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King Lear Unit Check Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What character shares his/her ruthless plots continuously through soliloquy?

a)

Goneril

b)

Edmund

c)

Regan

d)

Cornwall

2.

Who is the most ironic character throughout the play?

a)

Fool

b)

Cordelia

c)

Gloucester

d)

Edgar

3.

Who must become a bedlam beggar in order to save himself/herself?

a)

Gloucester

b)

Lear

c)

Edmund

d)

Edgar

4.

Which character conspired with Edmund to kill Lear and Cordelia?

a)

Cornwall

b)

Goneril

c)

Regan

d)

Oswald

5.

Who insults Lear's daughters by calling them female dogs?

a)

Gloucester

b)

Kent

c)

Fool

d)

Edgar

6.

Which character seems to believe in the Elizabethan philosophy of Natural Law versus Universal Law?

a)

Edmund

b)

Edgar

c)

Gloucester

d)

Oswald

7.

Who openly admits to awaiting for Fortune's Wheel to turn?

a)

Kent

b)

Albany

c)

Burgandy

d)

Goneril

8.

Which of the following were all criteria being kept by Lear at the end of Act One, Scene One? Click all that apply.

a)

Title

b)

Power

c)

Banner

d)

Soldiers

9.

Who did Lear claim to have loved the most?

a)

Goneril

b)

Regan

c)

Cordelia

10.

Holding to the philosophy of 'if it feels good, do it', individuals would be considered to be...

a)

Demented

b)

Epicurian

c)

Sexist

d)

Disillusioned

11.

What is used to kill Regan?

a)

A dagger

b)

Sword

c)

Magic

d)

Poison

12.

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

13.

What or who is noticeably missing in King Lear?

a)

Natural vs Unnatural elements

b)

Mothers

c)

Redemption

d)

Religion

14.

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.

15.

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

a)

King of France

b)

Duke of Burgundy

c)

Albany

d)

Cornwall

16.

Who was Goneril's husband?

a)

Albany

b)

Cornwall

c)

Edmund

d)

Gloucester

17.

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

18.

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

a)

Cordelia

b)

Edgar

c)

Edmund

d)

Gloucester

19.
“Sir, this young fellow’s mother could; whereupon she grew round-womb’d, and had indeed, sir, a son for her cradle ere she had a husband for her bed”
a)
Lear
b)
Gloucester
c)
Edmund
d)
Albany
20.

“Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty According to my bond, no more nor less.”

a)

Regan

b)

Oswald

c)

Cordelia

d)

Kent

21.
“If, on the tenth day following,Thy banish’d trunk be found in our dominions,The moment is thy death.”
a)
Lear
b)
Gloucester
c)
Regan
d)
Edmund
22.
                          “Better thou
Hadst not been born than not t’ have pleas’d me better.”
a)
Edgar
b)
Gloucester
c)
Lear
d)
Kent
23.
          “Fine word, “legitimate”!
Well, my legitimate, if this letter speedAnd my invention thrive, Edmund the base shall top th’ legitimate.”
a)
Edmund
b)
Edgar
c)
Kent
d)
Poor Tom
24.
“O villain, villain! His very opinion in the letter. Abhorred villain! Unnatural, detested, brutish villain! Worse than brutish! Go, sirrah, seek him; I’ll apprehend him. Abominable villain! Where is he?”
a)
Lear
b)
Kent
c)
Gloucester
d)
Cordelia
25.
“Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend
To make this creature fruitful.
Into her womb convey sterility,
Dry up in her the organs of increase,
And from her derogate body never spring
A babe to honor her!”
a)
Albany
b)
Cornwall
c)
Lear
d)
Kent
26.
“I hear my father coming.
Pardon me:In cunning
I must draw my sword upon you.”
a)
Edgar
b)
Kent
c)
Edmund
d)
Regan
27.
“Draw, you rascal! You come with letters against the King, and take Vanity the puppet’s part against the royalty of her father. ”
a)
Albany
b)
Cornwall
c)
Kent
d)
Poor Tom
28.
“ My face I’ll grime with filth,
Blanket my loins, elf all my hairs in knots,
And with presented nakedness outface
The winds and persecutions of the sky.”
a)
Kent
b)
Edgar
c)
Fool
d)
Lear
29.

Who says this to whom? "You know the goodness I intend upon you: Tell me--but truly--but then speak the truth,Do you not love my sister?"

a)

Regan to Edmund

b)

Goneril to Albany

c)

Cordelia to France

d)

Goneril to Edmund

30.

In the following aside, what does the audience learn about Goneril? "If not, I'll ne'er trust medicine."

a)

Goneril has poisoned Regan

b)

Goneril has poisoned Lear

c)

Goneril has poisoned Edmund

d)

Goneril has been poisoned by Regan