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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 does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?

2. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?

4. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?

5. What does the Boy say his wife keeps?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lear react to seeing Fontanelle's autopsy? How does this change his point of view?

2. Who is the Carpenter? What is revealed to Lear about this character? How does he fit into the plot?

3. Why has Lear chosen to erect the wall? How long has it been in construction?

4. Why has the Small Man come to find Lear? Where has he come from?

5. Why do the villagers come to hear Lear speak? What message is he telling them?

6. What does Warrington advise the king regarding the war with Bodice and Fontanelle? What is Lear's reply?

7. How does Fontanelle react to being taken prisoner? What does she say?

8. Who is leading a revolution against Bodice and Fontanelle? How do we learn this information?

9. Describe what happens at the end of Act 1, Scene 7 with the soldiers at the Gravedigger's Boy's house.

10. Why do Fontanelle and Bodice capture their husbands and keep them imprisoned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the Ghost? What purpose does this character have in the play? How does he relate to Lear? How does this character compare with Warrington?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Bond uses Imagery in Lear to further illustrate his theme and characters. What are some examples from the play? Define the term "imagery" in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Epic Theater. What elements of Bond's Lear are characteristic of Epic Theater? What ideals does Bond share with Brecht? How does the style of Lear reflect this?

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