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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?
(a) An actor.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) Himself.

2. Where does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?
(a) King's quarters.
(b) Prison area.
(c) The chapel.
(d) The war room.

3. Who stabs knitting needles into Warrington's ears?
(a) Lear.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

4. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?
(a) A fallen stone.
(b) An explosion.
(c) A bear.
(d) A fallen axe.

5. Who plans to marry the Duke of Cornwall?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Cornelia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. In Act 1, Scene 1, who claims to have proof that the "enemies" Lear speaks of are not actually enemies?

4. Which character says, "They are my sheep and if one of them is lost I'd take fire to hell to bring him out"?

5. Which character says, "Virility! It'd be easier to get blood out of a stone, and far more probable. I've bribed a major on his staff to shoot him in the battle"?

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