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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 accompanies Lear in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) The Ghost.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Commandant.

2. What is the Carpenter's name?
(a) James.
(b) John.
(c) Eric.
(d) William.

3. What does Bodice demand be handed to Lear while at the trial?
(a) A baby.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A goblet.
(d) A letter.

4. Why do the soldiers enter Lear's prison cell in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) To take him to the tower.
(b) To search it.
(c) To beat him.
(d) To take his daughters away.

5. What does the Small Man say they're saying in the camps?
(a) That Lear is a traitor.
(b) That there's a revolution brewing.
(c) That Lear will blow up the wall.
(d) That Cordelia will have them all killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the gift Fontanelle was given as a child?

2. Who does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear has left him, and "wanted a horse to take him to town"?

3. Who offers to help Lear escape the prison?

4. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?

5. Where did the "wild man" hide?

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