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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. Albany arrests who for treason?
(a) Goneril.
(b) Goneril and Edmund.
(c) Regan and Edmund.
(d) Goneril and Regan.
2. Edgar, in his disguise as Poor Tom, agrees to lead Gloucester to the cliffs at which place?
(a) Avon.
(b) Dover.
(c) Avignon.
(d) London.
3. After Cornwall's death, who leads his army?
(a) Albany.
(b) Edmund.
(c) The Marshal of Cornwall.
(d) Regan.
4. Who is leading a blind Gloucester into the heath?
(a) An old man.
(b) A sad man.
(c) A poor man.
(d) A mad man.
5. What does Edgar give Albany in the British encampment?
(a) A letter from Goneril to Edmund.
(b) A letter from Goneril to Cornwall.
(c) A letter from Goneril to the King of France.
(d) A letter from Goneril to Edgar.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who tells Kent of a plot against the King?
2. When Goneril and Edmund travel to Albany's palace, what happens between them?
3. When the King recognizes Cordelia, this is seen as a sign of what?
4. The messenger who delivers the news of Cornwall's death to Albany and Goneril also delivers a letter to Goneril from whom?
5. Cordelia has what quality that her sisters lack?
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. Albany already sympathizes with the King. What action by Goneril is likely to make him turn completely against her?
3. Gloucester meets the news of Lear and Cordelia's capture with what?
4. Goneril and Regan dismiss Albany's desire to not hurt the King and say that what matters?
5. In terms of the plot, what is Act 5, Scene 2 designed to do?
6. How does Cornwall punish Gloucester for his villainy?
7. How does Edgar use his father's blindness to trick him?
8. When Goneril hears of Cornwall's death, what are her concerns?
9. At the end of the play, why is Lear happy?
10. Who opposes Albany's position with the King?
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