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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 is the setting at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A church.
(b) A battle field.
(c) A prison.
(d) A parade ground.

2. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Lear.
(b) North.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) Bodice.

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

4. What is the setting of Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) The King's Quarters.
(b) The prison.
(c) The woods.
(d) The War Chamber.

5. What does the Gravedigger's Boy say his wife would like to do?
(a) Marry the Carpenter.
(b) Put a fence around them.
(c) Go back to her father.
(d) Betray the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Orderly?

2. Who is leading the rebel army against the sisters?

3. Why doesn't the Old Orderly know Lear's crime?

4. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. Which character says, "I've always wanted to sit on a man's lungs"?

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