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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks to stay with Lear in his cell?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Ben.
(c) The Orderly.
(d) The Ghost.

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

3. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?
(a) Letters and photographs.
(b) Visits with the dukes in the castle.
(c) Secret meetings.
(d) Through servants.

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

5. What does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the soldiers are doing?
(a) Searching for Warrington.
(b) Deserting his daughters.
(c) Pulling down the wall.
(d) Dying en masse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?

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

3. Who does the Boy's Wife see outside the house?

4. Which character says, "I feel confidence in my bones. That's never failed me. If only I were a young man" in Act 1, Scene 2?

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

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