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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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"?
(a) Lear.
(b) The Ghost.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Fontanelle.

3. What role does Lear play in the play?
(a) Tragic hero.
(b) Nihilist.
(c) Antihero.
(d) Antagonist.

4. What is used to kill Bodice?
(a) A bayonet.
(b) A noose.
(c) A rifle.
(d) Fire.

5. Who does Carpenter tell Fontanelle has been captured?
(a) Lear.
(b) Bodice.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Cordelia.

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 does Lear ask of Cornelia in Act 3?

3. What happens to the prisoners who are led out in Act 2, Scene 6?

4. For whom does Lear call when he's being led by the soldiers?

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

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