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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. Who spots Lear and creeps up on him from behind in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Fontanelle.

2. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Old Sailor.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Cleric.
(d) Lear.

3. What is the name of the Orderly?
(a) Simon.
(b) John.
(c) William.
(d) Ben.

4. Who advises the king to refuse the war?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

5. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?
(a) Fighting in a war.
(b) Digging his mother's grave.
(c) Digging his father's grave.
(d) Digging his daughter's grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first to sit on the witness stand at Lear's trial?

2. Who says in an aside that she is disappointed in her husband?

3. Why does the Old Orderly come into Lear's cell?

4. Which character says, "They are my sheep and if one of them is lost I'd take fire to hell to bring him out"?

5. Why does the Boy say his wife is upset?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lear react to seeing Fontanelle's autopsy? How does this change his point of view?

2. What is the significance of the Wounded Soldier in Act 2 Scene 3?

3. How does Fontanelle feel about her husband? What does she say regarding him sexually?

4. How does the Ghost die? How does Lear react?

5. What does Warrington reveal about Bodice and Fontanelle in Act 1, Scene 2? What is his course of action?

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

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

8. What is an "aside"? What purpose does it serve the author? Give an example of an aside in Lear.

9. Why has Lear written to Cordelia? What does he hope to achieve?

10. In Act 2, what character changes has Cordelia undergone since Act 1?

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