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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the soldiers contemplate doing in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Murder.
(b) Deserting.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Interrogation.

2. What does the prisoner do to Fontanelle's body?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Autopsies it.
(c) Revives it.
(d) Removes it.

3. Who says, "But if you listened to everything your conscience told you you'd go mad. You'd never get anything done--and there's a lot to do, some of it very hard"?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Carpenter.

4. Who offers to help Lear escape the prison?
(a) Bodice.
(b) The Ghost.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Carpenter.

5. Whom does Carpenter have tied up when he arrives in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was <i>Lear</i> written?

2. Who is brought in with a rebel soldier in Act 2, Scene 5?

3. How does Fontanelle die?

4. Who offers to go infiltrate the camps and gain support against the crown in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. To whom does Lear say, "Don't ask them for favours. Walk with us. Be gentle and don't pull," in Act 2, Scene 5?

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