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

2. Where does Act 3, Scene 5 take place?

3. Albany arrests who for treason?

4. Regan promises a promotion to Oswald if he finds and kills who?

5. When the King recognizes Cordelia, this is seen as a sign of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cornwall punish Gloucester for his villainy?

2. How do Lear's and Gloucester's characters parallel each other?

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

4. How does Edgar use his father's blindness to trick him?

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

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

7. What does Edgar pray for while Lear is asleep in the farmhouse?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does King Lear portray service? Who serves? What sort of authority and relationships are related to service in the play? Does service, as used in the play, belong to family or to the state? Why? Please support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

What role does nature play in King Lear? Support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Animals are used in the play to describe various characters. Why does Shakespeare use animals to describe the characters instead of something else? What theme does this connect to? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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