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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. Who tells Kent of Cordelia's response to his letter?
(a) The Marshal of France.
(b) An officer.
(c) A gentleman.
(d) A soldier.

2. Cordelia says she is guiding the French army against the English only because of what?
(a) Her desire for land.
(b) Her desire to oust her sisters.
(c) Her love for her father.
(d) Her annoyance at her sisters.

3. What emotion does Edgar feel when he sees that his father is blind?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Horror.

4. When Gloucester is brought in and tied up, he asks Regan, Goneril, and Cornwall to not mistreat him because why?
(a) Because they are related to him.
(b) Because he helped their father.
(c) Because they are his guests.
(d) Because they are human.

5. Cordelia says that France is not fighting the English with which motivation?
(a) Property.
(b) Greed.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Land.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gloucester is told that he is climbing a cliff, what does he complain about not hearing?

2. Goneril thinks that Gloucester should suffer what punishment?

3. People who see Gloucester's crippled condition are turning against whom?

4. Edgar, in his disguise as Poor Tom, agrees to lead Gloucester to the cliffs at which place?

5. What does the doctor prescribe to help cure Lear's madness?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In terms of the plot, the description of Cordelia's response to Kent's letter paves the way for what?

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

4. How is Lear able to recover from his madness?

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

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

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

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

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