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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 do the soldiers contemplate doing in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Deserting.
(b) Murder.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Interrogation.

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

3. Who is Susan's husband?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) John.
(d) McFearland.

4. How did the Gravedigger's Boy discover the water for the well?
(a) Digging his daughter's grave.
(b) Digging his mother's grave.
(c) Fighting in a war.
(d) Digging his father's grave.

5. What does Lear think attacked him in his sleep?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A wild bear.
(d) A soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "I've always wanted to sit on a man's lungs"?

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

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

4. Where is the farmer's boy going?

5. Who accompanies the soldiers in Act 3, Scene 3?

(see the answer key)

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