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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Boy say his wife keeps?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Horses.
(d) Sheep.

2. Who does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear has left him, and "wanted a horse to take him to town"?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Warrington.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Cordelia.

3. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?
(a) Digging his daughter's grave.
(b) Digging his mother's grave.
(c) Fighting in a war.
(d) Digging his father's grave.

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

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) Lear.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Warrington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lear insist his enemies hate him?

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

3. What does the Gravedigger's Boy find in the well?

4. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?

(see the answer key)

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