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

2. 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.

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

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

5. Who says in an aside that she is disappointed in her husband?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Susan.
(d) Cordelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who intends to overthrow Lear in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. How does Lear order the workman killed in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. Which character says, "Virility! It'd be easier to get blood out of a stone, and far more probable. I've bribed a major on his staff to shoot him in the battle"?

4. Who advises the king to refuse the war?

5. Which character says, "I feel confidence in my bones. That's never failed me. If only I were a young man" in Act 1, Scene 2?

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