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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. Who arrives after the soldiers leave in Act 3 Scene 1?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Ben.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

2. Why does Bodice say she had troops bring North and Cornwall back?
(a) She loves her husband.
(b) They will fight the rebels.
(c) They need their armies.
(d) They are heroic.

3. What does Bodice say regarding the prisons in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) They've been burned.
(b) They had to be evacuated.
(c) They are empty.
(d) They are overflowing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Carpenter's name?

3. What does the Small Man say they're saying in the camps?

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

5. Who says, "I came here when I was cold and hungry and afraid. I wasn't turned away, and I won't turn anyone away"?

(see the answer key)

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