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King Lear Final Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which daughter does King Lear banish at the beginning of the play?

a)

Gloucester

b)

Goneril

c)

Cordelia

d)

Regan

2.

What is used to kill Regan?

a)

A dagger

b)

Sword

c)

Magic

d)

Poison

3.

Which of the following does NOT happen at the conclusion of the play?

a)

The Fool and Cordelia are hanged

b)

Edmund is slain by his brother Edgar

c)

The King of France is taking over Britain

d)

Goneril kills herself after posioning hher sister Regan

4.

Which character stays with Lear and points out truths, using jokes, which are missed and ignored?

a)

The Fool

b)

Kent

c)

Edgar

d)

Gloucester

5.

What are who is noticeably missing in King Lear?

a)

Natural vs Unnatural elements

b)

Mothers

c)

Redemption

d)

Religion

6.

What is the definition of dramatic irony?

a)

When the opposite of what you would expect happens.

b)

When you say the opposite of what you mean

c)

When the audience knows something the characters don't.

d)

When something funny in a play happens

7.

What is an example of situational irony in the play?

a)

Edmund fooling Gloucester

b)

Cordelia loving Lear as much as a daughter should.

c)

Kent talking to the Gentleman

d)

Gloucester being able to "see" how has wronged Edgar once he's blind.

8.

How many primary characters die at the end of the play?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

2

d)

3

9.

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.”

a)

Good

b)

Nature of the world

c)

Evil

d)

Sight

10.

Choose the theme that matches the quote. Kent: It is the stars, /the stars above us govern our conditions.

a)

Nature of the world

b)

Sight and blindness

c)

Good and evil

d)

Nature of man

11.

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.”

a)

Sight and blindness

b)

Natural/ Unnatural behavior

c)

Nature of the world

d)

Evil

12.

Who dies from a broken heart?

a)

Gloucester

b)

Edgar

c)

Edmund

d)

King Lear

13.

Who dies from being hanged?

a)

King Lear

b)

Gloucester

c)

Cordelia

d)

Edmund

14.

Which character decides not to marry Cordelia because she has no money?

a)

King of France

b)

Duke of Burgundy

c)

Albany

d)

Cornwall

15.

Who was Lear's "loyal-to-the-point-of-stupidity" servant?

a)

Kent

b)

Gloucester

c)

Edgar

d)

France

16.

Who was Goneril's husband?

a)

Albany

b)

Cornwall

c)

Edmund

d)

Gloucester

17.

Who is Cornwall's wife?

a)

Cordelia

b)

Goneril

c)

Regan

d)

Mrs. Lear

18.

How does Edmund die?

a)

Poison

b)

Suicide

c)

Stabbed by Edgar

d)

Stabbed by Kent

19.

What is Edgar’s FULL name when he is disguised?

a)

Cauis the servant

b)

Old Tom O'Bedlam

c)

Horatio

d)

Poor Tom O'Bedlam

20.

Which character pities King Lear and wishes his madness on himself?

a)

Cordelia

b)

Edgar

c)

Edmund

d)

Gloucester