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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "Now I have all the power... and I'm a slave. Worse."?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Lear.

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

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

4. What does the Small Man say they're saying in the camps?
(a) That Cordelia will have them all killed.
(b) That Lear is a traitor.
(c) That there's a revolution brewing.
(d) That Lear will blow up the wall.

5. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Susan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who arrives after the soldiers leave in Act 3 Scene 1?

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

4. Which character says, "O don't waste your hypocrisy on me. You tried to kill yours once. My spies told me and they don't lie. They're the only moral institution in this country"?

5. What do the soldiers do to the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

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