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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. What does the Wounded Soldier see before he dies onstage?
(a) The ocean.
(b) His wife.
(c) The moon.
(d) The stars.

2. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?
(a) Secret meetings.
(b) Visits with the dukes in the castle.
(c) Through servants.
(d) Letters and photographs.

3. Where has Lear been taken from in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) The well.
(b) The graveyard.
(c) The church.
(d) The prison.

4. 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.

5. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?
(a) Digging his mother's grave.
(b) Digging his father's grave.
(c) Fighting in a war.
(d) Digging his daughter's grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is planning to marry the Duke of North?

2. Why does Bodice say she had troops bring North and Cornwall back?

3. Who is brought in with a rebel soldier in Act 2, Scene 5?

4. Who advises the king to refuse the war?

5. Who initially protests the execution of the workman at the wall?

(see the answer key)

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