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

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

3. Where did the "wild man" hide?
(a) The house.
(b) The well.
(c) The bushes.
(d) The trees.

4. Who is addressing a battle regiment in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Lear.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Bodice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters carrying bread and water in Act 1, Scene 5?

2. Who accompanies Lear in Act 1, Scene 5?

3. Why does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the Carpenter is always around?

4. Who has asked Warrington to betray the king?

5. Who has died at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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