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

2. Who returns in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) The Steward.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) The child.

3. Why does the Old Orderly come into Lear's cell?
(a) To take him to the guillotine.
(b) To take him to the dungeon.
(c) To search it.
(d) For the plate.

4. What does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the soldiers are doing?
(a) Pulling down the wall.
(b) Searching for Warrington.
(c) Deserting his daughters.
(d) Dying en masse.

5. Who advises the king to refuse the war?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Warrington.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Cordelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prisoner do to Fontanelle's body?

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

3. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

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

5. What is the setting of Act 1, Scene 5?

(see the answer key)

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