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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the prisoner do to Fontanelle's body?
(a) Revives it.
(b) Autopsies it.
(c) Removes it.
(d) Burns it.

2. What is one of Lear's greatest flaws?
(a) Self righteousness.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Envy.
(d) Pity.

3. Who does Carpenter tell Fontanelle has been captured?
(a) The Ghost.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Lear.

4. What does Lear ask of Cornelia in Act 3?
(a) To leave the country.
(b) To speak to the people.
(c) To free him.
(d) To tear down the wall.

5. Who says, "Men destroy themselves and say it's their duty? It's not possible"?
(a) The farmer.
(b) Lear.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Cordelia.

6. Who is McFearson?
(a) Cordelia's husband.
(b) The Small Man.
(c) Lear's son.
(d) The Gravedigger Boy's son.

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

8. What frightens the pigs, making them run?
(a) Susan.
(b) Lear.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) The soldiers.

9. Who does Lear want to live for at the end of Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) The Ghost.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Fontanelle.

10. Where does Act 3, Scene 4 take place?
(a) At the castle.
(b) At the wall.
(c) At the battle field.
(d) At the grave.

11. Who is leading Lear in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Susan.
(b) The Ghost.
(c) Jason.
(d) Thomas.

12. Why is the Ghost upset with Lear in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) He accused the Ghost of murder.
(b) He refused to die nobly.
(c) He didn't tell Cornelia he was there.
(d) He stole from the watchmen.

13. Who kills the Ghost?
(a) The pigs.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cordelia.

14. How does Fontanelle die?
(a) She is hanged.
(b) She is beheaded.
(c) She is poisoned.
(d) She is shot.

15. Why does the Small Man say he looks ragged to Thomas?
(a) He's a spy.
(b) He was fighting in the war.
(c) He's been living with wolves.
(d) He was beaten by thugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Lear been taken from in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

3. Who does Lear ask to lead him on a journey in Act 3, Scene 3?

4. Who approaches Lear and the Ghost in Act 2, Scene 7?

5. What character is introduced in Act 3?

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