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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. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Wall.
(b) The Tower.
(c) The Council of War.
(d) The Prison.

2. Who advises the king to refuse the war?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Warrington.

3. Which character says, "I've always wanted to sit on a man's lungs"?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

4. Who suggests the workman be imprisoned rather than executed?
(a) Warrington.
(b) The Duke of Cornwall.
(c) The Duke of Westminster.
(d) Lear.

5. Who has died at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Lear.
(b) A workman.
(c) Bodice.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the soldiers do to the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

2. What does the Carpenter bring to the Wife?

3. Who is addressing a battle regiment in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What action does Bodice perform throughout Act 1, Scene 3?

5. Which character says, "They are my sheep and if one of them is lost I'd take fire to hell to bring him out"?

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