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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character says, "Virility! It'd be easier to get blood out of a stone, and far more probable. I've bribed a major on his staff to shoot him in the battle"?
(a) Susan.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

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

3. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) She is hungry.
(b) Her hands are cold.
(c) She doesn't approve of the wall.
(d) Her feet are wet.

4. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?
(a) Because he's really a traitor.
(b) Because he's hired by Cornwall.
(c) Because his hut is unlivable.
(d) To make the workers work faster.

5. Which character says, "They are my sheep and if one of them is lost I'd take fire to hell to bring him out"?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Lear.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Cordelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Bodice and Fontanelle plan to meet at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What is the setting at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. 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?

4. Who does Lear claim are his enemies?

5. Who suggests the workman be imprisoned rather than executed?

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