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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. Why does the Old Orderly come into Lear's cell?
(a) To take him to the dungeon.
(b) To take him to the guillotine.
(c) For the plate.
(d) To search it.

2. Who is brought in with a rebel soldier in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Fontanelle.
(d) Leonice.

3. What does Lear ask of Cornelia in Act 3?
(a) To speak to the people.
(b) To leave the country.
(c) To tear down the wall.
(d) To free him.

4. What does Bodice say as she leaves Lear's prison cell?
(a) You'll be executed tomorrow.
(b) The war has ended.
(c) Mother's dead. I must serve tea.
(d) I'm taking you to hell with me.

5. Who is the first to sit on the witness stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Cleric.
(d) Warrington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the prisoners pass around in Act 2, Scene 5?

2. For whom are the soldiers looking in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. Who initially protests the execution of the workman at the wall?

4. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?

5. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?

(see the answer key)

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