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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. How does Lear order the workman killed in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) Crucifixion.

2. Who does Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?
(a) An actor.
(b) Himself.
(c) His brother.
(d) His son.

3. What does the Gravedigger's Boy say his wife would like to do?
(a) Go back to her father.
(b) Betray the king.
(c) Marry the Carpenter.
(d) Put a fence around them.

4. Who is addressing a battle regiment in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Lear.

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?
(a) Councillor.
(b) Lear.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?

2. Who does the Boy's Wife see outside the house?

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

4. What does Lear help the Wife do?

5. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?

(see the answer key)

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