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

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

3. What do the soldiers do to the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?
(a) Shoot her.
(b) Drown her.
(c) Rape her.
(d) Arrest her.

4. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Lear.
(c) The Firing Squad.
(d) Bodice.

5. Whose dress does Bodice wear in the prison cell?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her aunt's.
(c) Her daughter's.
(d) Her sister's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

2. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

4. Which character says, "Virility! It'd be easier to get blood out of a stone, and far more probable. I've bribed a major on his staff to shoot him in the battle"?

5. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?

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