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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. Why does the Old Orderly come into Lear's cell?
(a) To search it.
(b) For the plate.
(c) To take him to the guillotine.
(d) To take him to the dungeon.

2. Who asks to stay with Lear in his cell?
(a) Ben.
(b) The Ghost.
(c) The Orderly.
(d) Cordelia.

3. Who plans to marry the Duke of Cornwall?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Bodice.

4. What do the soldiers tell the Small Man will be done to him in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) He will be put on the wall.
(b) He will be shot.
(c) He will be freed.
(d) He will be hanged.

5. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?
(a) A knife.
(b) Warrington's body.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A dead pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Lear say, "Don't ask them for favours. Walk with us. Be gentle and don't pull," in Act 2, Scene 5?

2. Where has Lear been taken from in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

4. What does the Gravedigger's Boy say his wife would like to do?

5. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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