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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 loses the battle according to the news Edgar brings?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Lear.
(c) The French.
(d) Albany.
2. When the King of France leaves the French encampment, who does he leave in charge?
(a) The Prince of France.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Albany.
(d) The Marshal of France.
3. Gloucester greets the news of the English taking prisoners with what thoughts?
(a) Thoughts of suicide.
(b) Thoughts of hopelessness.
(c) Thoughts of rescue.
(d) Thoughts of sadness.
4. Cornwall says that Edmund will find a better what with Cornwall than with Gloucester?
(a) Relationship.
(b) House.
(c) Life.
(d) Father.
5. Edgar is left alone at the farmhouse and hopes that the King will be able to do what?
(a) Get justice on his daughters.
(b) Get his lands back.
(c) Escape.
(d) Live a long life.
Short Answer Questions
1. When told of the death of Cornwall, Albany says the death was what?
2. Who is leading a blind Gloucester into the heath?
3. Goneril thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?
4. When Gloucester is brought in and tied up, he asks Regan, Goneril, and Cornwall to not mistreat him because why?
5. When Goneril and Edmund travel to Albany's palace, what happens between them?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Edgar use his father's blindness to trick him?
2. In terms of the plot, the description of Cordelia's response to Kent's letter paves the way for what?
3. Although Lear does not want to see Cordelia, what is Cordelia's goal?
4. How do Lear's and Gloucester's characters parallel each other?
5. How do Edmund's actions when turning his father in to Cornwall indicate that he is dishonest?
6. What does Edgar mean when he says "Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, Than still contemned and flattered."
7. How did Cordelia respond to Kent's letter, according to the gentleman?
8. How does Cornwall link the villainy in Edmund's family?
9. What caused Lear's madness?
10. What does Edgar pray for while Lear is asleep in the farmhouse?
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