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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much love does Cordelia say she will give her husband?
2. Who calls the hovel haunted?
3. What did Oswald's letter from Goneril cause Regan and Cornwall to do?
4. Why does Edmund want his legitimate brother disinherited?
5. While Kent warns the gentleman of the coming conflict between Albany and Cornwall, what are the spies of France doing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What request, by Goneril, drives the King to leave her house?
2. While King Lear stays with Goneril, what are his knights interfering with?
3. The Fool's ambiguous statements while he and Lear are wandering in the storm imply that the Fool thinks Lear is what?
4. When Kent meets with the gentleman on the heath, what does Kent give the gentleman and what is it supposed to do?
5. Why does Edmund bemoan the fact that he is illegitimate?
6. Gloucester asks Edmund to tell anyone who asks for him that he is sick, but what does Edmund plan to do instead?
7. What does the letter Edmund has, that is supposedly from Edgar, say?
8. How are Goneril and Regan shown to be disloyal daughters in the play?
9. When the Duke of Cornwall and Regan commiserate with Gloucester about his traitorous son, what do they suggest was the influence on Edgar?
10. What act of nature is ravaging the earth and Lear?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Act 4, Scene 6 we are told that there is reason in madness. Using examples from the play, discuss the truth or falsehood of this statement.
Essay Topic 2
In what ways does King Lear symbolize a good king or a bad king, or both? What qualities does he posses that a king should (or should not) possess? What actions does he take that reinforces your opinion? Support your answer with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
What is the definition of a hero? Using examples from the play, is there a hero in King Lear? If so, who is it and why? If not, why is there no hero in the play?
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