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

2. What does the Gravedigger's Boy say his wife would like to do?
(a) Go back to her father.
(b) Marry the Carpenter.
(c) Put a fence around them.
(d) Betray the king.

3. Where did the "wild man" hide?
(a) The bushes.
(b) The trees.
(c) The well.
(d) The house.

4. Why does the Boy say his wife is upset?
(a) She's been tortured.
(b) She was raped.
(c) She's pregnant.
(d) She's crazy.

5. Whom does Lear ask for while in the prison cell?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Councillor.
(c) His daughters.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who says, "Men destroy themselves and say it's their duty? It's not possible"?

3. Who does Lear claim are his enemies?

4. What is the Carpenter's name?

5. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?

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