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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 maniacally encourages the torture of Warrington?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Lear.
(d) Fontanelle.

2. What is the setting at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A battle field.
(b) A church.
(c) A parade ground.
(d) A prison.

3. Where does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?
(a) The war room.
(b) King's quarters.
(c) The chapel.
(d) Prison area.

4. Who stabs knitting needles into Warrington's ears?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Lear.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Bodice.

5. Who does the Boy's Wife see outside the house?
(a) Councillor.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Warrington.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who suggests the workman be imprisoned rather than executed?

3. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

5. Which character says, "They are my sheep and if one of them is lost I'd take fire to hell to bring him out"?

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