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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 has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?
2. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?
3. Who accompanies Lear in Act 1, Scene 5?
4. What does Lear recognize in the well bucket?
5. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the Wounded Soldier in Act 2 Scene 3?
2. What is the significance of the location of Act 3, Scene 3?
3. Describe Lear's reaction to the mirror in the court scene.
4. Describe what happens at the end of Act 1, Scene 7 with the soldiers at the Gravedigger's Boy's house.
5. Why has Lear been spared in the prison? How does he escape?
6. Why has Lear written to Cordelia? What does he hope to achieve?
7. Who do Thomas and Susan reflect from earlier in the play? How?
8. Why is the Farmer and his family leaving the land?
9. What does Warrington reveal about Bodice and Fontanelle in Act 1, Scene 2? What is his course of action?
10. How does Lear feel about the Duke of North and the Duke of Cornwall? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you empathize with any characters in the play? Who? Why do you feel regard or disregard for these characters? Cite examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
What are the characteristics of the traditional tragic hero? What characteristics does Lear embody that make him the tragic hero of the play?
Essay Topic 3
What is the climax of Lear? How does this climax reflect both the actions in the play and the thematic climax? What has been sacrificed?
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