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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. Kent asks who not to reveal his identity?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) The Gentleman.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Lear.

2. Cornwall says that Gloucester's villainy may be the cause of who's villainy?
(a) Goneril.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Kent.
(d) Cordelia.

3. Regan complains about not feeling well while fighting with whom about Edmund?
(a) Her father.
(b) Goneril.
(c) Albany.
(d) Edgar.

4. Who loses the battle according to the news Edgar brings?
(a) Lear.
(b) The French.
(c) Albany.
(d) Cordelia.

5. On the battlefield, Edgar sets Gloucester by a tree and tells him to pray for what?
(a) That the right side will be victorious.
(b) That his sons will survive the fight.
(c) That the English win and Lear is restored to his throne.
(d) That the French will win and Lear will be victorious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edgar lead the blind Gloucester from the heath to the cliffs?

2. Gloucester tries to commit suicide by doing what?

3. Who tells Gloucester that Edmund betrayed him?

4. 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?

5. Edmund tells a captain to kill Cordelia and make it look like what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Edgar pray for while Lear is asleep in the farmhouse?

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