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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 Small Man say they're saying in the camps?
(a) That Lear will blow up the wall.
(b) That Cordelia will have them all killed.
(c) That there's a revolution brewing.
(d) That Lear is a traitor.

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

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

4. What is the Carpenter's name?
(a) James.
(b) Eric.
(c) John.
(d) William.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "To fight like us you must hate. We can't trust a man unless he hates"?

2. Who arrives after the soldiers leave in Act 3 Scene 1?

3. 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"?

4. What does the Carpenter bring to the Wife?

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

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