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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oswald say after Kent draws his sword?
(a) Help, ho! Sword is drawn!
(b) Help, ho! Murderer, Murderer!
(c) Help, ho! My life be spared!
(d) Help, ho! Leave me be!

2. Kent comes to King Lear in disguise and offers his services in what position?
(a) A fighter.
(b) An advisor.
(c) A servant.
(d) A nobleman.

3. During the first scene of Act 3, what are the armies of France ready to do?
(a) Protect France.
(b) Support Albany.
(c) Invade England.
(d) Support Lear.

4. Kent points out that there is a hovel nearby and asks the King to do what?
(a) Clean it.
(b) Take shelter in it.
(c) Go dry out in it.
(d) Sit by the fire in it.

5. Who says: "Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise"
(a) Goneril.
(b) King Lear.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Regan.

6. The paper Edmund has, which he is going to show to Gloucester as proof of his brother's treachery, says that the older generation should do what with their riches?
(a) Hold onto them.
(b) Give them to the poor.
(c) Use them to benefit their children.
(d) Give them to the younger men.

7. Goneril's goal is to have King Lear go and stay with whom, rather than stay at her house?
(a) His summer palace.
(b) Her brother's house.
(c) His palace.
(d) Her sister's house.

8. Who calls the hovel haunted?
(a) Kent.
(b) Edgar.
(c) The Fool.
(d) The King.

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

10. Where is King Lear going to go when he leaves Goneril's house?
(a) His summer home.
(b) His palace.
(c) France.
(d) Regan's house.

11. What are the rumors that Curan tells Edmund?
(a) Rumors of war between Lear and the Duke of Albany.
(b) Rumors of war between Lear and Burgundy.
(c) Rumors of war between the Duke of Cornwall and the Duke of Albany.
(d) Rumors of war between Fance and England.

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

13. What is the name of the person who stands up for Cordelia when her father disinherits her?
(a) Burgundy.
(b) Albany.
(c) Kent.
(d) Gloucester.

14. What event caused the Fool to pine away?
(a) Cordelia not professing her love for the King.
(b) Cordelia leaving for France.
(c) The King going to Goneril's home.
(d) The King leaving his palace.

15. Who carries a torch and finds the King and company in the forest?
(a) Goneril.
(b) Regan.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) Gloucester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edmund have that is supposedly from his brother?

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

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

4. How does Edmund characterize the belief that people having in the stars and planets ruling their lives?

5. Which man marries Cordelia even though she doesn't have a dowry?

(see the answer keys)

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