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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. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Susan.

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

3. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?
(a) Because he's hired by Cornwall.
(b) To make the workers work faster.
(c) Because his hut is unlivable.
(d) Because he's really a traitor.

4. Who foretells how Lear's army will attack in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Bodice.
(b) North.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) The Carpenter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plans to marry the Duke of Cornwall?

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

3. Who does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear has left him, and "wanted a horse to take him to town"?

4. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?

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

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