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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lear recognize in the well bucket?

2. What does Bodice say regarding the prisons in Act 2, Scene 4?

3. What do the soldiers do to the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

4. Who maniacally encourages the torture of Warrington?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare and contrast the characters of Bodice and Fontanelle. Whom are they related to? How are they similar? How are they different?

2. Describe what happens at the end of Act 1, Scene 7 with the soldiers at the Gravedigger's Boy's house.

3. How does Lear react to seeing Fontanelle's autopsy? How does this change his point of view?

4. Who do Thomas and Susan reflect from earlier in the play? How?

5. How does the Ghost die? How does Lear react?

6. What does Lear go to do at the Wall in the final scene? Why?

7. Who is the Carpenter? What is revealed to Lear about this character? How does he fit into the plot?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the primary theme of Lear? How is this theme expressed through the characters and the actions of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Define the terms "action" and "objective." What are the overarching actions and objectives of Bodice and Fontanelle? How do these actions connect to the plot of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Do you empathize with any characters in the play? Who? Why do you feel regard or disregard for these characters? Cite examples from the text.

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