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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character says, "Politics is the higher form of justice"?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Judge.

2. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Her feet are wet.
(b) Her hands are cold.
(c) She doesn't approve of the wall.
(d) She is hungry.

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

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

5. Who foretells how Lear's army will attack in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) North.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) The Carpenter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Now I have all the power... and I'm a slave. Worse."?

2. Where did the "wild man" hide?

3. Whom does Lear ask for while in the prison cell?

4. Who is present in Act 2, Scene 3?

5. Who spots Lear and creeps up on him from behind in Act 1, Scene 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lear feel about the Duke of North and the Duke of Cornwall? Why?

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

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

4. Describe the character of Warrington. What is his position? To whom is he loyal?

5. Why does the Ghost not go with Lear when Lear is taken from the cell?

6. Describe the symbolic relevance of the cradle and the wall. Compare and contrast the two.

7. What is the significance of the image of Bodice and Fontanelle as children in Lear's cell?

8. Describe Lear's reaction to the mirror in the court scene.

9. How does the power shift in Act 2, Scene 5? What actions indicate this?

10. What does Fontanelle say to Lear in the prison cell? What are her action and objective?

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