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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the soldiers are doing?
(a) Pulling down the wall.
(b) Dying en masse.
(c) Deserting his daughters.
(d) Searching for Warrington.

2. Who says, "To fight like us you must hate. We can't trust a man unless he hates"?
(a) Lear.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Carpenter.

3. Why does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the Carpenter is always around?
(a) He's spying on them.
(b) He wants to steal the water.
(c) He works for the army.
(d) He's in love with his wife.

4. What does the Gravedigger's Boy say his wife would like to do?
(a) Put a fence around them.
(b) Betray the king.
(c) Marry the Carpenter.
(d) Go back to her father.

5. Who is McFearson?
(a) The Small Man.
(b) Lear's son.
(c) The Gravedigger Boy's son.
(d) Cordelia's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lear help the Wife do?

2. What does Bodice hand to Fontanelle in Act 2, Scene 4?

3. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

4. Which character says, "O don't waste your hypocrisy on me. You tried to kill yours once. My spies told me and they don't lie. They're the only moral institution in this country"?

5. Who arrives asking for water in Act 3, Scene 1?

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