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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. 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"?
(a) Susan.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

2. Who does Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?
(a) His son.
(b) An actor.
(c) His brother.
(d) Himself.

3. Who does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear has left him, and "wanted a horse to take him to town"?
(a) Councillor.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Cordelia.

4. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Woods.
(b) Courtroom.
(c) Prison.
(d) Graveyard.

5. Who does the Boy's Wife see outside the house?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Bodice.
(d) The Captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bodice demand be handed to Lear while at the trial?

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

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

4. Who speaks of an animal in a cage at the trial?

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?

(see the answer key)

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