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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. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?
(a) An explosion.
(b) A fallen axe.
(c) A fallen stone.
(d) A bear.

2. Who has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Warrington.
(c) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(d) Lear.

3. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?
(a) Visits with the dukes in the castle.
(b) Letters and photographs.
(c) Through servants.
(d) Secret meetings.

4. Which character says, "They are my sheep and if one of them is lost I'd take fire to hell to bring him out"?
(a) Lear.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Bodice.

5. Which of the following is one of Lear's daughters?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Why does Lear insist his enemies hate him?

3. Who advises the king to refuse the war?

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

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

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