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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Lear.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Thomas.

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

3. What sound startles the soldiers in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) A car.
(b) Cannon fire.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) A train.

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

5. Whom does Carpenter have tied up when he arrives in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The soldiers.
(d) Lear.

6. 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) Cordelia.
(b) Lear.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) The Ghost.

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

8. Who returns in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) The child.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The Steward.
(d) The Ghost.

9. Who says, "But if you listened to everything your conscience told you you'd go mad. You'd never get anything done--and there's a lot to do, some of it very hard"?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Lear.
(d) Bodice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the farmer's boy going?

2. Who was buried near where Lear is in Act 3, Scene 3?

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

4. What character is introduced in Act 3?

5. Who asks Lear to stand up in Act 2, Scene 7?

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