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

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) Fontanelle.
(b) Susan.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Bodice.

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

3. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) Lear.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) The Carpenter.
(d) The Gravedigger's Boy.

4. Which character says, "Politics is the higher form of justice"?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Fontanelle.
(c) Lear.
(d) Judge.

5. What does Lear recognize in the well bucket?
(a) Soil.
(b) A baby.
(c) Blood.
(d) A dagger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting of Act 1, Scene 5?

3. What happened to the gift Fontanelle was given as a child?

4. Who plans to marry the Duke of Cornwall?

5. Who stabs knitting needles into Warrington's ears?

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