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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. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) The Carpenter.
(c) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(d) Lear.

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

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

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

5. Who enters carrying bread and water in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cordelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "I've always wanted to sit on a man's lungs"?

2. Who maniacally encourages the torture of Warrington?

3. What does Lear ask of Fontanelle while in the prison cell?

4. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the irony of Lear's death on the Wall at the final scene?

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

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

5. How does Lear prove he has undergone a change of character in the last act?

6. In Act 2, what character changes has Cordelia undergone since Act 1?

7. Describe the character of Lear as we first encounter him in the play. How old is he? What is his demeanor?

8. Why has Lear written to Cordelia? What does he hope to achieve?

9. Who is leading a revolution against Bodice and Fontanelle? How do we learn this information?

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

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