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

2. To whom does Lear say, "Don't ask them for favours. Walk with us. Be gentle and don't pull," in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Carpenter.

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

4. 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) Lear.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Bodice.

5. Which character says, "Virility! It'd be easier to get blood out of a stone, and far more probable. I've bribed a major on his staff to shoot him in the battle"?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?

2. What does Lear recognize in the well bucket?

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

4. What do the prisoners pass around in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

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