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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 is addressing a battle regiment in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Lear.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Fontanelle.

2. Who accompanies Lear in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Councillor.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Cordelia.

3. Who has died at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A workman.
(b) Bodice.
(c) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(d) Lear.

4. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Lear.

5. What does Lear ask of Fontanelle while in the prison cell?
(a) To kiss him goodbye.
(b) To sing to him.
(c) To let him brush her hair.
(d) To sit on his lap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

3. Who initially protests the execution of the workman at the wall?

4. Which character says, "Politics is the higher form of justice"?

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

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