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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is planning to marry the Duke of North?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Susan.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Bodice.

2. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?
(a) Secret meetings.
(b) Letters and photographs.
(c) Visits with the dukes in the castle.
(d) Through servants.

3. Who says in an aside that she is disappointed in her husband?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Susan.

4. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?
(a) Digging his mother's grave.
(b) Fighting in a war.
(c) Digging his daughter's grave.
(d) Digging his father's grave.

5. Who does Lear claim are his enemies?
(a) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of North.
(b) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Stonewall.
(c) Duke of North and Duke of Ireland.
(d) Duke of South and Duke Willingshead.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lear order the workman killed in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

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

4. What does the Carpenter bring to the Wife?

5. 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?

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