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

2. Who says, "I tried to follow you but when we got out in the open the wind was too strong, it pushed me back"?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Fontanelle.

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

4. Where does Act 2, Scene 6 take place?
(a) The woods.
(b) Lear's cell.
(c) The battlefield.
(d) The War Room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Carpenter tell Fontanelle has been captured?

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

3. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?

4. Who accompanies Lear in Act 2, Scene 7?

5. What are the soldiers studying in Act 2, Scene 5?

(see the answer key)

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