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King Lear 46 Quote Questions

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“she grew round-womb’d, and had indeed, sir, a son for her cradle ere she had a husband for her bed”

a)

Kent

b)

Gloucester

c)

Lear

d)

Albany

2.

Cordelia:

a)

“Unhappy that I am, I heave My heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty According as my bond, no more nor less.”

b)

“Unhappy I am, I cannot wield My heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty According to my bond, more nor less.”

c)

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

d)

“Unhappy here I am, I heave My heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty According to my oath, no more nor less.”

3.

“If, on the tenth day following,Thy banish’d trunk be found in our dominions,The moment is thy death.”

a)

Lear

b)

Albany

c)

Cornwall

d)

Edmund

4.
                          “Better thou
Hadst not been born than not t’ have pleas’d me better.”
a)
Edgar
b)
Gloucester
c)
Lear
d)
Kent
5.
“Thy dow’rless daughter, King, thrown to my chance,Is queen of us, of ours, and our fair France.”
a)
Regan
b)
Goneril
c)
Albany
d)
France
6.

Which is Edmund's quote?

a)

“Fine word, “legitimate”!

Well, my legitimate, if this letter speed And my invention thrive, Edmund the base shall top th’ legitimate.”

b)

“Fine word, “legitimate”!

Well, if this letter speed And my invention thrive, Edmund the base shall top th’ legitimate.”

c)

“Fine word, “legitimate”!

Well, legitimate, if this letter speed And my invention thrive, Edmund the base shall top th’ legitimate.”

7.

“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)

Regan

c)

Gloucester

d)

Goneril

8.

Goneril:

a)

“ I’ll not endure it. His knights are growing riotous, and himself upbraids us On every trifle.

b)

“ I’ll not endure it. His knights grow ever more riotous, and himself upbraids us On every trifle.

c)

“ I’ll not endure it. His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us On every trifle."

9.
          “Mark it, nuncle:
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,”
a)
Fool
b)
Kent
c)
Oswald
d)
Regan
10.

Lear cursing Goneril:

a)

“And from her derogate body never spring

A babe to love her!”

b)

“And from her derogate body never spring

A babe to delight her!”

c)

“And from her derogate body never spring

A babe to honor her!”

d)

“And from her derogate body never spring

A babe to be hers!”

11.

Edmund:

a)

“I hear my father coming.

Pardon me:In cunning

I must wield my sword upon you.”

b)

“I hear my father coming.

Pardon me:In cunning

I must swing my sword upon you.”

c)

“I hear my father coming.

Pardon me:In cunning

I must draw my sword upon you.”

d)

“I hear my father coming.

Pardon me:In cunning

I must slice my sword upon you.”

12.

“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)

Oswald

13.

Edgar becoming 'Poor Tom' “ My face I’ll _____ with filth,

________ my loins, elf all my hairs in knots,

And with presented _______ outface

The winds and persecutions of the sky.”

a)

smear, Cover, naked

b)

slather, Blanket, nakedness

c)

daub, Unclothed, nude

14.
“I am sorry for thee, friend, ’tis the Duke’s pleasure,Whose disposition, all the world well knows,Will not be rubb’d nor stopp’d. I’ll entreat for thee.”
a)
Oswald
b)
Edmund
c)
Gloucester
d)
Kent
15.

Cordelia:

a)

'I love you as a daughter should love a father, no more and no less'.

b)

'I love thee as a daughter should love a father, no more and no less'.

c)

'I love you father as a daughter should, no more and no less'.

16.

Goneril to Lear: 'my love for you is ________'?

a)

eternal

b)

infinite

c)

endless

d)

boundless

17.

Cordelia to Lear: “You have ____ me, ____ me, ____ me./ I return those duties as are right fit:/ Obey you, love you, and most _____ you.”

a)

loved, begot, bred, respect

b)

begot, bred, loved, honor

c)

bred, loved, begot,revere

18.

Who said it? -

"Out vile jelly!"

a)

Gloucester

b)

Albany

c)

Cornwall

d)

Edmund

19.

Who said it? -

"As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods; They kill us for their sport."

a)

Gloucester

b)

Lear

c)

Edgar

d)

Kent

20.

"Blow, winds, and _____ your cheeks! ____, ____!"

a)

puff, Fury, rage

b)

crack, Rage, blow

c)

redden, Blow, rage

d)

fill, Rage, fury

21.

Edgar:

a)

"And worse I may be yet. The worst is not so long as we can say "This is hell."

b)

"And worse I may be yet. The worst is not so long as we can say "This is the end."

c)

"And worse I may be yet. The worst is not so long as we can say "This is the worst."

22.

Who said it? -

"The weight of this sad time we must obey,

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say."

a)

Edgar

b)

Edmund

c)

Albany

d)

Kent

23.

