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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 are the soldiers studying in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) A dead soldier.
(b) A map.
(c) A canyon.
(d) A ravine.

2. How have Lear's daughters had contact with the dukes?
(a) Letters and photographs.
(b) Through servants.
(c) Secret meetings.
(d) Visits with the dukes in the castle.

3. Why does the Old Orderly come into Lear's cell?
(a) For the plate.
(b) To take him to the dungeon.
(c) To take him to the guillotine.
(d) To search it.

4. Who offers to help Lear escape the prison?
(a) Bodice.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) The Ghost.
(d) Fontanelle.

5. Whom does Lear accuse of betraying him in court?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Councillor.
(c) Judge.
(d) Old Sailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fontanelle complain about in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. Which of the following is one of Lear's daughters?

3. What do the soldiers do to the wife of the Gravedigger's Boy?

4. Who tells Lear that Cordelia will come the following day in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. Who leads Susan back into the house at the end of Act 3, Scene 2?

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