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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is brought in with a rebel soldier in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Leonice.
(d) Cordelia.

2. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cordelia.

3. Which character says, "I feel confidence in my bones. That's never failed me. If only I were a young man" in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Lear.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Warrington.

4. Who is the first to sit on the witness stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Cleric.

5. Who has asked Warrington to betray the king?
(a) The Captain.
(b) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Lear's daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks of an animal in a cage at the trial?

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

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. For whom does Lear call when he's being led by the soldiers?

5. What is the Carpenter's name?

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