Lear | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Act 1, Scene 1

1. Who has died at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?

A workman.

2. Which of the following is one of Lear's daughters?

Bodice.

3. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?

A fallen axe.

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

Her feet are wet.

5. How does Lear order the workman killed in Act 1, Scene 1?

Firing squad.

6. Who does Lear claim are his enemies?

Duke of Cornwall and Duke of North.

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

Bodice.

8. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?

To make the workers work faster.

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

Bodice.

10. Why does Lear...
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