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

2. When King Lear announces that he is retiring, what does he want to do with his lands?
(a) Give them equally to his son-in-laws.
(b) Choose one of his daughters to be Queen.
(c) Divide them equally amongst his daughters.
(d) Reward his youngest daughter with the lands.

3. When Edmund tells his brother that his father is horribly angry with him, what does Edmund advise his brother to do?
(a) Stay away from Gloucester until he cools off.
(b) Go and talk to Gloucester to cool him off.
(c) Write a letter to Gloucester to explain things.
(d) Leave England until Gloucester cools off.

4. The gentleman on the hearth tells Kent that Lear is doing what in the storm?
(a) Crying.
(b) Talking.
(c) Praying.
(d) Wandering.

5. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Edgar Curan, and Gloucester.
(b) Gloucester, Edgar, and Edmund.
(c) Edmund, Curan, and Edgar.
(d) Edmund Curan, and Gloucester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kent comes to King Lear in disguise and offers his services in what position?

2. Who does Lear say should feel obligation to him?

3. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?

4. When Kent says: "but you have that in your countenance which I would fain call master," what quality is he referring to?

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. Goneril wants King Lear to leave her home and go where?

2. What request, by Goneril, drives the King to leave her house?

3. The Fool's ambiguous statements while he and Lear are wandering in the storm imply that the Fool thinks Lear is what?

4. What is the point of Act 2, Scene 3?

5. What is ironic about Goneril's behavior towards her father, while he is at her house?

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

7. How does Oswald deny the King's authority in Goneril's house?

8. How are Goneril and Regan shown to be disloyal daughters in the play?

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

10. Gloucester asks Edmund to tell anyone who asks for him that he is sick, but what does Edmund plan to do instead?

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