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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. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Tower.
(b) The Prison.
(c) The Council of War.
(d) The Wall.

2. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) She is hungry.
(b) Her hands are cold.
(c) Her feet are wet.
(d) She doesn't approve of the wall.

3. Which character says, "Politics is the higher form of justice"?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Judge.
(c) Lear.
(d) Bodice.

4. Who does Lear claim are his enemies?
(a) Duke of South and Duke Willingshead.
(b) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Stonewall.
(c) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of North.
(d) Duke of North and Duke of Ireland.

5. How does Lear respond to the judge when asked, "And these ladies are your daughters?"?
(a) Yes.
(b) They betrayed me.
(c) I loved them.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who advises the king to refuse the war?

3. What is the Carpenter's name?

4. Which of the following is one of Lear's daughters?

5. How does Lear order the workman killed in Act 1, Scene 1?

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