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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Small Man say they're saying in the camps?
(a) That Lear will blow up the wall.
(b) That Cordelia will have them all killed.
(c) That Lear is a traitor.
(d) That there's a revolution brewing.

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

3. Who accompanies the soldiers in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Lear.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Cordelia.

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

5. Who meets Lear in the woods in Act 3?
(a) Susan and John.
(b) Bodice and Fontanelle.
(c) Cornelia and Carpenter.
(d) Susan and Carpenter.

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

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

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

9. What is used to kill Bodice?
(a) A bayonet.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A noose.
(d) Fire.

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

11. What happened to Lear before leaving the prison cell?
(a) His arm was severed.
(b) He was scalded.
(c) His eyes were removed.
(d) His tongue was cut out.

12. Who was buried near where Lear is in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Thomas and John.
(b) Warrington and the Gravedigger's Boy.
(c) Bodice and Fontanelle.
(d) Susan and Thomas.

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

14. Who arrives after the soldiers leave in Act 3 Scene 1?
(a) Ben.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Cordelia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to help Lear escape the prison?

2. What sound startles the soldiers in Act 2, Scene 5?

3. What role does Lear play in the play?

4. What does Lear kneel by in Act 2, Scene 7?

5. What does Cordelia ask of Lear in Act 3?

(see the answer keys)

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