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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 enters carrying bread and water in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

2. What does Lear recognize in the well bucket?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A baby.
(c) Blood.
(d) Soil.

3. Who asks Lear to stand up in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) The farmer.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) The farmer's wife.

4. Who is leading the rebel army against the sisters?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Councillor.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

5. Who says, "Now I have all the power... and I'm a slave. Worse."?
(a) Lear.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lear find on the ground in Act 1, Scene 5?

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

3. How does Lear respond to the judge when asked, "And these ladies are your daughters?"?

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

5. Why does Lear insist his enemies hate him?

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