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

2. Who initially protests the execution of the workman at the wall?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

3. Who does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear has left him, and "wanted a horse to take him to town"?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Warrington.

4. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?
(a) Because he's hired by Cornwall.
(b) Because he's really a traitor.
(c) Because his hut is unlivable.
(d) To make the workers work faster.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters carrying bread and water in Act 1, Scene 5?

2. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?

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

4. Whom does Lear accuse of betraying him in court?

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

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