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

2. Who does Lear say should feel obligation to him?
(a) His daughters.
(b) His kingdom.
(c) His servants.
(d) His son-in-laws.

3. When Lear sees Kent in the stocks, he asks Kent what question?
(a) He asks if Kent likes being in the stocks.
(b) He asks if Kent is amusing himself.
(c) He asks if Kent has slept.
(d) He asks if Kent hurt anyone.

4. Who is the protagonist in the play?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Duke of Cornwall.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Edmund.

5. Who does Kent ask to "turn thy wheel"?
(a) Hope.
(b) Daylight.
(c) The sun.
(d) Fortune.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?

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

3. Gloucester, when mentioning the effect of the stars and planets on relationships, says that these effects have caused King Lear to do what to Cordelia?

4. Who says, "Here's a night pities neither wise man nor fool"?

5. While Kent warns the gentleman of the coming conflict between Albany and Cornwall, what are the spies of France doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Kent want the gentleman to take to Dover?

2. How does Edmund incite his father into a rage against Edgar?

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

4. When Edgar leaves Edmund at the end of Act I, Scene II, why does Edmund laugh?

5. Why is King Lear dividing up his kingdom?

6. Before Lear and his retinue depart for Regan's house, what does the Fool tell Lear?

7. How are Kent's actions in relation to Oswald similar to Cordelia's actions in relation to Lear?

8. What does the letter Edmund has, that is supposedly from Edgar, say?

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

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

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