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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 speaks of an animal in a cage at the trial?
(a) Old Sailor.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Councillor.

2. Why does Bodice say she had troops bring North and Cornwall back?
(a) They are heroic.
(b) They need their armies.
(c) She loves her husband.
(d) They will fight the rebels.

3. Which character says, "They are my sheep and if one of them is lost I'd take fire to hell to bring him out"?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Lear.
(d) Warrington.

4. Why does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the Carpenter is always around?
(a) He wants to steal the water.
(b) He's in love with his wife.
(c) He's spying on them.
(d) He works for the army.

5. What sound startles the soldiers in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) A car.
(b) Cannon fire.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) A train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?

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

3. What is the Carpenter's name?

4. Who foretells how Lear's army will attack in Act 1, Scene 3?

5. Who approaches Lear and the Ghost in Act 2, Scene 7?

(see the answer key)

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