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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lear claim are his enemies?
(a) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Stonewall.
(b) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of North.
(c) Duke of South and Duke Willingshead.
(d) Duke of North and Duke of Ireland.

2. What job does the Wife give the Carpenter to do?
(a) Cleaning the well.
(b) Tending Lear.
(c) Mending the door.
(d) Tending the pigs.

3. Who accompanies Lear in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Warrington.

4. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Lear.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) North.

5. What does Lear find on the ground in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) A dead soldier.
(b) Bread.
(c) A sword.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says in an aside that she is disappointed in her husband?

2. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

4. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?

5. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?

(see the answer key)

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