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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who delivers King Lear's letter to his other daughter, while the King is at Goneril's?
(a) Kent.
(b) A knight.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Oswald.

2. What is the name Edgar uses in place of his own?
(a) Poor Tom.
(b) Poor Man.
(c) Poor Kent.
(d) Poor Thomas.

3. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Gloucester, Edgar, and Edmund.
(b) Edmund, Curan, and Edgar.
(c) Edmund Curan, and Gloucester.
(d) Edgar Curan, and Gloucester.

4. What is Edmund going to do in order to assure Gloucester that his brother's intent isn't to hurt Gloucester?
(a) Talk with Edgar so that Gloucester can hear them.
(b) Talk with Edgar and report to Gloucester.
(c) Send someone to spy on Edgar.
(d) Write a letter asking Edgar what his intent is.

5. Which character does the line "when old fools are babes again" refer to?
(a) The Fool.
(b) King Lear.
(c) King of France.
(d) Duke of Albany.

6. King Lear has brought how many servants and knights to stay with Goneril?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) Four hundred.
(d) Three hundred.

7. What punishment will King Lear give to the Fool for lying?
(a) Dismissal as Fool.
(b) Prison.
(c) A whipping.
(d) A caning.

8. Where does Act 3, Scene 3 take place?
(a) Gloucester's hall.
(b) Gloucester's courtyard.
(c) Gloucester's stable.
(d) Gloucester's castle.

9. Who is the protagonist in the play?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Duke of Cornwall.
(c) Edmund.
(d) King Lear.

10. Curan holds what position in society?
(a) Gentleman.
(b) Courtier.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Officer.

11. When Edmund tells his brother that his father is horribly angry with him, what does Edmund advise his brother to do?
(a) Stay away from Gloucester until he cools off.
(b) Leave England until Gloucester cools off.
(c) Go and talk to Gloucester to cool him off.
(d) Write a letter to Gloucester to explain things.

12. Oswald and Kent meet in front of what structure?
(a) Gloucester's castle.
(b) Gloucester's stable.
(c) Albany's stable.
(d) Albany's castle.

13. Gloucester blames the effects of what for affecting relationships?
(a) The planets.
(b) The stars.
(c) The eclipses.
(d) The moon.

14. King Lear is trying to find his fool who has been missing for how long?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Two days.

15. When Cordelia refuses to profess her undying love for her father (the King), what does her father do?
(a) Her father disowns her.
(b) Her father hits her.
(c) Her father yells at her.
(d) Her father takes back the jewels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lear says the anguish of the storm distracts him from what?

2. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?

3. In the first scene, an attendant is carrying a small crown meant for whom?

4. While they are walking to the hovel, the Fool utters a prophecy that says what?

5. Before leaving Goneril's house, what does the Fool warn King Lear about?

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