WorksheetsKING LEAR
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The play King Lear by William Shakespeare is classified as a tragedy.
True
False
Which option is not one of King Lear's daughters?
Cordelia
Gonerill
Regan
Ophelia
Which event happens in Act one, scene 1?
Lear intends to divide Britain between his daughters; whoever expresses the greatest love will be given the largest portion.
Edmond tricks Gloucester into believing his son Edgar, the legitimate son, is seeking his father's death to inherit his wealth.
After being banished for defending Cordelia, Kent disguises himself as Caius, a poor man, so that he can serve King Lear once more.
Gonerill criticises Lear's attendants and wants to reduce their number. Lear furiously declares that he will live with Regan.
Which character is not banished?
Edgar
Kent
Regan
Cordelia
The character that Regan and Gonerill both want to marry:
Duke of Burgundy
Edgar
Edmond
King of France
In the play, Cordelia marries:
Edgar
The Duke of Burgundy
Oswald
The King of France
Which event happens in Act 2 scene 4?
Edmond convinces Edgar to flee and stages a mock fight with Edgar, stabbing himself. Edmond lies about Edgar's wicked intentions to Gloucester. Gloucester orders Edgar be caught and executed.
Kent (disguised as Cauis) picks a fight with Oswald, Gonerill's messenger. Cornwall orders Kent to be punished in the stocks.
Lear decides to stay with Regan, believing she will treat him better. Regan sides with Gonerill and suggests he does not need any attendants either. Lear becomes enraged and swears revenge against his daughters before leaving them.
Which event occurs in Act 3, scene 7?
Lear rages furiously with the storm, demanding that it destroy humankind. He calls on the gods to use the storm to reveal all hidden crimes.
Gloucester tells Edmond of a secret letter about an armed French invasion to support the king. Edmond sees this as his opportunity to be rid of his father, "The younger rises when the old doth fall."
Lear realises the suffering that the homeless and starving experience. Lear believes that poor naked Tom (Edgar disguised) represents humankind's essential nature and tries to remove his clothes to be like him.
Gloucester is caught by Cornwall and sentenced without trial. Cornwall plucks out his eyes. A servant tries to defend him but is stabbed in the back by Regan. Regan tells Gloucester that it was Edmond that betrayed him.
Which event occurs in Act 4, scene 4?
Edgar (disguised as Old Tom) offers to guide the now blinded Gloucester to Dover, where the French army is assembling. Gloucester acknowledges his past errors and regrets treatment of Edgar.
Cordelia grieves for for Lear's madness. She sends French soldiers to search for Lear. She declares that love, not political ambition, makes her fight to protect him.
Regan urges Oswald to give her Gonerill's letter (addressed to Edmond). She believes that she should be Edmond's partner, since Cornwall has died. She offers a reward for anyone that kills Gloucester.
Edgar is the illegitimate son of Gloucester.
True
False
Gonerill poisons Regan and then kills herself.
True
False
Which event does not appear in Act 5 scene 3?
Edmond orders the imprisonment of Lear and Cordelia. He gives their death warrant to Captain, for him to carry out, and promises a promotion.
Edgar appears disguised and armed. He challenges Edmond to a duel on account of treason. Edgar fatally wounds Edmond.
Lear enters carrying the dead Cordelia. He grieves for the only daughter that truly loved him. Lear dies. His whole family is now dead.
Albany suggests that Kent and Edgar both rule over Britain. Kent declines due to his age and willingness to follow his master, Lear. Edgar is the new King of Britain.
Who is the husband of Regan?
The Duke of Albany
The Duke of Burgundy
Edmond
The Duke of Cornwall
Who is the husband of Gonerill?
The Duke of Albany
The Duke of Burgundy
Edmond
The Duke of Cornwall
Who said this quote?
"Nothing can come of nothing, speak again." (Act 1, scene 1)
Cordelia
The Fool
King Lear
Edgar
Who said this quote?
"Now, gods, stand up for bastards!" (Act 1, scene 2)
Edgar
Edmond
Kent
The Fool
Who said this quote?
"Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise." (Act 1, scene 5)
Edgar
King Lear
Kent
The Fool
Who said this quote?
"So distribution should undo excess,
And each man have enough." (Act 4, scene 1)
Gloucester
King Lear
Duke of Albany
Cordelia
Who said this quote?
"As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods:
They kill us for their sport." (Act 4, scene 1)
The Fool
Gloucester
King Lear
Edmond
Who said this quote?
"I cannot heave my heart into my mouth. I love your majesty according to my bond; no more no less." (Act 1, scene 1)
Gonerill
Regan
Cordelia
Edgar
