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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 have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?
(a) Through servants.
(b) Visits with the dukes in the castle.
(c) Secret meetings.
(d) Letters and photographs.

2. Who speaks of an animal in a cage at the trial?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Lear.
(d) Old Sailor.

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

4. Why do the soldiers enter Lear's prison cell in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) To beat him.
(b) To search it.
(c) To take him to the tower.
(d) To take his daughters away.

5. Why is the Ghost upset with Lear in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) He stole from the watchmen.
(b) He accused the Ghost of murder.
(c) He refused to die nobly.
(d) He didn't tell Cornelia he was there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "I feel confidence in my bones. That's never failed me. If only I were a young man" in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. How does Fontanelle die?

3. What does Lear do in the last scene of the play?

4. Where does Act 3, Scene 4 take place?

5. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?

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