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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 has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Lear.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Fontanelle.

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

3. Who foretells how Lear's army will attack in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) North.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) The Carpenter.

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

5. How does Lear order the workman killed in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Firing squad.
(b) Crucifixion.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Hanging.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who has asked Warrington to betray the king?

4. In Act 1, Scene 1, who claims to have proof that the "enemies" Lear speaks of are not actually enemies?

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

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