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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose dress does Bodice wear in the prison cell?
(a) Her aunt's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) Her daughter's.
(d) Her sister's.

2. Who says in an aside that she is disappointed in her husband?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Susan.
(d) Bodice.

3. Who initially protests the execution of the workman at the wall?
(a) Fontanelle.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(d) Bodice.

4. Who appears to Lear in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The Ghost.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Warrington.
(d) Councillor.

5. What is the name of the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?
(a) Susan.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Bodice.
(d) Cordelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. 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"?

3. Why does the Old Orderly come into Lear's cell?

4. Who maniacally encourages the torture of Warrington?

5. Why does the Boy say his wife is upset?

(see the answer key)

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