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

2. Who advises the king to refuse the war?
(a) Warrington.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Bodice.

3. Why does Lear insist his enemies hate him?
(a) He has taken their kingdoms.
(b) He has built a wall.
(c) He killed their fathers.
(d) He has starved their people.

4. Who intends to overthrow Lear in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Thomas.
(c) His daughters.
(d) Warrington.

5. Who has died at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A workman.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

2. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?

3. Who is addressing a battle regiment in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. Who foretells how Lear's army will attack in Act 1, Scene 3?

5. Who suggests the workman be imprisoned rather than executed?

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