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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character says, "They are my sheep and if one of them is lost I'd take fire to hell to bring him out"?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Lear.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Bodice.

2. What does the Wounded Soldier see before he dies onstage?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The stars.
(c) His wife.
(d) The moon.

3. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Tower.
(b) The Prison.
(c) The Council of War.
(d) The Wall.

4. What is Bodice doing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Writing.
(d) Pacing.

5. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Susan.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who advises the king to refuse the war?

2. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?

4. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?

5. What happened to the gift Fontanelle was given as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Lear chosen to erect the wall? How long has it been in construction?

2. Why does Susan tell Lear that she was angry at him but is no longer?

3. What does Lear tell Fontanelle to do in order to be treated well? What does he tell her to refrain from?

4. Why has the Small Man come to find Lear? Where has he come from?

5. What does Lear offer to the strangers who arrive at the house? What is Thomas's reaction?

6. How does Fontanelle react to being taken prisoner? What does she say?

7. What is the argument between Lear and the Gravedigger's Wife? How do these characters feel about each other?

8. Why do the villagers come to hear Lear speak? What message is he telling them?

9. How is the Wife of Gravedigger's Boy relevant to the plot? How does she feel about Lear living with her and her husband?

10. What is the significance of the location of Act 3, Scene 3?

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