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

2. Whom does Lear accuse of betraying him in court?
(a) Old Sailor.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Judge.
(d) Councillor.

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

4. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cornwall.
(c) North.
(d) Lear.

5. What gift from her childhood does Fontanelle remind her father of when she stands trial against him?
(a) A dog.
(b) A bird.
(c) A horse.
(d) A cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?

2. Who is the first to sit on the witness stand at Lear's trial?

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

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

5. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?

(see the answer key)

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