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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) The Carpenter.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cordelia.

2. What does Fontanelle beg of Lear in Act 2?
(a) To kill himself.
(b) To kill her.
(c) To reason with the soldiers to let them free.
(d) To let her be Queen.

3. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?
(a) Scimitars.
(b) Rifles.
(c) Battle-axes.
(d) Swords.

4. Who asks to stay with Lear in his cell?
(a) Ben.
(b) The Orderly.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Cordelia.

5. Who advises the king to refuse the war?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Bodice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What is the Carpenter's name?

3. Who initially protests the execution of the workman at the wall?

4. Why doesn't the Old Orderly know Lear's crime?

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?

(see the answer key)

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