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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Lear in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Councillor.

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

3. What does Lear help the Wife do?
(a) Gather the pigs.
(b) Pick vegetables.
(c) Cook dinner.
(d) Hang laundry.

4. What do the soldiers do to the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?
(a) Drown her.
(b) Rape her.
(c) Arrest her.
(d) Shoot her.

5. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Lear.
(b) The Firing Squad.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Bodice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who advises the king to refuse the war?

2. What does Lear recognize in the well bucket?

3. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?

4. What is the Carpenter's name?

5. Who stabs knitting needles into Warrington's ears?

(see the answer key)

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