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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 enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) Lear.
(b) The Carpenter.
(c) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(d) Cordelia.

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

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

4. What does Lear find on the ground in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Blood.
(b) A dead soldier.
(c) A sword.
(d) Bread.

5. Who appears to Lear in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Councillor.
(b) Warrington.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Cordelia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear has left him, and "wanted a horse to take him to town"?

3. 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"?

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

5. Which of the following is one of Lear's daughters?

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