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WorksheetsKing Lear Ch.E-503-27: The Arrest Of The Spy
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Cornwall is Lear's
a)
best friend.
b)
peasant.
c)
spy.
d)
enemy.
2.
Why does Cornwall want to get rid of Lear?
a)
He wants Lear's power and lands for himself.
b)
He doesn't like the way Lear treats his sons.
c)
Lear is getting too old to run the kingdom.
d)
He wants to please Cordelia.
3.
Gloucester knows that Cornwall is a traitor to the King, but he doesn't suspect that __________ is also a traitor.
a)
Kent
b)
Poor Tom
c)
Edmund
d)
Caius
4.
Gloucester, ever loyal to the King, takes Lear and his men to his castle and hides them
a)
in the garage.
b)
in a shed.
c)
in the basement.
d)
in the attic.
5.
Which is the first of the following events in their proper order?
a)
Gloucester hides the King and his men.
b)
Gloucester returns to the castle and is arrested.
c)
Gloucester brings food to Lear and his men.
d)
Cornwall blinds Gloucester.
6.
In what way were Poor Tom and King Lear alike?
a)
both were cast out by their own family.
b)
Both were miserable
c)
Both were suffering hardship.
d)
All of the above.
7.
Cornwall ordered ____________ to tie Gloucester to a chair.
a)
Caius
b)
Regan
c)
his servants
d)
Lear's knights
8.
Cornwall had been wounded, but his servants had no sympathy for him because
a)
he treated everyone so cruelly.
b)
he was a madman.
c)
he was crazy from anger.
d)
he was always too quick to draw the sword.
9.
Another name for this story could be
a)
"Cornwall's Revenge."
b)
"The King's Imagination."
c)
"Edmund's Reward."
d)
"Regan Kills A Servant."
10.
This story is mainly about
a)
how Poor Tom looked after the King.
b)
how Cornwall took revenge against Gloucester for siding with the King.
c)
mad beggars and madmen.
d)
Lear bringing his daughters to trial.
11.
Juan was just a poor _________ from Spain. He came to this country to make a better life for himself.
a)
confide
b)
hardship
c)
haunt
d)
peasant
12.
We never went into the old, empty house. It is said that strange spirits ___________ the place.
a)
confide
b)
hardship
c)
haunt
d)
peasant
13.
Mary trusts Hannah and can ___________ in her about most things.
a)
confide
b)
hardship
c)
haunt
d)
trial
14.
When Joe lost his job, it caused great ____________ for the family.
a)
confide
b)
hardship
c)
haunt
d)
trial
15.
The man who robbed the bank was brought to ____________ last week.
a)
confide
b)
hardship
c)
outwit
d)
trial
16.
The prisoner thought he could ____________ the guards and make an escape.
a)
confide
b)
hardship
c)
outwit
d)
trial
17.
Synonym for tell, admit, reveal, disclose, divulge, declare, or profess.
a)
hardship
b)
outwit
c)
confide
d)
haunt
18.
Synonym for misfortune, distress, suffering, affliction, trouble, pain, or misery.
a)
hardship
b)
outwit
c)
confide
d)
haunt
19.
Synonym for bug, torment, disturb, trouble, worry, plague, prey on, or nag.
a)
hardship
b)
outwit
c)
peasant
d)
haunt
20.
Synonym for trick, outsmart, outmaneuver, or outplay.
a)
hardship
b)
outwit
c)
peasant
d)
haunt
21.
Synonym for serf, rustic, villein, ignorant, or poor farmer.
a)
trial
b)
outwit
c)
peasant
d)
haunt
22.
Synonym for court, case, lawsuit, hearing, inquiry, tribunal, litigation, or proceedings.
a)
trial
b)
outwit
c)
peasant
d)
haunt
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