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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has died at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A workman.
(b) Lear.
(c) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(d) Bodice.

2. Who intends to overthrow Lear in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) His daughters.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Thomas.

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

4. Which character says, "Politics is the higher form of justice"?
(a) Lear.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Judge.
(d) Bodice.

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

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

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

8. What is the name of the Orderly?
(a) Ben.
(b) Simon.
(c) John.
(d) William.

9. Who says in an aside that she is disappointed in her husband?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Susan.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Fontanelle.

10. Who says, "To fight like us you must hate. We can't trust a man unless he hates"?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Carpenter.

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

12. Which of the following is one of Lear's daughters?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Susan.
(d) Bodice.

13. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A knife.
(c) A dead pig.
(d) Warrington's body.

14. What does the Wounded Soldier see before he dies onstage?
(a) His wife.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The ocean.

15. What is the setting at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A church.
(b) A battle field.
(c) A parade ground.
(d) A prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Boy's Wife see outside the house?

2. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. Who does Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?

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

5. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?

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