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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. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?
(a) Battle-axes.
(b) Scimitars.
(c) Swords.
(d) Rifles.
2. What is the name of the Orderly?
(a) William.
(b) John.
(c) Ben.
(d) Simon.
3. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Old Sailor.
(b) Cleric.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Lear.
4. Who has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cordelia.
5. Which of the following is one of Lear's daughters?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Susan.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which character says, "Virility! It'd be easier to get blood out of a stone, and far more probable. I've bribed a major on his staff to shoot him in the battle"?
2. Why does the Old Orderly come into Lear's cell?
3. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Cornwall suggest be done with Lear?
4. Why doesn't the Old Orderly know Lear's crime?
5. Why does Bodice say she had troops bring North and Cornwall back?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the Carpenter? What is revealed to Lear about this character? How does he fit into the plot?
2. How does Susan's conversation with Thomas about Lear echo that of the Gravedigger's Boy and his Wife early in the play?
3. Who is leading a revolution against Bodice and Fontanelle? How do we learn this information?
4. How does the Ghost die? How does Lear react?
5. Why did the Gravedigger's Son settle where he did? How did he discover the place where he lives?
6. Do Bodice and Fontanelle trust one another? What actions or dialogue reveals their true feelings?
7. What does Fontanelle say on the stand against her father?
8. Why does Lear execute the laborer in Act 1, Scene 1? What are his underlying motives?
9. Why is the Ghost unhappy and crying in Act 3, Scene 3?
10. Describe the character of Warrington. What is his position? To whom is he loyal?
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