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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lear beg the son not to do in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Desert him.
(c) Join the army.
(d) Go to the work camps.

2. 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) Carpenter.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Fontanelle.

3. Who accompanies Lear in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Commandant.
(b) The Ghost.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Carpenter.

4. For whom are the soldiers looking in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) The Small Man.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Susan.
(d) Lear.

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

6. Who offers to help Lear escape the prison?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) The Ghost.

7. 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"?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Ghost.

8. Who approaches Lear and the Ghost in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) A farmer.
(d) Fontanelle.

9. What is one of the main themes of Lear?
(a) Sex.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Love.
(d) Violence.

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

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

12. What are the soldiers studying in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) A ravine.
(b) A canyon.
(c) A map.
(d) A dead soldier.

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

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

15. What role does Lear play in the play?
(a) Nihilist.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Antihero.
(d) Tragic hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I came here when I was cold and hungry and afraid. I wasn't turned away, and I won't turn anyone away"?

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

3. What does the Small Man say they're saying in the camps?

4. Why doesn't Thomas want the others to stay at the house?

5. For whom does Lear call when he's being led by the soldiers?

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