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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. Who tells Kent of a plot against the King?

2. Kent wonders how such different daughters can come from the same what?

3. How does Goneril die?

4. Why did the King of France leave the French encampment and return to France?

5. Who tells Kent of Cordelia's response to his letter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. While Lear and his party are in the farmhouse, what action does Lear take that makes him appear to be suffering from madness?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Cornwall punish Gloucester for his villainy?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would Edgar would make a good King of England? Why or why not? Please support your answer with examples from the text.

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

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

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