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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?
(a) The King's Chambers.
(b) The Battlefield.
(c) The Prison.
(d) The Daughters' War Council.

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

3. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?
(a) Through servants.
(b) Secret meetings.
(c) Letters and photographs.
(d) Visits with the dukes in the castle.

4. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Lear.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Old Sailor.
(d) Cleric.

5. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Courtroom.
(b) Graveyard.
(c) Woods.
(d) Prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?

2. Where does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?

3. What does Lear find on the ground in Act 1, Scene 5?

4. What does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the soldiers are doing?

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

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