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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "I tried to follow you but when we got out in the open the wind was too strong, it pushed me back"?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) The Ghost.

2. Who leads Susan back into the house at the end of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Lear.
(c) John.
(d) William.

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

4. Why doesn't Thomas want the others to stay at the house?
(a) They are dangerous.
(b) They are soldiers.
(c) They are spies.
(d) They'll be persecuted.

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

6. Who is brought in with a rebel soldier in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Leonice.

7. Whose food does Lear offer to the newcomers at the house?
(a) Susan's.
(b) Cordelia's.
(c) His own.
(d) Thomas's.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What do the soldiers contemplate doing in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Murder.
(c) Interrogation.
(d) Deserting.

15. Who offers to go infiltrate the camps and gain support against the crown in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Ben.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Lear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Lear want to write to in Act 2, Scene 7?

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

3. Why is the Ghost upset with Lear in Act 3, Scene 3?

4. What has Cordelia ordered Lear to stop doing?

5. What role does Lear play in the play?

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