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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who spots Lear and creeps up on him from behind in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Councillor.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Bodice.

2. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?
(a) Swords.
(b) Battle-axes.
(c) Scimitars.
(d) Rifles.

3. Which character says, "I feel confidence in my bones. That's never failed me. If only I were a young man" in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Lear.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Warrington.

4. Who is the first to sit on the witness stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Cleric.
(d) Fontanelle.

5. Who has asked Warrington to betray the king?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Lear's daughters.

6. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Susan.
(d) Sarah.

7. Where does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?
(a) The war room.
(b) Prison area.
(c) King's quarters.
(d) The chapel.

8. What does Lear think attacked him in his sleep?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A wild bear.

9. What job does the Wife give the Carpenter to do?
(a) Mending the door.
(b) Tending the pigs.
(c) Tending Lear.
(d) Cleaning the well.

10. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Cleric.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Lear.
(d) Old Sailor.

11. What is Bodice doing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Writing.
(d) Pacing.

12. What is the name of the Orderly?
(a) Simon.
(b) Ben.
(c) John.
(d) William.

13. What happens to the captured soldier in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) He is hanged.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He joins the rebels.
(d) He is freed.

14. Who says, "To fight like us you must hate. We can't trust a man unless he hates"?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Lear.
(d) Bodice.

15. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Graveyard.
(b) Prison.
(c) Woods.
(d) Courtroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bodice demand be handed to Lear while at the trial?

2. What does Bodice hand to Fontanelle in Act 2, Scene 4?

3. In Act 1, Scene 1, who claims to have proof that the "enemies" Lear speaks of are not actually enemies?

4. Who does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear has left him, and "wanted a horse to take him to town"?

5. Why does the Old Orderly come into Lear's cell?

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