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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Boy's Wife see outside the house?
(a) Councillor.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Warrington.

2. What does the Gravedigger's Boy say his wife would like to do?
(a) Go back to her father.
(b) Betray the king.
(c) Put a fence around them.
(d) Marry the Carpenter.

3. Who says, "Now I have all the power... and I'm a slave. Worse."?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Lear.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Carpenter.

4. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Cornwall suggest be done with Lear?
(a) Banish him.
(b) Free him.
(c) Execute him.
(d) Put him in prison.

5. What does the Carpenter bring to the Wife?
(a) A pig.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A cradle.
(d) Bread.

6. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?
(a) Digging his father's grave.
(b) Digging his mother's grave.
(c) Digging his daughter's grave.
(d) Fighting in a war.

7. Why doesn't the Old Orderly know Lear's crime?
(a) He was brainwashed.
(b) The records were lost.
(c) The fire killed the judge.
(d) He died.

8. Where is Lear taken after the trial?
(a) The firing squad.
(b) The guillotine.
(c) A prison cell.
(d) The graveyard.

9. What does Bodice demand be handed to Lear while at the trial?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A goblet.
(c) A baby.
(d) A letter.

10. Why does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the Carpenter is always around?
(a) He works for the army.
(b) He's spying on them.
(c) He wants to steal the water.
(d) He's in love with his wife.

11. 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) Councillor.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Warrington.

12. What does the Wounded Soldier see before he dies onstage?
(a) His wife.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The ocean.

13. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?
(a) An explosion.
(b) A bear.
(c) A fallen axe.
(d) A fallen stone.

14. Why does the Old Orderly come into Lear's cell?
(a) To take him to the dungeon.
(b) For the plate.
(c) To search it.
(d) To take him to the guillotine.

15. Which character says, "I've always wanted to sit on a man's lungs"?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "Virility! It'd be easier to get blood out of a stone, and far more probable. I've bribed a major on his staff to shoot him in the battle"?

2. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

3. Who asks to stay with Lear in his cell?

4. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?

5. What does Lear help the Wife do?

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