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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who advises the king to refuse the war?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Warrington.

2. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?
(a) Letters and photographs.
(b) Visits with the dukes in the castle.
(c) Through servants.
(d) Secret meetings.

3. Who spots Lear and creeps up on him from behind in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Fontanelle.

4. Who is leading the rebel army against the sisters?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Councillor.

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

6. Who is planning to marry the Duke of North?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Susan.
(d) Bodice.

7. Who foretells how Lear's army will attack in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) The Carpenter.
(c) North.
(d) Bodice.

8. Where is Lear taken after the trial?
(a) A prison cell.
(b) The guillotine.
(c) The firing squad.
(d) The graveyard.

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

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

11. Who plans to marry the Duke of Cornwall?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Cornelia.

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

13. 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) Bishop.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Lear.
(d) Warrington.

14. Where does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?
(a) Prison area.
(b) The war room.
(c) The chapel.
(d) King's quarters.

15. In Act 1, Scene 1, who claims to have proof that the "enemies" Lear speaks of are not actually enemies?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Susan.
(d) Warrington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the soldiers enter Lear's prison cell in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Which character says, "O don't waste your hypocrisy on me. You tried to kill yours once. My spies told me and they don't lie. They're the only moral institution in this country"?

3. Why does Lear insist his enemies hate him?

4. What does Lear ask of Fontanelle while in the prison cell?

5. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?

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