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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. When Gloucester is told that he is climbing a cliff, what does he complain about not hearing?
(a) A river.
(b) The sea.
(c) The wind.
(d) Birds.

2. Lear says that wickedness is only punished in the poor and that wickedness isn't punished in the rich because they are protected by what?
(a) Their status.
(b) Their wealth.
(c) Their servants.
(d) Their homes.

3. 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 Edgar.
(c) A letter from Goneril to Edmund.
(d) A letter from Goneril to Cornwall.

4. Who brings Cornwall the news that Gloucester has taken the King to Dover?
(a) Oswald.
(b) A spy.
(c) A gentleman.
(d) Kent.

5. Who gives Edmund the office of Earl of Gloucester?
(a) The Duke of Burgundy.
(b) Goneril and Regan.
(c) The Duke of Cornwall.
(d) The Duke of Albany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cordelia has what quality that her sisters lack?

2. Edgar is left alone at the farmhouse and hopes that the King will be able to do what?

3. Edmund laments promising himself to both sisters and figures out that the only way he is going to enjoy one of them is for what to happen?

4. Regan promises a promotion to Oswald if he finds and kills who?

5. Who says "Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, / Than still contemned and flattered"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What plants the seeds of discord between Goneril and Regan?

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

5. Who opposes Albany's position with the King?

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

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

8. In terms of the plot, the description of Cordelia's response to Kent's letter paves the way for what?

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

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

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