3. What does Cordelia ask of Lear in Act 3?
(a) To leave the country.
(b) To stop speaking against the government.
(c) To free the pigs.
(d) To hand over the stowaways.

4. Who tries to convince Susan to leave with him?
(a) Thomas.
(b) John.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Lear.

5. For whom does Lear call when he's being led by the soldiers?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) The Ghost.

6. Who says, "You have two enemies, lies and the truth. You sacrifice truth to destroy lies, and you sacrifice life to destroy death. It isn't sane"?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Lear.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Carpenter.

7. What does Lear kneel by in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) The well.
(b) The wall.
(c) The river.
(d) The castle.

8. Who leads Susan back into the house at the end of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Lear.
(c) John.
(d) William.

9. What does Lear do in the last scene of the play?
(a) Chases away the pigs.
(b) Shoots Cordelia.
(c) Hangs himself.
(d) Attempts to dig up the wall.

10. What does Thomas say to the villagers after Lear has kicked them all out?
(a) To go to Cordelia.
(b) To go to the camps.
(c) To wait in the village.
(d) To leave the country.

11. Which character says, "I have lived with murderers and thugs, there are limits to their greed and violence, but you decent, honest men devour the earth"?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Lear.
(d) Councillor.

12. Where are the civilians being sent in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) A work camp.
(b) To war.
(c) To the well.
(d) To the highlands.

13. What has Cordelia ordered Lear to stop doing?
(a) Speaking publicly.
(b) Feeding the poor.
(c) Fighting the rebels.
(d) Arresting soldiers.

14. Who asks Lear to stand up in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) The farmer.
(b) The farmer's wife.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Cordelia.

15. Whom does Lear want to write to in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Bodice.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. Who accompanies Lear in Act 2, Scene 7?

4. Who says, "Men destroy themselves and say it's their duty? It's not possible"?

5. Where does Act 2, Scene 6 take place?

(see the answer keys)

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