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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. Regan thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?

2. Lear conducts a mock trial of his daughters; who serves as the judges?

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

4. Regan complains about not feeling well while fighting with whom about Edmund?

5. Who was captured by the English army?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Edgar sees that his father is blind, what does he offer to do?

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

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

4. In terms of the plot, what is Act 5, Scene 2 designed to do?

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

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

7. Goneril and Regan dismiss Albany's desire to not hurt the King and say that what matters?

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

9. Although Lear does not want to see Cordelia, what is Cordelia's goal?

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

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

Using examples from the text, what are the connections between the main plot and the subplot in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Blindness is a theme throughout King Lear. Where is this theme in evidence in the play, what different kinds of blindness are present in the play, and how does blindness effect the play? Please support your answer with examples from the text.

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