Finish the Fool's song: "Fathers that wear rags..."

a)

"Do make their children blind"

b)

"Do new clothes need find"

c)

"Do have themselves a fine mind"

d)

"Do find themselves in a bind"

24.

Lear:

a)

"Nothing comes to nothing"?

b)

"Nothing will come of nothing"?

c)

"Nothing, comes of nothing"?

25.

Who says, "My life I never held but as a pawn/ To wage against thy enemies, nor fear to lose it/ Thy safety being the motive."

a)

Kent

b)

Gloucester

c)

Edmund

d)

Edgar

26.

"Let me, if not by ____, have ____ by wit"?

a)

law, wealth

b)

birth, lands

c)

lineage, inheritance

27.

Lear: "____, thou marble-hearted fiend/ More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child/ Than the sea-monster!"

a)

Ingratitude

b)

Jealousy

c)

Selfishness

d)

Thanklessness

28.

Edmund:

a)

Look, sir, I bleed.

b)

Look, I bleed sir.

c)

Look, sir, blood.

29.

Who does Kent say these words to in Act 2 Scene 2?

'Strike, you slave; stand, rogue, stand; you neat

slave, strike.'

(a)  

30.

Who says: "your purposed low correction

Is such as basest and contemned'st wretches

For pilferings and most common trespasses

Are punish'd with: the king must take it ill," in Act 2 Scene 2

a)

Gloucester

b)

Edmund

c)

Edgar

d)

Kent

31.

What are the last four words of Edgar's soliloquy in Act 2 Scene 3 when he takes on the guise of Poor Tom?

a)

Edgar I nothing am

b)

Edgar, I am nothing

c)

Edgar, nothing I am

32.

Lear:

a)

"I am man who 's sinned against more than sinning"?

b)

"I am a man more sinned against than sinned"?

c)

"I am a man more sinned against than sinning"?

33.

Gloucester:

"I have no way, therefore want no eyes;

I ___ when I saw"

a)

stumbled

b)

misjudged Edgar

c)

made mistakes

d)

trusted Edmund

34.

Gloucester:

"As ___ to wanton boys, are we to the gods.

They kill us for their ___"

a)

frogs...amusement

b)

toads...skins

c)

flies...sport

d)

girls...whims

35.

Identify the speaker:

"O Goneril!

You are not worth the dust which the rude wind

Blows in your face"

a)

Regan

b)

Cornwall

c)

Albany

d)

Lear

36.

Cordelia:

"No blown __ doth our arms incite,

But love, dear love, and our father's ___.

a)

expansion...respect

b)

ambition...right

c)

arrogance...throne

37.

Identify the speaker.

They flattered me like a god and told me I had white hairs in my beard ere the black ones were there. To say "ay" and "no" to everything that I say "ay" and "no" to was no good divinity.

a)

Lear

b)

Gloucester

c)

Poor Tom

d)

Albany

38.

Lear: "When we are born, we ___ that we are come

To this great stage of ___."

a)

exult...lovers

b)

cry...fools

c)

rejoice...actors

39.

What does the Fool mean when he says, "Fathers that wear rags/ Do make their children blind,/ But fathers that bear bags/ Shall see their children kind?

a)

Lear should stop feeling sorry for himself.

b)

Lear was foolish to give away his kingdom.

c)

Lear should buy his daughters presents so that they will be kind to him.

40.

Identify the speaker of the following line:

I abjure all roofs, and choose

To wage against the enmity o' the air,

To be a comrade with the wolf and owl,

Necessity's a sharp pinch!

a)

Edgar

b)

Lear

c)

Kent

41.

Lear:

I have full cause of weeping, but this heart

Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws

Or ere I'll weep. O Fool, I shall go ___!

a)

to France

b)

mad

c)

forth

42.

Goneril and Regan:

"Hear me, my lord;/ What need you ______________,/ To follow in a house where twice so many/ Have a command to tend you?"

"What need you one?"

a)

ten an twenty, five, or ten

b)

twenty an five, five, or ten

c)

five an twenty, ten, or five

43.

Identify the speaker:

"You think I'll weep/ No, I'll not weep:/ I have full cause of weeping; but this heart/ Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws,/ Or ere I'll weep. O fool, I shall go mad!"

a)

Goneril

b)

Kent

c)

Regan

d)

King Lear

44.

Identify the speaker:

"If you shall see Cordelia,--/ As fear not but you shall-- show her this ring;/ And she will tell you who your fellow is/ That yet you do not know."

a)

Kent

b)

Fool

c)

King Lear

d)

Gloucester

45.

Identify the speaker:

"Good nuncle, in, and ask they daughters' blessing: here' a night pities neither wise man nor fool."

a)

Kent

b)

King Lear

c)

Fool

d)

Gentleman

46.

Who said it? -

"Out vile jelly!"

a)

Gloucester

b)

Albany

c)

Cornwall

d)

Lear