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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 maniacally encourages the torture of Warrington?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Lear.

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

3. What does Carpenter tell the soldiers they don't have left?
(a) A chance.
(b) A cause.
(c) A leader.
(d) A HQ.

4. Why does Lear insist his enemies hate him?
(a) He killed their fathers.
(b) He has taken their kingdoms.
(c) He has starved their people.
(d) He has built a wall.

5. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Wall.
(b) The Council of War.
(c) The Tower.
(d) The Prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is one of Lear's daughters?

2. Who does Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?

3. Who accompanies Lear in Act 1, Scene 5?

4. Why does the Old Orderly come into Lear's cell?

5. Who is gagged in Act 2, Scene 5?

(see the answer key)

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