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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Carpenter bring to the Wife?
(a) A cradle.
(b) A blanket.
(c) Bread.
(d) A pig.

2. What does the Gravedigger's Boy say his wife would like to do?
(a) Marry the Carpenter.
(b) Betray the king.
(c) Go back to her father.
(d) Put a fence around them.

3. What gift from her childhood does Fontanelle remind her father of when she stands trial against him?
(a) A cow.
(b) A horse.
(c) A bird.
(d) A dog.

4. Who appears to Lear in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Councillor.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Warrington.
(d) The Ghost.

5. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Cornwall suggest be done with Lear?
(a) Execute him.
(b) Put him in prison.
(c) Free him.
(d) Banish him.

6. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?
(a) Because he's hired by Cornwall.
(b) Because his hut is unlivable.
(c) Because he's really a traitor.
(d) To make the workers work faster.

7. Who says, "Now I have all the power... and I'm a slave. Worse."?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Carpenter.

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

9. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Firing Squad.

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

11. Who does Lear claim are his enemies?
(a) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of North.
(b) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Stonewall.
(c) Duke of South and Duke Willingshead.
(d) Duke of North and Duke of Ireland.

12. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Carpenter.

13. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Her hands are cold.
(b) She doesn't approve of the wall.
(c) Her feet are wet.
(d) She is hungry.

14. Whose dress does Bodice wear in the prison cell?
(a) Her aunt's.
(b) Her daughter's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Her sister's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?

2. In Act 1, Scene 1, who claims to have proof that the "enemies" Lear speaks of are not actually enemies?

3. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?

4. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?

5. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

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