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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Gravedigger's Boy say his wife would like to do?
(a) Go back to her father.
(b) Put a fence around them.
(c) Betray the king.
(d) Marry the Carpenter.

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

3. What does Thomas say to the villagers after Lear has kicked them all out?
(a) To leave the country.
(b) To wait in the village.
(c) To go to the camps.
(d) To go to Cordelia.

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

5. Who intends to overthrow Lear in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) His daughters.
(d) Warrington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose dress does Bodice wear in the prison cell?

2. Whom does Lear accuse of betraying him in court?

3. Where did the "wild man" hide?

4. What is the Carpenter's name?

5. Where does Act 2, Scene 6 take place?

(see the answer key)

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