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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Bodice.
(c) The Firing Squad.
(d) Lear.
2. Which character says, "I've always wanted to sit on a man's lungs"?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Fontanelle.
3. What news from her aides does Fontanelle tell Bodice in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Their husbands have run away.
(b) The rebels have won the war.
(c) Warrington is on his way.
(d) Their father has escaped.
4. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Prison.
(b) The Wall.
(c) The Tower.
(d) The Council of War.
5. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Lear.
(b) North.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cornwall.
6. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Graveyard.
(b) Prison.
(c) Woods.
(d) Courtroom.
7. Who asks to stay with Lear in his cell?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Ben.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) The Orderly.
8. 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) Warrington.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Councillor.
9. What does Bodice say as she leaves Lear's prison cell?
(a) The war has ended.
(b) You'll be executed tomorrow.
(c) Mother's dead. I must serve tea.
(d) I'm taking you to hell with me.
10. Why does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the Carpenter is always around?
(a) He wants to steal the water.
(b) He works for the army.
(c) He's in love with his wife.
(d) He's spying on them.
11. Who suggests the workman be imprisoned rather than executed?
(a) The Duke of Westminster.
(b) The Duke of Cornwall.
(c) Lear.
(d) Warrington.
12. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?
(a) Digging his mother's grave.
(b) Digging his father's grave.
(c) Digging his daughter's grave.
(d) Fighting in a war.
13. Who speaks of an animal in a cage at the trial?
(a) Lear.
(b) Old Sailor.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Bodice.
14. What does Lear find on the ground in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) A sword.
(b) Bread.
(c) A dead soldier.
(d) Blood.
15. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) She doesn't approve of the wall.
(b) Her hands are cold.
(c) Her feet are wet.
(d) She is hungry.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?
2. Why doesn't the Old Orderly know Lear's crime?
3. In Act 1, Scene 1, who claims to have proof that the "enemies" Lear speaks of are not actually enemies?
4. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?
5. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?
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