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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) The wind.
(b) The sea.
(c) Birds.
(d) A river.

2. Who states that Goneril is a better soldier than Albany?
(a) Oswald.
(b) Edmund.
(c) A soldier.
(d) Cornwall.

3. What does the doctor prescribe to help cure Lear's madness?
(a) Cold water baths.
(b) Sleep and rest.
(c) Nothing can cure madness.
(d) Herbs and walking.

4. Cordelia prays that Lear will recover from what?
(a) His depression.
(b) His suicidal tendancy.
(c) His madness.
(d) His regrets.

5. Edgar tells Gloucester that the person who led Gloucester to the edge of the cliff looked like a what?
(a) Boy.
(b) God.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Demon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Edgar, in his disguise as Poor Tom, agrees to lead Gloucester to the cliffs at which place?

2. Regan thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?

3. When the King of France leaves the French encampment, who does he leave in charge?

4. Who is leading a blind Gloucester into the heath?

5. The British armies are encamped near what city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Edgar mean when he says "Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, Than still contemned and flattered."

2. What does Cordelia consider her father to be suffering from?

3. When Edgar sees that his father is blind, what does he offer to do?

4. How is Lear able to recover from his madness?

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

6. While Lear and his party are in the farmhouse, what action does Lear take that makes him appear to be suffering from madness?

7. What caused Lear's madness?

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

9. How do Lear's and Gloucester's characters parallel each other?

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

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