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

2. Whom does Lear accuse of betraying him in court?
(a) Old Sailor.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Judge.

3. Who has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Lear.
(b) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Warrington.

4. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Cornwall.
(b) North.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Lear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stabs knitting needles into Warrington's ears?

2. What do the soldiers contemplate doing in Act 2, Scene 5?

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. Why does Bodice say she had troops bring North and Cornwall back?

5. 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?

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