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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which character says, "I feel confidence in my bones. That's never failed me. If only I were a young man" in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Councillor.
(b) Lear.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Bishop.

3. Who says, "We won't chain ourselves to the dead, or send our children to school in the graveyard"?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Fontanelle.

4. What does Lear kneel by in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) The river.
(b) The castle.
(c) The wall.
(d) The well.

5. Who asks to stay with Lear in his cell?
(a) The Orderly.
(b) The Ghost.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. 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"?

3. Where does the Ghost promise to lead Lear after leaving the prison?

4. What does Bodice say as she leaves Lear's prison cell?

5. What is used to kill Bodice?

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