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

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

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

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

5. Who advises the king to refuse the war?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Warrington.
(d) The Captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?

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

3. Who has died at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?

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

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?

(see the answer key)

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