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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. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?
(a) The Daughters' War Council.
(b) The Battlefield.
(c) The Prison.
(d) The King's Chambers.

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

3. What is the Carpenter's name?
(a) James.
(b) William.
(c) Eric.
(d) John.

4. Who initially protests the execution of the workman at the wall?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(d) Bodice.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is addressing a battle regiment in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Who maniacally encourages the torture of Warrington?

4. Which character says, "Virility! It'd be easier to get blood out of a stone, and far more probable. I've bribed a major on his staff to shoot him in the battle"?

5. What is the setting of Act 1, Scene 5?

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