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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 tells Lear that Cordelia will come the following day in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Susan.
(b) Councillor.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Thomas.

2. Why does Bodice say she had troops bring North and Cornwall back?
(a) They are heroic.
(b) She loves her husband.
(c) They will fight the rebels.
(d) They need their armies.

3. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Cornwall suggest be done with Lear?
(a) Put him in prison.
(b) Banish him.
(c) Execute him.
(d) Free him.

4. Where are the civilians being sent in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) To the well.
(b) A work camp.
(c) To war.
(d) To the highlands.

5. Who stabs knitting needles into Warrington's ears?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Lear.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Cordelia.

Short Answer 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?

2. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?

3. Who offers to help Lear escape the prison?

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

5. Which character says, "I have lived with murderers and thugs, there are limits to their greed and violence, but you decent, honest men devour the earth"?

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