemoan the fact that he is illegitimate?

5. What are some of the steps Edgar takes to disguise himself?

6. What act of nature is ravaging the earth and Lear?

7. Why can King Lear's son-in-laws not tell who Lear loves best in the beginning of the play?

8. What actions of the King does Gloucester fret about in Act I, Scene II?

9. After Regan and Cornwall order Gloucester not to let the King back into the castle, Gloucester tells Edmund that he plans to do what?

10. Instead of explaining why he attacked Oswald, what does Kent say?

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