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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cordelia has what quality that her sisters lack?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Pride.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Greed.

2. Who says "Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, / Than still contemned and flattered"?
(a) Regan.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Lear.

3. The British armies are encamped near what city?
(a) London.
(b) Stratford.
(c) Avon.
(d) Dover.

4. Lear says that wickedness is only punished in the poor and that wickedness isn't punished in the rich because they are protected by what?
(a) Their status.
(b) Their homes.
(c) Their wealth.
(d) Their servants.

5. Edgar, in his disguise as Poor Tom, agrees to lead Gloucester to the cliffs at which place?
(a) Avignon.
(b) London.
(c) Avon.
(d) Dover.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The doctor wants Lear to wake up and servants carry Lear into the doctor on what?

3. Who confirms the death of Cornwall to Cordelia and the doctor?

4. Albany comes to the British encampment and says that the King is with Cordelia where?

5. What has to happen in order for Edgar to be reunited with his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In terms of the plot, what is Act 5, Scene 2 designed to do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do Edmund's actions when turning his father in to Cornwall indicate that he is dishonest?

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