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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. What does the Boy say his wife keeps?
(a) Horses.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Pigs.

2. Who has asked Warrington to betray the king?
(a) Lear's daughters.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(d) The Captain.

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

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

5. Who initially protests the execution of the workman at the wall?
(a) Bodice.
(b) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Cornelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Cornwall suggest be done with Lear?

2. What do the soldiers do to the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

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

4. What gift from her childhood does Fontanelle remind her father of when she stands trial against him?

5. What does Lear help the Wife do?

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