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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. What does the Carpenter bring to the Wife?
(a) A cradle.
(b) A pig.
(c) A blanket.
(d) Bread.

2. Who says, "I came here when I was cold and hungry and afraid. I wasn't turned away, and I won't turn anyone away"?
(a) Susan.
(b) The Small Man.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Lear.

3. What frightens the pigs, making them run?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) Susan.
(c) Lear.
(d) The Ghost.

4. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) Woods.
(b) Graveyard.
(c) Prison.
(d) Courtroom.

5. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Cornwall suggest be done with Lear?
(a) Banish him.
(b) Execute him.
(c) Free him.
(d) Put him in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the Carpenter is always around?

2. Who is leading the rebel army against the sisters?

3. What does the Wounded Soldier see before he dies onstage?

4. Who has asked Warrington to betray the king?

5. Who says, "But if you listened to everything your conscience told you you'd go mad. You'd never get anything done--and there's a lot to do, some of it very hard"?

(see the answer key)

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