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

2. Which character says, "They are my sheep and if one of them is lost I'd take fire to hell to bring him out"?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Lear.

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

4. What does the Boy say his wife keeps?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Horses.

5. What action does Bodice perform throughout Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) She sings.
(b) She knits.
(c) She paces.
(d) She paints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does the Wife give the Carpenter to do?

2. Why does Lear insist his enemies hate him?

3. What is the setting of Act 1, Scene 5?

4. What does Lear recognize in the well bucket?

5. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?

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