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

2. 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) Lear.
(b) Bodice.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Warrington.

3. Who is addressing a battle regiment in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Lear.

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

5. Who has been captured in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Lear.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(d) Warrington.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who maniacally encourages the torture of Warrington?

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

4. Who has ordered Warrington's tongue cut out?

5. Who plans to marry the Duke of Cornwall?

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