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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. Edmund says it will be best, and will support his story, if he finds Gloucester doing what?
(a) Giving comfort to the King.
(b) With French soldier.
(c) Sheltering the King.
(d) Acting as the King.

2. Lear conducts a mock trial of his daughters; who serves as the judges?
(a) Edgar and The Fool.
(b) Edgar, Kent, and The Fool.
(c) Edgar and Kent.
(d) Kent and The Fool.

3. Cordelia has what quality that her sisters lack?
(a) Greed.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Pride.

4. Albany comes to the British encampment and says that the King is with Cordelia where?
(a) In the nearby forest.
(b) In the French encampment.
(c) In the town.
(d) At the castle.

5. Cordelia enters Act 4, Scene 4 with what instruments sounding?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Trumpets.
(c) Drums.
(d) Horns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since she is widowed, Regan expects Edmund to do what?

2. What does Edgar give Albany in the British encampment?

3. Who says "Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, / Than still contemned and flattered"?

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

5. Kent asks who not to reveal his identity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril by the end of the play?

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

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

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

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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