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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the soldiers tell the Small Man will be done to him in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) He will be shot.
(b) He will be put on the wall.
(c) He will be hanged.
(d) He will be freed.

2. Where does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?
(a) The war room.
(b) Prison area.
(c) King's quarters.
(d) The chapel.

3. What does Lear kneel by in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) The castle.
(b) The river.
(c) The wall.
(d) The well.

4. Who arrives after the soldiers leave in Act 3 Scene 1?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Ben.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

5. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?
(a) A fallen stone.
(b) A fallen axe.
(c) A bear.
(d) An explosion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose dress does Bodice wear in the prison cell?

2. Who accompanies Lear in Act 2, Scene 7?

3. Who does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear has left him, and "wanted a horse to take him to town"?

4. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?

5. Why doesn't the Old Orderly know Lear's crime?

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