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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. How does Fontanelle die?
(a) She is shot.
(b) She is poisoned.
(c) She is hanged.
(d) She is beheaded.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Boy say his wife keeps?

2. Which character says, "I feel confidence in my bones. That's never failed me. If only I were a young man" in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does Thomas say to the villagers after Lear has kicked them all out?

4. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. Why do the soldiers enter Lear's prison cell in Act 2, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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