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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. How does Goneril die?
(a) Regan poisons her.
(b) A servant stabs her.
(c) Edmund kills her.
(d) By suicide.

2. What does Edgar give Albany in the British encampment?
(a) A letter from Goneril to the King of France.
(b) A letter from Goneril to Cornwall.
(c) A letter from Goneril to Edmund.
(d) A letter from Goneril to Edgar.

3. A servant draws his sword on Cornwall because of what action?
(a) Because Cornwall tied Gloucester to a chair.
(b) Because Cornwall gouged out one of Gloucester's eyes.
(c) Because Cornwall stabbed Gloucester.
(d) Because Cornwall accused Gloucester of being a traitor.

4. Regan suspects that Goneril and Edmund are doing what?
(a) Plotting against Albany.
(b) Having an affair.
(c) Plotting against her.
(d) Going to kill Albany and get married.

5. Who says "Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, / Than still contemned and flattered"?
(a) Lear.
(b) Regan.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Gloucester.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Cornwall's death, who leads his army?

2. Gloucester tries to commit suicide by doing what?

3. While Lear is in the town near the French encampment, he doesn't want to see Cordelia because he feels what?

4. Who kills Oswald?

5. Where do Lear, The Fool, Kent, and Gloucester go when they leave the farmhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Lear does not want to see Cordelia, what is Cordelia's goal?

2. In terms of the plot, what is Act 5, Scene 2 designed to do?

3. Goneril and Regan dismiss Albany's desire to not hurt the King and say that what matters?

4. How do Edmund's actions when turning his father in to Cornwall indicate that he is dishonest?

5. How did Cordelia respond to Kent's letter, according to the gentleman?

6. What caused Lear's madness?

7. How does Edgar use his father's blindness to trick him?

8. Gloucester meets the news of Lear and Cordelia's capture with what?

9. How does Cornwall link the villainy in Edmund's family?

10. When Goneril hears of Cornwall's death, what are her concerns?

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