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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. Whose food does Lear offer to the newcomers at the house?
(a) His own.
(b) Thomas's.
(c) Cordelia's.
(d) Susan's.

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

3. Who says, "Men destroy themselves and say it's their duty? It's not possible"?
(a) The farmer.
(b) The Ghost.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Lear.

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

5. What happens to the prisoners who are led out in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) They are hanged.
(b) They are freed.
(c) They are knighted.
(d) They are shot.

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. What does Lear ask of Cornelia in Act 3?

3. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?

4. Who returns in Act 2, Scene 6?

5. What does Bodice say regarding the prisons in Act 2, Scene 4?

(see the answer key)

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