WorksheetsKing Lear Final Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which daughter does King Lear banish at the beginning of the play?
Gloucester
Goneril
Cordelia
Regan
What is used to kill Regan?
A dagger
Sword
Magic
Poison
Which of the following does NOT happen at the conclusion of the play?
The Fool and Cordelia are hanged
Edmund is slain by his brother Edgar
The King of France is taking over Britain
Goneril kills herself after posioning hher sister Regan
Which character stays with Lear and points out truths, using jokes, which are missed and ignored?
The Fool
Kent
Edgar
Gloucester
What are who is noticeably missing in King Lear?
Natural vs Unnatural elements
Mothers
Redemption
Religion
What is the definition of dramatic irony?
When the opposite of what you would expect happens.
When you say the opposite of what you mean
When the audience knows something the characters don't.
When something funny in a play happens
What is an example of situational irony in the play?
Edmund fooling Gloucester
Cordelia loving Lear as much as a daughter should.
Kent talking to the Gentleman
Gloucester being able to "see" how has wronged Edgar once he's blind.
How many primary characters die at the end of the play?
5
7
2
3
Choose the theme that matches the quote: Regan to Oswald regarding Gloucester: “If you do chance to hear of that blind traitor,/ Preferment falls on him that cuts him off.”
Good
Nature of the world
Evil
Sight
Choose the theme that matches the quote. Kent: It is the stars, /the stars above us govern our conditions.
Nature of the world
Sight and blindness
Good and evil
Nature of man
Choose the theme that matches the quote. Cordelia to Lear: “You have begot me, bred me, loved me./ I return those duties as are right fit:/ Obey you, love you, and most honor you.”
Sight and blindness
Natural/ Unnatural behavior
Nature of the world
Evil
Who dies from a broken heart?
Gloucester
Edgar
Edmund
King Lear
Who dies from being hanged?
King Lear
Gloucester
Cordelia
Edmund
Which character decides not to marry Cordelia because she has no money?
King of France
Duke of Burgundy
Albany
Cornwall
Who was Lear's "loyal-to-the-point-of-stupidity" servant?
Kent
Gloucester
Edgar
France
Who was Goneril's husband?
Albany
Cornwall
Edmund
Gloucester
Who is Cornwall's wife?
Cordelia
Goneril
Regan
Mrs. Lear
How does Edmund die?
Poison
Suicide
Stabbed by Edgar
Stabbed by Kent
What is Edgar’s FULL name when he is disguised?
Cauis the servant
Old Tom O'Bedlam
Horatio
Poor Tom O'Bedlam
Which character pities King Lear and wishes his madness on himself?
Cordelia
Edgar
Edmund
Gloucester
