King Lear Quizzes

King Lear Quiz 1

1 King Lear banishes which of the following people from his kingdom?
Gloucester

Kent

the Fool

Regan
2 Lear is the king of which country?
France

Britain

Denmark

Ireland
3 Which suitor of Cordelia refuses to marry her after she is disinherited?
France

Kent

Burgundy

Edmund
4 Why does Cordelia refuse to flatter Lear as her sisters have done?
She cannot think of a good answer to give them so is silent instead.

She finds them insincere and does not want to stoop to their level of hypocrisy.

She has promised France that she would not accept her division of the kingdom.

She is scared of her sisters as they have threatened to harm Lear if she competes for his affections.
5 Who parallels Lear in the subplot storyline?
Gloucester

Edgar

Kent

Edmund
6 How does Edmund first deceive Gloucester into believing that Edgar is plotting against him?
He tells Gloucester of several very suspicious purchases Edgar has made.

He stages a suspicious conversation with Edgar while Gloucester overhears.

He has several servants and attendants tell Gloucester of rumors about Edgar's loyalty.

He pretends to hide a letter which he had fabricated, incriminating Edgar.
7 Which of these characters could NOT be considered evil?
Regan

Albany

Goneril

Edmund
8 Which character spoke these lines, "I love your Majesty / According to my bond, no more nor less" (1.1)?
Albany

Cordelia

Gloucester

Lear
9 Which act solidifies Lear's trust for his new servant, Caius (Kent disguised)?
The Fool immediately ridicules Caius as he would ridicule Lear

Caius insults Goneril, defending Lear's claim that his knights are not rowdy

Caius finds Lear a place of shelter in the storm at a neighbor's residence

Caius trips Oswald after Lear has struck him because he is being impolite
10 Why is Kent put in the stocks at Gloucester's castle?
Caius refuses to act coldly toward Lear as Regan has instructed him

Regan thinks the act may drive her father over the edge and out of her hands

Caius insults and then strikes Oswald, the servant, who cries out

Cornwall tries to show Regan how he is not afraid to use his authority
11 How many servants/knights do Regan and Goneril finally agree upon as the number they will allow Lear to keep in his train if he wishes to live with either of them?
50

0

25

5
12 What literary device best describes this statement: "For you, Edmund, / Whose virtue and obedience doth this instant / So much commend itself, you shall be ours. / Natures of such deep trust we shall much need; / You we first seize on" (2.1)?
metaphor

irony

hyperbole

personification
13 What natural event becomes personified with Lear's feelings when he leaves Gloucester's castle and is shut out by his daughters?
sunshine

strong wind

storm

tornado
14 What demon does Edgar, disguised as Poor Tom, frequently complain of?
Modo

foul fiend

the devil

Jabberwocky
15 What best describes the state Lear is trying to reach when he empathizes with poor Tom and wishes to strip himself of all of his clothes?
regressed child

Tom's acold

unaccommodated man

primitive being
16 Poor Tom says that his old occupation was as a _____?
mason

engineer

servingman

day laborer
17 Gloucester prepares a transport to Dover because he overheard what news?
Edmund had lied about Edgar but has now gained too much power to be stopped

Cordelia has taken ill and is resting in Dover

Poor Tom is crazy and dangerous

There is a plot against Lear's life
18 Who kills Cornwall?
Gloucester

A servant defending Gloucester

Edmund's captain

Regan unintentionally
19 What is Gloucester's punishment for treason?
amputation

hanging

blinding

the rack
20 Which of these events is proof of Lear's madness and delirium?
the trial he holds for Goneril and Regan with the Fool and poor Tom as judges

he will not get in Gloucester's livery for Dover because he thinks it is a plot against him

he no longer trusts Caius but gives all of his loyalty to his Fool

he speaks to Cordelia all day long even though she is not there
21 Which quotation best describes why Goneril's feelings are divided after Cornwall's death?
"Milk-livered man,/ That bear'st a cheek for blows, a head for wrongs;/ Who hast not in thy brows an eye discerning/ Thine honor from thy suffering"

"Not so hot!/ In his own grace he doth exalt himself/ More than in your addition."

"O, the differences of man and man:/ To thee a woman's services are due"

"But being widow, and my Gloucester with her,/ May all the building in my fancy pluck/ Upon my hateful life."
22 How does Albany find out about Goneril's plan to have Edmund kill him so that they can marry?
Edmund cannot take the deceit any longer and, hoping to do some good, tells Albany of the plot.

Gloucester, Edmund's confidant, sends an anonymous letter to Albany.

He overhears her speaking to him before they have reached the house and met Oswald.

Edgar, disguised, brings him the letter he had intercepted from Oswald.
23 What is Edmund's main concern when he contemplates which of the two sisters, Goneril or Regan, he should marry?
jealousy: Goneril makes him jealous when she is with Albany but Regan would be the safer one to marry.

ambition: He wishes to be the ruler of a united kingdom.

revenge: He desires to make Gloucester pay for treating him as a bastard.

love: He finds both women beautiful, smart, and kind.
24 Why does Lear run away when one of Cordelia's attendants approaches him kindly?
He thinks the men were sent by Goneril and Regan and are trying to capture him.

He recognizes the man as a soldier of the French army

He thinks an entire army is surrounding him

He is afraid they are going to find the important letter he has been hiding
25 What does the doctor prescribe to Cordelia as a remedy for Lear's madness?
a potion of herbs and newts

sleep

a series of injections

intense heat

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King Lear is rife with animal imagery, as the play is known for interrogating whether mankind is anything "more" than animal after all. Most often, animal imagery appears in the form of savage or carnivorous beasts, usually associated with Goneril...

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