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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who tells Goneril that she is becoming a monster and only her shape as a woman protects her?
2. How does Edmund die?
3. Who confirms the death of Cornwall to Cordelia and the doctor?
4. Regan complains about not feeling well while fighting with whom about Edmund?
5. Who tells Gloucester that Edmund betrayed him?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Goneril hears of Cornwall's death, what are her concerns?
2. At the end of the play, why is Lear happy?
3. While Lear and his party are in the farmhouse, what action does Lear take that makes him appear to be suffering from madness?
4. How do Edmund's actions when turning his father in to Cornwall indicate that he is dishonest?
5. The comments of the servants to Regan after Gloucester is blinded indicate what?
6. Goneril and Regan dismiss Albany's desire to not hurt the King and say that what matters?
7. What happens to Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril by the end of the play?
8. How does Cornwall link the villainy in Edmund's family?
9. What plants the seeds of discord between Goneril and Regan?
10. What does Edgar mean when he says "Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, Than still contemned and flattered."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the play, King Lear goes mad and recovers. In what ways does King Lear contribute to his madness and recovery, and in what ways is the madness thrust upon him? Support your answer with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
How do the characters of Regan and Goneril change from the moment that they are first introduced until their deaths? Are their deaths just? Please support your answer with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
How does King Lear portray service? Who serves? What sort of authority and relationships are related to service in the play? Does service, as used in the play, belong to family or to the state? Why? Please support your answer with examples from the text.
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