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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who approaches Lear and the Ghost in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Bodice.
(b) A farmer.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Fontanelle.

2. What is the story about that Lear tells in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) A bird.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A horse.

3. Who asks to stay with Lear in his cell?
(a) The Ghost.
(b) Ben.
(c) The Orderly.
(d) Cordelia.

4. Which character says, "Politics is the higher form of justice"?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Judge.

5. How does Fontanelle die?
(a) She is poisoned.
(b) She is hanged.
(c) She is beheaded.
(d) She is shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lear want to live for at the end of Act 2, Scene 5?

2. 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?

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

4. What sound startles the soldiers in Act 2, Scene 5?

5. Who enters carrying bread and water in Act 1, Scene 5?

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