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

2. Whom does Lear accuse of betraying him in court?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Judge.
(c) Old Sailor.
(d) Councillor.

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

4. Who stabs knitting needles into Warrington's ears?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Lear.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Cordelia.

5. What job does the Wife give the Carpenter to do?
(a) Mending the door.
(b) Tending Lear.
(c) Tending the pigs.
(d) Cleaning the well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Who foretells how Lear's army will attack in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

4. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?

5. Why does Lear insist his enemies hate him?

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