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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. Who does Lear claim are his enemies?
(a) Duke of North and Duke of Ireland.
(b) Duke of South and Duke Willingshead.
(c) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of North.
(d) Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Stonewall.

2. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Lear.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) North.

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

4. In Act 1, Scene 1, who claims to have proof that the "enemies" Lear speaks of are not actually enemies?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Susan.
(d) Cornelia.

5. 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?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Lear.
(d) Councillor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has killed one of the workers on the wall?

2. Which character says, "I've always wanted to sit on a man's lungs"?

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

4. Why does Lear, in an aside, tell his daughter the workman is being executed?

5. Who is planning to marry the Duke of North?

(see the answer key)

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