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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Lear claim are his enemies?
(a) Duke of South and Duke Willingshead.
(b) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Stonewall.
(c) Duke of North and Duke of Ireland.
(d) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of North.

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

4. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Council of War.
(b) The Prison.
(c) The Wall.
(d) The Tower.

5. Who is planning to marry the Duke of North?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Susan.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Bodice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "They are my sheep and if one of them is lost I'd take fire to hell to bring him out"?

2. Who initially protests the execution of the workman at the wall?

3. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?

4. Who maniacally encourages the torture of Warrington?

5. Who plans to marry the Duke of Cornwall?

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