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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. Whom does Lear ask for while in the prison cell?
(a) His daughters.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

2. Why does the Boy say his wife is upset?
(a) She's pregnant.
(b) She's been tortured.
(c) She's crazy.
(d) She was raped.

3. Who speaks of an animal in a cage at the trial?
(a) Old Sailor.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Lear.
(d) Councillor.

4. Why does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the Carpenter is always around?
(a) He's in love with his wife.
(b) He works for the army.
(c) He's spying on them.
(d) He wants to steal the water.

5. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Cornwall suggest be done with Lear?
(a) Put him in prison.
(b) Execute him.
(c) Banish him.
(d) Free him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the captured soldier in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. Who says, "We won't chain ourselves to the dead, or send our children to school in the graveyard"?

3. Why does Bodice say she had troops bring North and Cornwall back?

4. Which character says, "I feel confidence in my bones. That's never failed me. If only I were a young man" in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who intends to overthrow Lear in Act 1, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fontanelle say to Lear in the prison cell? What are her action and objective?

2. What is the significance of the image of Bodice and Fontanelle as children in Lear's cell?

3. Describe the character of Warrington. What is his position? To whom is he loyal?

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

5. Who is the Gravedigger's Boy? What does the exposition reveal about his background? What is his purpose in the play?

6. Why does Carpenter refuse to untie the prisoners once he has captured the soldiers in Act 2?

7. Why did the Gravedigger's Son settle where he did? How did he discover the place where he lives?

8. What does Lear go to do at the Wall in the final scene? Why?

9. What does the Councillor tell Lear and the others is the fate of the Small Man? How does Lear react?

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

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