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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. Edmund is going to betray Gloucester to whom?
(a) The knights.
(b) The King.
(c) The Duke.
(d) The Earl.
2. While Kent warns the gentleman of the coming conflict between Albany and Cornwall, what are the spies of France doing?
(a) Gathering information.
(b) Sabotage.
(c) Sowing discord.
(d) Causing trouble.
3. Who does Kent ask to "turn thy wheel"?
(a) The sun.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Hope.
(d) Daylight.
4. What did Oswald's letter from Goneril cause Regan and Cornwall to do?
(a) Immediately depart.
(b) Stay and clean.
(c) Go hunting for food.
(d) Leave for the King's castle.
5. What did Goneril's gentleman do that causes King Lear to strike him?
(a) Chiding the King.
(b) Refusing one of the knight's requests.
(c) Chiding the Fool.
(d) Entering a building before the King.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who delivers King Lear's letter to his other daughter, while the King is at Goneril's?
2. What room in the house does Act I, Scene 4 take place?
3. Gloucester blames the effects of what for affecting relationships?
4. According to Goneril, while King Lear is staying with her, how often does King Lear wrong her?
5. Who is Gloucester's illegitimate son?
Short Essay Questions
1. Before Lear and his retinue depart for Regan's house, what does the Fool tell Lear?
2. Why does Edmund bemoan the fact that he is illegitimate?
3. The Fool's ambiguous statements while he and Lear are wandering in the storm imply that the Fool thinks Lear is what?
4. When the Duke of Cornwall and Regan commiserate with Gloucester about his traitorous son, what do they suggest was the influence on Edgar?
5. When Lear arrives at Regan's castle, what is one of the actions Regan takes to show that she is selfish?
6. Lear feels like he has lost his identity at Goneril's house for what reason?
7. What does the letter Edmund has, that is supposedly from Edgar, say?
8. What act of nature is ravaging the earth and Lear?
9. How is King Lear going to divide up his kingdom?
10. What does the Fool compare Lear too?
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