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

2. Who does Carpenter tell Fontanelle has been captured?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Ghost.

3. What does Bodice say regarding the prisons in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) They've been burned.
(b) They are overflowing.
(c) They had to be evacuated.
(d) They are empty.

4. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Woods.
(b) Courtroom.
(c) Prison.
(d) Graveyard.

5. What are the soldiers studying in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) A ravine.
(b) A dead soldier.
(c) A map.
(d) A canyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Carpenter have tied up when he arrives in 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. What does the Small Man say they're saying in the camps?

4. Whose food does Lear offer to the newcomers at the house?

5. Who arrives after the soldiers leave in Act 3 Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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