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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) The War Chamber.
(b) The King's Quarters.
(c) The woods.
(d) The prison.

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

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

4. Which character says, "Virility! It'd be easier to get blood out of a stone, and far more probable. I've bribed a major on his staff to shoot him in the battle"?
(a) Susan.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Bodice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lear respond to the judge when asked, "And these ladies are your daughters?"?

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

3. Who does the Boy's Wife see outside the house?

4. What does the Boy say his wife keeps?

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

(see the answer key)

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