WorksheetsKing Lear
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who said it? -
"Out vile jelly!"
Gloucester
Albany
Cornwall
Edmund
Who said it? -
"As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods; They kill us for their sport."
Gloucester
Lear
Edgar
Keny
Who said it? -
"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!"
Gloucester
Lear
Edmund
Edgar
Who said it? -
"And worse I may be yet. The worst is not so long as we can say "This is the worst."
Lear
Fool
Edgar
Kent
Who said it? -
"The weight of this sad time we must obey,
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say."
Edgar
Edmund
Albany
Kent
Which of the following characters does NOT die?
Lear
Regan
Albany
Edmund
Who is poisoned?
Goneril
Regan
Cordelia
Gloucester
Who commits suicide?
Goneril
Gloucester
Edmund
Lear
Whose exit is left unexplained?
Cordelia
Fool
Gloucester
Kent
Aristotle's Elements of Tragedy -
The hero's fatal flaw is otherwise known as...
Anagnorisis
Peripetia
Catharsis
Hamartia
Aristotle's Elements of Tragedy -
The hero's reversal of fortune is otherwise known as...
Anagnorisis
Peripeteia
Catharsis
Hamartia
Goneril's servant
Albany
Oswald
Kent
Caius
Cordelia's husband
King of France
Duke of Burgandy
Earl of Yorkshire
King of Scotland
Which of the following is not a theme of King Lear?
The significance of nothingness.
Fate is predetermined by cosmic elements.
Blindness/Ignorance v. Sight/Wisdom
Family not needing to be those to whom you are blood related.
Which of the following is not a defensible character parallel?
Edgar and Edmund
The Fool and Cordelia
Lear and Gloucester
Oswald and Edmund
Why is Kent put into stocks?
He publicly praises Cordelia.
He spits in Cornwall's face.
He beats Oswald.
He speaks the truth to Lear.
After he curses both Goneril and Regan, what does Lear do?
He storms out of Gloucester's castle with the Fool.
He decides to make his way towards France to reconcile with Cordelia.
He attempts to take back his kingdom, but fails.
He banishes Kent from the kingdom.
Who does Lear meet living in the hovel?
Kent
Cordelia
The Fool
Edgar as Poor Tom
Which best describes Lear's anagnorisis?
It is a moment of epiphany when Lear fully understands his folly.
Lear's pride keeps him from recognizing his mistake.
Lear's perceived divine right makes him unwilling to take responsibility for his actions.
It is a gradual process that begins when Lear feels pity for others out in the storm.
Why is Gloucester accused of treason?
He attempts to assassinate Goneril and Regan.
Edmund reveals letters showing that he knows of a French invasion.
He throws Lear and Cordelia in prison.
He wrongfully exiles Edgar.
Where is the French camp that Gloucester sends Lear and his attendants?
Burgandy
Paris
Dover
Wales
What does Edmund reveal as he is dying?
He ordered Cordelia to be hanged.
He ordered Lear to be executed.
He always hated Edgard.
He loved Cordelia.
When Lear tells Regan that Goneril has wronged him, what does Regan tell him to do?
She tells him to get out of her house.
She tells him that Gloucester is an enemy.
She tells him to go seek Goneril's forgiveness.
She tells him that he can stay with her.
King Lear was written during what English monarchy?
Elizabethan Period
Jacobean Period
Victorian Period
Georgian Period
What must the audience feel for Lear at the end of the play?
Derision
Consolation
Sympathy
Frustration
