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Lear | Quiz

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This Study Guide consists of approximately 99 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Lear.

Lear | Quiz

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1)

How does Lear respond to the judge when asked, "And these ladies are your daughters?"? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

They betrayed me.
I loved them.
Yes.
No.
2)

What does Lear do in the last scene of the play? (from Act 3, Scene 4)

Chases away the pigs.
Attempts to dig up the wall.
Hangs himself.
Shoots Cordelia.
3)

Where is Lear taken after the trial? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

A prison cell.
The graveyard.
The firing squad.
The guillotine.
4)

What does Bodice demand be handed to Lear while at the trial? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

A goblet.
A baby.
A letter.
A mirror.
5)

Why doesn't the Old Orderly know Lear's crime? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

The fire killed the judge.
He was brainwashed.
The records were lost.
He died.
6)

Where has Lear been taken from in Act 2, Scene 5? (from Act 2, Scene 5)

The graveyard.
The prison.
The well.
The church.
7)

Who is leading Lear in Act 3, Scene 4? (from Act 3, Scene 4)

Thomas.
Jason.
The Ghost.
Susan.
8)

What is one of Lear's greatest flaws? (from Act 3, Scene 4)

Pity.
Laziness.
Self righteousness.
Envy.
9)

Who says, "Now I have all the power... and I'm a slave. Worse."? (from Act 2, Scenes 3 and 4)

Lear.
Cordelia.
Carpenter.
Bodice.
10)

Who appears to Lear in Act 2, Scene 2? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

Councillor.
Cordelia.
The Ghost.
Warrington.
11)

Who is Susan's husband? (from Act 3, Scene 1)

Carpenter.
McFearland.
John.
Thomas.
12)

Whom does Carpenter have tied up when he arrives in Act 2, Scene 5? (from Act 2, Scene 5)

The soldiers.
Cordelia.
Lear.
The Gravedigger's Boy.
13)

What does Bodice say as she leaves Lear's prison cell? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

I'm taking you to hell with me.
Mother's dead. I must serve tea.
The war has ended.
You'll be executed tomorrow.
14)

Who leads Susan back into the house at the end of Act 3, Scene 2? (from Act 3, Scene 2)

Thomas.
William.
Lear.
John.
15)

Who speaks of an animal in a cage at the trial? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

Councillor.
Bodice.
Old Sailor.
Lear.
16)

Who says, "Men destroy themselves and say it's their duty? It's not possible"? (from Act 2, Scene 7)

Lear.
Cordelia.
The farmer.
The Ghost.
17)

Who tells Lear that Cordelia will come the following day in Act 3, Scene 2? (from Act 3, Scene 2)

The Ghost.
Councillor.
Susan.
Thomas.
18)

What does Lear tell Bodice he has done to Fontanelle in the cell? (from Act 2, Scene 6)

Forgiven her.
Freed her.
Destroyed her.
Loved her.
19)

Which character says, "If God made the world, might would always be right, that would be so wise, we'd be spared so much suffering. But we made the world--out of our smallness and weakness"? (from Act 3, Scene 3)

Carpenter.
Lear.
Cordelia.
The Ghost.
20)

What is one of the main themes of Lear? (from Act 3, Scene 4)

Sex.
Violence.
Love.
Beauty.
21)

What does Bodice say regarding the prisons in Act 2, Scene 4? (from Act 2, Scenes 3 and 4)

They are empty.
They are overflowing.
They've been burned.
They had to be evacuated.
22)

Where is the farmer's boy going? (from Act 2, Scene 7)

To join the army.
To the fields.
To the castle.
To the work camp.
23)

For whom does Lear call when he's being led by the soldiers? (from Act 2, Scene 5)

Cordelia.
Ophelia.
The Ghost.
Bodice.
24)

Whom does Lear want to write to in Act 2, Scene 7? (from Act 2, Scene 7)

Fontanelle.
Bodice.
Cordelia.
The Gravedigger's Boy.
25)

Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

Old Sailor.
Lear.
Warrington.
Cleric.
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