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

2. Goneril thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?
(a) His skin should be removed.
(b) His hands should be cut off.
(c) He should be drawn and quartered.
(d) His eyes should be plucked out.

3. The messenger who delivers the news of Cornwall's death to Albany and Goneril also delivers a letter to Goneril from whom?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Lear.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Regan.

4. Kent wonders how such different daughters can come from the same what?
(a) Father.
(b) House.
(c) Mother.
(d) Family.

5. Who is leading a blind Gloucester into the heath?
(a) A mad man.
(b) A poor man.
(c) An old man.
(d) A sad man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Act 4, Scene 3 take place?

3. Edmund promises not to allow Albany to have mercy on whom after the battle?

4. Cornwall says that Edmund will find a better what with Cornwall than with Gloucester?

5. When Oswald leaves Goneril and Albany and returns to Regan at Cornwall, what does he carry from Goneril to Edmund?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. The comments of the servants to Regan after Gloucester is blinded indicate what?

4. At the end of the play, why is Lear happy?

5. How does Cornwall punish Gloucester for his villainy?

6. What caused Lear's madness?

7. What warning does Regan ask Oswald to give to Goneril?

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

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

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

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