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

2. Who is addressing a battle regiment in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cordelia.

3. 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) Fontanelle.
(b) Susan.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Bodice.

4. Who is present in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Lewis.
(c) All of the answers are true.
(d) Cordelia.

5. What do the soldiers contemplate doing in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Murder.
(b) Deserting.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Interrogation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?

2. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

3. Who does Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?

4. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?

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

(see the answer key)

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