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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, "Politics is the higher form of justice"?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Judge.
(d) Lear.

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

3. Who speaks of an animal in a cage at the trial?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Lear.
(c) Old Sailor.
(d) Councillor.

4. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?
(a) Rifles.
(b) Scimitars.
(c) Swords.
(d) Battle-axes.

5. Why does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the Carpenter is always around?
(a) He's spying on them.
(b) He wants to steal the water.
(c) He's in love with his wife.
(d) He works for the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first to sit on the witness stand at Lear's trial?

2. What do the soldiers do to the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

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

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

5. What sound startles the soldiers in Act 2, Scene 5?

(see the answer key)

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