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

2. Which character says, "I feel confidence in my bones. That's never failed me. If only I were a young man" in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Councillor.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Lear.
(d) Warrington.

3. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Cleric.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Lear.
(d) Old Sailor.

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

5. What does Lear find on the ground in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) A dead soldier.
(b) Bread.
(c) A sword.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?

2. What does Lear recognize in the well bucket?

3. Why does the Boy say his wife is upset?

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

5. Who says in an aside that she is disappointed in her husband?

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