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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the Small Man say he looks ragged to Thomas?
(a) He's a spy.
(b) He was beaten by thugs.
(c) He was fighting in the war.
(d) He's been living with wolves.

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

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

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

6. Why is the Ghost upset with Lear in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) He didn't tell Cornelia he was there.
(b) He stole from the watchmen.
(c) He refused to die nobly.
(d) He accused the Ghost of murder.

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

8. Where does Act 3 begin?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy's house.
(b) The castle.
(c) The prison.
(d) The War Room.

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

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

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

12. 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 shot.
(c) He will be hanged.
(d) He will be put on the wall.

13. Where does Act 2, Scene 6 take place?
(a) Lear's cell.
(b) The War Room.
(c) The battlefield.
(d) The woods.

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

15. What frightens the pigs, making them run?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) Susan.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the soldiers studying in Act 2, Scene 5?

2. Where is the farmer's boy going?

3. What does Lear beg the son not to do in Act 2, Scene 7?

4. Who leads Susan back into the house at the end of Act 3, Scene 2?

5. What does Thomas say to the villagers after Lear has kicked them all out?

(see the answer keys)

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