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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 does Lear think attacked him in his sleep?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A wild bear.
(d) A soldier.

2. Where did the "wild man" hide?
(a) The house.
(b) The bushes.
(c) The trees.
(d) The well.

3. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Firing Squad.

4. Whom does Lear accuse of betraying him in court?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Old Sailor.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Judge.

5. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?
(a) Battle-axes.
(b) Swords.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Scimitars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?

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

3. Who foretells how Lear's army will attack in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. Where does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?

5. Where is Lear taken after the trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Farmer and his family leaving the land?

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

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

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

5. What do Bodice and Fontanelle plan for Lear's future at the trial? How do they go about this plan?

6. What is the irony of Lear's death on the Wall at the final scene?

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

8. Who is leading a revolution against Bodice and Fontanelle? How do we learn this information?

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

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

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