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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Lear ask to lead him on a journey in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Susan.

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

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

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

7. 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) The Ghost.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Fontanelle.

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

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

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

11. What is used to kill Bodice?
(a) A noose.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A bayonet.
(d) Fire.

12. Who is McFearson?
(a) Cordelia's husband.
(b) Lear's son.
(c) The Small Man.
(d) The Gravedigger Boy's son.

13. Who wrote the original <i>King Lear</i> upon which Bond based his play?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Williams.
(c) Shaw.
(d) Wilson.

14. 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.

15. 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) Cordelia.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) The Ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What frightens the pigs, making them run?

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

4. What do the soldiers tell the Small Man will be done to him in Act 3, Scene 2?

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

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