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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters with a wooden box in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) The Gravedigger's Boy.
(b) The Carpenter.
(c) Lear.
(d) Cordelia.

2. What does Lear ask of Fontanelle while in the prison cell?
(a) To kiss him goodbye.
(b) To sing to him.
(c) To sit on his lap.
(d) To let him brush her hair.

3. Who speaks the last lines in the play?
(a) The Ghost.
(b) The Farmer's Son.
(c) Susan.
(d) Lear.

4. What is Bodice doing at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Writing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Pacing.
(d) Knitting.

5. Who claims he has been blind for seven years on the stand at Lear's trial?
(a) Warrington.
(b) Lear.
(c) Cleric.
(d) Old Sailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks to stay with Lear in his cell?

2. Who is brought in with a rebel soldier in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

4. Whom do the soldiers come to take away in Act 3, Scene 2?

5. What has Cordelia ordered Lear to stop doing?

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