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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Gloucester's illegitimate son?
(a) Edward.
(b) Edmund.
(c) Eric.
(d) Ethan.
2. What is the name of the person who stands up for Cordelia when her father disinherits her?
(a) Albany.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Kent.
(d) Burgundy.
3. Who are the three speakers in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Edgar Curan, and Gloucester.
(b) Edmund Curan, and Gloucester.
(c) Edmund, Curan, and Edgar.
(d) Gloucester, Edgar, and Edmund.
4. When Lear sees Kent in the stocks, he asks Kent what question?
(a) He asks if Kent hurt anyone.
(b) He asks if Kent likes being in the stocks.
(c) He asks if Kent has slept.
(d) He asks if Kent is amusing himself.
5. Cornwall and Regan administer what punishment to Kent?
(a) They hang him.
(b) They put him in the stocks.
(c) They whip him.
(d) They beat him.
6. To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar cover his face with?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Mud.
(c) Sand.
(d) Leaves.
7. Who does Kent ask to "turn thy wheel"?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Daylight.
(d) The sun.
8. What do Regan and Goneril believe is affecting the King's mind?
(a) Madness.
(b) Tiredness.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Old age.
9. Gloucester tells Edmund there has been a falling out between which two dukes?
(a) Burgundy and Albany.
(b) Albany and Cornwall.
(c) Cornwall and Burgundy.
(d) Albany and Camelot.
10. How many daughters does King Lear have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.
11. Which character does the line "when old fools are babes again" refer to?
(a) Duke of Albany.
(b) King of France.
(c) King Lear.
(d) The Fool.
12. Regan and Goneril tell Lear that he is what type of a man?
(a) Old.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Mad.
(d) Selfish.
13. To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar do to his hair?
(a) He cuts it.
(b) He shaves it all off.
(c) He knots it.
(d) He rubs mud in it.
14. What punishment will King Lear give to the Fool for lying?
(a) Prison.
(b) Dismissal as Fool.
(c) A caning.
(d) A whipping.
15. When Lear bemoans his treatment at Goneril's house, what does Regan say?
(a) Regan says that she will be different.
(b) Regan doesn't say anything.
(c) Regan agrees with Lear.
(d) Regan defends Goneril.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who says: "Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise"
2. Who says, "Here's a night pities neither wise man nor fool"?
3. While Lear is in the storm, who is his only companion?
4. Edmund tells his brother that he fears someone has turned Gloucester against him and then tells his brother to do what?
5. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?
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