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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used to kill Bodice?
(a) A noose.
(b) A rifle.
(c) Fire.
(d) A bayonet.

2. To whom does Lear say, "Don't ask them for favours. Walk with us. Be gentle and don't pull," in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Bodice.

3. Who is the Junior Officer in the last scene?
(a) The Farmer's Boy.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Thomas.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

4. What is one of Lear's greatest flaws?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Envy.
(c) Self righteousness.
(d) Pity.

5. What does the prisoner do to Fontanelle's body?
(a) Revives it.
(b) Autopsies it.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Removes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is gagged in Act 2, Scene 5?

2. Which character says, "If God made the world, might would always be right, that would be so wise, we'd be spared so much suffering. But we made the world--out of our smallness and weakness"?

3. Who is leading Lear in Act 3, Scene 4?

4. How does Fontanelle die?

5. What does Lear beg the son not to do in Act 2, Scene 7?

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