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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. What does Lear ask of Fontanelle while in the prison cell?
(a) To sing to him.
(b) To kiss him goodbye.
(c) To sit on his lap.
(d) To let him brush her hair.

2. How does Lear respond to the judge when asked, "And these ladies are your daughters?"?
(a) No.
(b) I loved them.
(c) Yes.
(d) They betrayed me.

3. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Her feet are wet.
(b) She is hungry.
(c) She doesn't approve of the wall.
(d) Her hands are cold.

4. What sound startles the soldiers in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) A car.
(c) A train.
(d) Cannon fire.

5. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Lear.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Warrington.
(d) The Firing Squad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Wounded Soldier see before he dies onstage?

2. Which character says, "For as long as I can remember there was misery and waste and suffering wherever you were. You live in your own mad world, you can't hear me"?

3. Who is the first to sit on the witness stand at Lear's trial?

4. What formation is nearby in Act 2, Scene 7?

5. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?

(see the answer key)

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