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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. While King Lear is staying with Goneril, how does she command her servants to treat the King and his people?
(a) Like royalty.
(b) Poorly.
(c) Disrespectfully.
(d) Well.

2. How many daughters does King Lear have?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

3. In the first scene, an attendant is carrying a small crown meant for whom?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Goneril.
(c) Regan.
(d) The Queen.

4. Edmund cuts his arm with what weapon after he and Edgar pretend to fight?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A sword.
(c) A knife.
(d) An arrow.

5. Who calls the hovel haunted?
(a) The King.
(b) The Fool.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Kent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carries a torch and finds the King and company in the forest?

2. Before leaving Goneril's house, what does the Fool warn King Lear about?

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

4. 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?

5. When King Lear gets ready to depart Goneril's house, what is his method of travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is King Lear going to divide up his kingdom?

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

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

4. What does the Fool compare Lear too?

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

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

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

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

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

10. The Fools says who will whip him and for what?

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