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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. Who confirms the death of Cornwall to Cordelia and the doctor?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Lear.
(c) Kent.
(d) Edgar.
2. Who states that Goneril is a better soldier than Albany?
(a) Oswald.
(b) Edmund.
(c) A soldier.
(d) Cornwall.
3. Regan promises a promotion to Oswald if he finds and kills who?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Lear.
(c) Edmund.
(d) Goneril.
4. Who gives Edmund the office of Earl of Gloucester?
(a) The Duke of Albany.
(b) Goneril and Regan.
(c) The Duke of Burgundy.
(d) The Duke of Cornwall.
5. Who loses the battle according to the news Edgar brings?
(a) Albany.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Lear.
(d) The French.
Short Answer Questions
1. Lear conducts a mock trial of his daughters; who serves as the judges?
2. Edgar, in his disguise as Poor Tom, agrees to lead Gloucester to the cliffs at which place?
3. Who is leading a blind Gloucester into the heath?
4. When the King recognizes Cordelia, this is seen as a sign of what?
5. Gloucester greets the news of the English taking prisoners with what thoughts?
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. While Lear and his party are in the farmhouse, what action does Lear take that makes him appear to be suffering from madness?
3. What caused Lear's madness?
4. In terms of the plot, the description of Cordelia's response to Kent's letter paves the way for what?
5. What does Edgar pray for while Lear is asleep in the farmhouse?
6. When Edgar sees that his father is blind, what does he offer to do?
7. How does Cornwall punish Gloucester for his villainy?
8. What happens to Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril by the end of the play?
9. What warning does Regan ask Oswald to give to Goneril?
10. What does Cordelia consider her father to be suffering from?
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