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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who speaks the last lines in the play?
(a) The Farmer's Son.
(b) Susan.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Ghost.

2. 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) Lear.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Thomas.

3. What does Lear tell Bodice he has done to Fontanelle in the cell?
(a) Destroyed her.
(b) Forgiven her.
(c) Freed her.
(d) Loved her.

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

5. What do the soldiers tell the Small Man will be done to him in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) He will be freed.
(b) He will be hanged.
(c) He will be shot.
(d) He will be put on the wall.

6. What does Carpenter tell the soldiers they don't have left?
(a) A leader.
(b) A cause.
(c) A HQ.
(d) A chance.

7. What formation is nearby in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) The well.
(b) Stonehenge.
(c) The wall.
(d) The tower.

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

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

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

11. How much time passes between Act 3, Scene 1 and Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) One year.
(b) Several months.
(c) One day.
(d) Ten years.

12. To whom does Lear say, "Don't ask them for favours. Walk with us. Be gentle and don't pull," in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Fontanelle.

13. What do the prisoners pass around in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) A bandage.
(b) Bread.
(c) A water can.
(d) A knife.

14. Whose food does Lear offer to the newcomers at the house?
(a) His own.
(b) Susan's.
(c) Cordelia's.
(d) Thomas's.

15. Who tells Lear that Cordelia will come the following day in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Susan.
(c) Councillor.
(d) The Ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lear do in the last scene of the play?

2. Who is McFearson?

3. Who arrives asking for water in Act 3, Scene 1?

4. Who meets Lear in the woods in Act 3?

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

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