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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. Where does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?
(a) Prison area.
(b) The war room.
(c) King's quarters.
(d) The chapel.

2. Where does the Ghost promise to lead Lear after leaving the prison?
(a) To the battle field.
(b) To the house he lived in.
(c) To the church.
(d) To the cemetery.

3. What does the Wounded Soldier see before he dies onstage?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) His wife.

4. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Old Sailor.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cleric.

5. In Act 1, Scene 1, who claims to have proof that the "enemies" Lear speaks of are not actually enemies?
(a) Susan.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Warrington.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bodice say as she leaves Lear's prison cell?

3. What does Fontanelle beg of Lear in Act 2?

4. Who asks to stay with Lear in his cell?

5. What does the Boy say his wife keeps?

(see the answer key)

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