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

2. What do the soldiers do to the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?
(a) Rape her.
(b) Drown her.
(c) Shoot her.
(d) Arrest her.

3. What does the Wounded Soldier see before he dies onstage?
(a) The moon.
(b) His wife.
(c) The stars.
(d) The ocean.

4. Whose food does Lear offer to the newcomers at the house?
(a) Susan's.
(b) Cordelia's.
(c) His own.
(d) Thomas's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lear help the Wife do?

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

3. What character is introduced in Act 3?

4. Who is present in Act 2, Scene 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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