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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Lear ask to lead him on a journey in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Susan.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Thomas.

3. Who approaches Lear and the Ghost in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) A farmer.

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

5. Who plans to marry the Duke of Cornwall?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Cornelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who maniacally encourages the torture of Warrington?

2. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?

3. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What weapons do the rebel soldiers carry?

5. Which character says, "I have lived with murderers and thugs, there are limits to their greed and violence, but you decent, honest men devour the earth"?

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