View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?
(a) Fighting in a war.
(b) Digging his mother's grave.
(c) Digging his daughter's grave.
(d) Digging his father's grave.

2. Who maniacally encourages the torture of Warrington?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Lear.

3. Who is leading the rebel army against the sisters?
(a) Councillor.
(b) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Cordelia.

4. Who has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Lear.
(d) Warrington.

5. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) The Carpenter.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the Carpenter is always around?

2. Who advises the king to refuse the war?

3. Who has asked Warrington to betray the king?

4. Who intends to overthrow Lear in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. Where did the "wild man" hide?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 172 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample