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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom do the soldiers come to take away in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Lear.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Ben and the Small Man.
(d) Cordelia and the Gravedigger's Boy.

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

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

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

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

7. Who arrives asking for water in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Constable.
(c) The Small Man.
(d) Cordelia.

8. Who is gagged in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Warrington.
(c) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(d) Lear.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What is the story about that Lear tells in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) A horse.
(b) A bird.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A soldier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is McFearson?

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"?

3. What do the prisoners pass around in Act 2, Scene 5?

4. Where does Act 3 begin?

5. What role does Lear play in the play?

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