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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has died at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) Lear.
(c) Bodice.
(d) A workman.

2. Who is addressing a battle regiment in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Cordelia.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Lear.
(d) Bodice.

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

4. Who intends to overthrow Lear in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) His daughters.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Cordelia.

5. What does Lear find on the ground in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) A sword.
(b) Bread.
(c) A dead soldier.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Boy's Wife see outside the house?

2. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. Why does Lear insist his enemies hate him?

4. Who does Fontanelle say posed for her husband's portraits?

5. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?

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