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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 does the Boy's Wife see outside the house?
(a) Warrington.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Councillor.

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

3. Who speaks of an animal in a cage at the trial?
(a) Lear.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Old Sailor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?

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

3. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?

4. In Act 1, Scene 1, who claims to have proof that the "enemies" Lear speaks of are not actually enemies?

5. Who has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?

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