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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 Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?
(a) His brother.
(b) An actor.
(c) Himself.
(d) His son.

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) Bodice.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Lear.

3. 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) Fontanelle.
(b) Susan.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

4. Why does the Boy say his wife is upset?
(a) She's pregnant.
(b) She's been tortured.
(c) She was raped.
(d) She's crazy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has asked Warrington to betray the king?

2. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?

3. What gift from her childhood does Fontanelle remind her father of when she stands trial against him?

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

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

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