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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who returns in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) The Steward.
(b) The child.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Cordelia.

2. What does the Junior Officer do to Lear in the last scene?
(a) Frees him.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Hangs him.
(d) Leaves him.

3. What does Carpenter tell the soldiers they don't have left?
(a) A cause.
(b) A HQ.
(c) A leader.
(d) A chance.

4. What is the story about that Lear tells in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) A horse.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A bird.
(d) A carpenter.

5. What does the Small Man say they're saying in the camps?
(a) That Lear is a traitor.
(b) That there's a revolution brewing.
(c) That Cordelia will have them all killed.
(d) That Lear will blow up the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "If God made the world, might would always be right, that would be so wise, we'd be spared so much suffering. But we made the world--out of our smallness and weakness"?

2. What do the soldiers contemplate doing in Act 2, Scene 5?

3. What does the prisoner do to Fontanelle's body?

4. What is one of Lear's greatest flaws?

5. Which character says, "For as long as I can remember there was misery and waste and suffering wherever you were. You live in your own mad world, you can't hear me"?

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