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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 does Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?
(a) Himself.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) An actor.

2. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Lear.
(b) North.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cornwall.

3. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Lear.

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

5. Who has asked Warrington to betray the king?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Lear's daughters.
(c) The Captain.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is planning to marry the Duke of North?

2. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?

3. Who has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?

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

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

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