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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. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Cornwall suggest be done with Lear?
(a) Put him in prison.
(b) Banish him.
(c) Execute him.
(d) Free him.

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

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

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

5. Why does the Boy say his wife is upset?
(a) She's been tortured.
(b) She was raped.
(c) She's crazy.
(d) She's pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bodice say as she leaves Lear's prison cell?

2. Where does Act 1, Scene 4 take place?

3. Who shoots the workman in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What does the Gravedigger's Boy tell Lear that the soldiers are doing?

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

(see the answer key)

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