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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. Why do the soldiers enter Lear's prison cell in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) To take his daughters away.
(b) To take him to the tower.
(c) To beat him.
(d) To search it.

2. Whom does Lear accuse of betraying him in court?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Old Sailor.
(d) Judge.

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

4. Which character says, "O don't waste your hypocrisy on me. You tried to kill yours once. My spies told me and they don't lie. They're the only moral institution in this country"?
(a) Lear.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Bodice.

5. What is the setting of Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) The King's Quarters.
(b) The War Chamber.
(c) The woods.
(d) The prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lear recognize in the well bucket?

2. How does Lear order the workman killed in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. Who stabs knitting needles into Warrington's ears?

4. Why does the Boy say his wife is upset?

5. Who suggests the workman be imprisoned rather than executed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the Wounded Soldier in Act 2 Scene 3?

2. Who is the wild man living in the woods? How does he know Lear?

3. Why does the Ghost stay with Lear at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?

4. What is the argument between Lear and the Gravedigger's Wife? How do these characters feel about each other?

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

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

7. Who appears to Lear in prison? How was this character known to Lear before this point?

8. What does Warrington reveal about Bodice and Fontanelle in Act 1, Scene 2? What is his course of action?

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

10. Describe the Farmer and his family. How do they feel about Lear?

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