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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the main themes of Lear?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Violence.
(c) Love.
(d) Sex.

2. What frightens the pigs, making them run?
(a) Lear.
(b) The soldiers.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Susan.

3. What historical event shaped Edward Bond's writing?
(a) The Great Famine.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

4. Who is the Junior Officer in the last scene?
(a) The Farmer's Boy.
(b) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Thomas.

5. What does Lear do in the last scene of the play?
(a) Attempts to dig up the wall.
(b) Shoots Cordelia.
(c) Chases away the pigs.
(d) Hangs himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I tried to follow you but when we got out in the open the wind was too strong, it pushed me back"?

2. Why does the Small Man say he looks ragged to Thomas?

3. What character is introduced in Act 3?

4. Whose food does Lear offer to the newcomers at the house?

5. Who says, "Men destroy themselves and say it's their duty? It's not possible"?

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