King Lear Quizzes

King Lear Quiz 1

By Cameron Peterson · Last reviewed July 01, 2000

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

Gloucester

Kent

Regan

the Fool
2 Lear is the king of which country?

Britain

France

Denmark

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

Kent

Edmund

France

Burgundy
4 Why does Cordelia refuse to flatter Lear as her sisters have done?

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

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 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?

Edgar

Gloucester

Kent

Edmund
6 How does Edmund first deceive Gloucester into believing that Edgar is plotting against him?

He stages a suspicious conversation with Edgar while Gloucester overhears.

He tells Gloucester of several very suspicious purchases Edgar has made.

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?

Edmund

Albany

Regan

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

Albany

Cordelia

Lear

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

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

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

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

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

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

5

25

0
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)?

personification

hyperbole

irony

metaphor
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?

the devil

Modo

Jabberwocky

foul fiend
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?

primitive being

Tom's acold

regressed child

unaccommodated man
16 Poor Tom says that his old occupation was as a _____?

servingman

mason

engineer

day laborer
17 Gloucester prepares a transport to Dover because he overheard what news?

Cordelia has taken ill and is resting in Dover

Poor Tom is crazy and dangerous

Edmund had lied about Edgar but has now gained too much power to be stopped

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

Edmund's captain

Regan unintentionally

Gloucester

A servant defending Gloucester
19 What is Gloucester's punishment for treason?

blinding

amputation

the rack

hanging
20 Which of these events is proof of Lear's madness and delirium?

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

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 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?

"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."

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

"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"
22 How does Albany find out about Goneril's plan to have Edmund kill him so that they can marry?

Edgar, disguised, brings him the letter he had intercepted from Oswald.

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

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

Edmund cannot take the deceit any longer and, hoping to do some good, tells Albany of the plot.
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.

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

love: He finds both women beautiful, smart, and kind.

ambition: He wishes to be the ruler of a united kingdom.
24 Why does Lear run away when one of Cordelia's attendants approaches him kindly?

He thinks an entire army is surrounding him

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 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

"Themes of King Lear are skilfully presented through imagery and symbolism"

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...

Asked by paul s #1337766

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/28/2024 12:39 PM

View All Answers

A tragic hero moves the reader to pity,since his misfortune is greater than he deserves,and also creates fear,since his tragedy might easily befall one of us.To what extent does Lear fit the definition of a tragic hero?

Check this out:

http://bailieborocslibrary.weebly.com/blog/lear-develops-more-as-a-tragic-hero-than-gloucester-discuss

Asked by Reham S #898321

Answered by Aslan on 4/28/2019 3:47 PM

View All Answers

Edmund's "Up With Bastards" soliloquy in King Lear

The repetition makes Edmund sound harsh and angry.

Asked by Irene K #774948