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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Boy say his wife keeps?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Horses.
(d) Sheep.

2. Which character says, "I feel confidence in my bones. That's never failed me. If only I were a young man" in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Lear.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Councillor.

3. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Fontanelle.

4. Who initially protests the execution of the workman at the wall?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Bodice.

5. Why do the soldiers enter Lear's prison cell in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) To beat him.
(b) To take his daughters away.
(c) To take him to the tower.
(d) To search it.

6. Who does the Boy's Wife see outside the house?
(a) Bodice.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Councillor.

7. What does Lear find on the ground in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) A sword.
(b) A dead soldier.
(c) Blood.
(d) Bread.

8. Why does the Boy say his wife is upset?
(a) She's crazy.
(b) She's pregnant.
(c) She was raped.
(d) She's been tortured.

9. Who is addressing a battle regiment in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Lear.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Bodice.

10. Which character says, "I've always wanted to sit on a man's lungs"?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Fontanelle.

11. What is the Carpenter's name?
(a) John.
(b) James.
(c) William.
(d) Eric.

12. How does Lear order the workman killed in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Crucifixion.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) Hanging.

13. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Lear.
(b) Old Sailor.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Cleric.

14. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?
(a) A bear.
(b) A fallen axe.
(c) An explosion.
(d) A fallen stone.

15. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?
(a) Swords.
(b) Scimitars.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Battle-axes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Wounded Soldier see before he dies onstage?

2. Whom does Lear accuse of betraying him in court?

3. Who plans to marry the Duke of Cornwall?

4. Who stabs knitting needles into Warrington's ears?

5. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?

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