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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 says in an aside that she is disappointed in her husband?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Susan.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does the Wife give the Carpenter to do?

2. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?

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

4. What does the Gravedigger's Boy say his wife would like to do?

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

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