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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 is one of the main themes of Lear?
(a) Violence.
(b) Love.
(c) Sex.
(d) Beauty.

2. Who says in an aside that she is disappointed in her husband?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Susan.
(d) Fontanelle.

3. Who was buried near where Lear is in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Warrington and the Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) Susan and Thomas.
(c) Thomas and John.
(d) Bodice and Fontanelle.

4. Who kills the Ghost?
(a) Thomas.
(b) The pigs.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cordelia.

5. Which character says, "I have lived with murderers and thugs, there are limits to their greed and violence, but you decent, honest men devour the earth"?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Lear.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Cordelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "You have two enemies, lies and the truth. You sacrifice truth to destroy lies, and you sacrifice life to destroy death. It isn't sane"?

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

3. Who speaks of an animal in a cage at the trial?

4. What sound startles the soldiers in Act 2, Scene 5?

5. Who says, "I tried to follow you but when we got out in the open the wind was too strong, it pushed me back"?

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