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

2. Who is leading the rebel army against the sisters?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Cordelia.

3. What does Carpenter tell the soldiers they don't have left?
(a) A cause.
(b) A leader.
(c) A chance.
(d) A HQ.

4. What sound startles the soldiers in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Cannon fire.
(b) A train.
(c) A car.
(d) Gunshots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "I've always wanted to sit on a man's lungs"?

2. 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?

3. Who foretells how Lear's army will attack in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

5. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?

(see the answer key)

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