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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lear beg the son not to do in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Join the army.
(c) Desert him.
(d) Go to the work camps.

3. Who offers to go infiltrate the camps and gain support against the crown in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Ben.
(d) Lear.

4. How does Lear respond to the judge when asked, "And these ladies are your daughters?"?
(a) I loved them.
(b) They betrayed me.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

5. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Old Sailor.
(b) Cleric.
(c) Lear.
(d) Warrington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fontanelle beg of Lear in Act 2?

2. Where has Lear been taken from in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

4. Who is McFearson?

5. Who is the first to sit on the witness stand at Lear's trial?

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