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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. Who calls the hovel haunted?
(a) The Fool.
(b) The King.
(c) Kent.
(d) Edgar.
2. Edgar hides in what location to escape his pursuers?
(a) A hollow of a tree.
(b) In tree branches.
(c) Under a bush.
(d) An abandoned shack.
3. Edmund cuts his arm with what weapon after he and Edgar pretend to fight?
(a) A knife.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A sword.
(d) An arrow.
4. While Kent warns the gentleman of the coming conflict between Albany and Cornwall, what are the spies of France doing?
(a) Sabotage.
(b) Sowing discord.
(c) Causing trouble.
(d) Gathering information.
5. Who says, "Here's a night pities neither wise man nor fool"?
(a) The Fool.
(b) Kent.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) The King.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the first scene, an attendant is carrying a small crown meant for whom?
2. To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar cover his face with?
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. What punishment will King Lear give to the Fool for lying?
5. The paper Edmund has, which he is going to show to Gloucester as proof of his brother's treachery, says that the older generation should do what with their riches?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the point of Act 2, Scene 3?
2. When Lear arrives at Regan's castle, what is one of the actions Regan takes to show that she is selfish?
3. How is King Lear going to divide up his kingdom?
4. The storm is distracting the King from what?
5. Gloucester asks Edmund to tell anyone who asks for him that he is sick, but what does Edmund plan to do instead?
6. When Edgar leaves Edmund at the end of Act I, Scene II, why does Edmund laugh?
7. What are some of the steps Edgar takes to disguise himself?
8. Why does Edmund bemoan the fact that he is illegitimate?
9. The Fool's ambiguous statements while he and Lear are wandering in the storm imply that the Fool thinks Lear is what?
10. When the Duke of Cornwall and Regan commiserate with Gloucester about his traitorous son, what do they suggest was the influence on Edgar?
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