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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. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Her hands are cold.
(b) She doesn't approve of the wall.
(c) Her feet are wet.
(d) She is hungry.

2. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?
(a) A bear.
(b) A fallen stone.
(c) A fallen axe.
(d) An explosion.

3. What does the Boy say his wife keeps?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Horses.

4. What does Lear find on the ground in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) A dead soldier.
(b) Bread.
(c) Blood.
(d) A sword.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who spots Lear and creeps up on him from behind in Act 1, Scene 5?

3. Which of the following is one of Lear's daughters?

4. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?

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

(see the answer key)

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