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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 is Bodice doing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Writing.
(d) Pacing.

2. 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"?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Lear.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Cordelia.

3. Who arrives asking for water in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) The Small Man.
(d) Constable.

4. What does Lear help the Wife do?
(a) Hang laundry.
(b) Pick vegetables.
(c) Gather the pigs.
(d) Cook dinner.

5. What happens to the captured soldier in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) He joins the rebels.
(b) He is hanged.
(c) He is freed.
(d) He is shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the Carpenter is always around?

2. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?

3. Why does the Small Man say he looks ragged to Thomas?

4. What character is introduced in Act 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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