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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. When told of the death of Cornwall, Albany says the death was what?

2. What emotion does Edgar feel when he sees that his father is blind?

3. Who states that Goneril is a better soldier than Albany?

4. On the battlefield, Edgar sets Gloucester by a tree and tells him to pray for what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Cornwall link the villainy in Edmund's family?

3. Who opposes Albany's position with the King?

4. Albany already sympathizes with the King. What action by Goneril is likely to make him turn completely against her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the text, how are Goneril and Regan alike and different in their actions, characteristic, motivations, and reaction to their father?

Essay Topic 2

There are several words that are repeated throughout King Lear. Choose two of the words from the list below and discuss what their use means to the play and the characters in the play.

-- nature

-- natural

-- nothing

-- bond

-- love

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, how does King Lear move toward a greater knowledge of the world and himself through his actions and experiences? Please use examples from the text to support your answer.

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