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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Orderly?

2. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?

3. Who says, "To fight like us you must hate. We can't trust a man unless he hates"?

4. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?

5. Who is leading the rebel army against the sisters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Orderly say about his imprisonment to Lear in Act 2?

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

3. What does the Councillor tell Lear and the others is the fate of the Small Man? How does Lear react?

4. Do Bodice and Fontanelle trust one another? What actions or dialogue reveals their true feelings?

5. Why does Carpenter refuse to untie the prisoners once he has captured the soldiers in Act 2?

6. Why has Lear written to Cordelia? What does he hope to achieve?

7. How does Fontanelle feel about her husband? What does she say regarding him sexually?

8. Who appears to Lear in prison? How was this character known to Lear before this point?

9. Who is the wild man living in the woods? How does he know Lear?

10. Compare and contrast the characters of Bodice and Fontanelle. Whom are they related to? How are they similar? How are they different?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the term "foreshadowing." What are examples of foreshadowing in Bond's Lear? What is the purpose of his use of foreshadowing? Does it create tension? Does it set up irony? Does it reflect the theme?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Lear's being blinded? How does this relate to actions in Shakespeare's Lear? What is the symbolism that this act illustrates?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Lear and the Ghost. How are these characters similar? How are they different? What is ironic about their friendship?

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