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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 has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Warrington.
(b) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cordelia.

2. Who plans to marry the Duke of Cornwall?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Bodice.

3. What is Bodice doing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Writing.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Pacing.

4. Who says, "Men destroy themselves and say it's their duty? It's not possible"?
(a) The farmer.
(b) The Ghost.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Lear.

5. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?
(a) To make the workers work faster.
(b) Because he's hired by Cornwall.
(c) Because he's really a traitor.
(d) Because his hut is unlivable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the soldiers are doing?

3. What does the Gravedigger's Boy say his wife would like to do?

4. Which character says, "For as long as I can remember there was misery and waste and suffering wherever you were. You live in your own mad world, you can't hear me"?

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

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