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King Lear

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

King Lear has ..............daughter/s.

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

One

2.

King Lear 's favourite daughter was ............. at the beginning.

a)

Regan

b)

Cordelia

c)

Goneril

d)

Kent

3.

King Lear wants to give his kingdom to his favourite daughter.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

King Lear made a love test to determine which daughter is going to take the whole kingdom.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

When Cordelia said that she didn't want to share in the love test , this means that she doesn't love her father.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

King Lear was deceived by ...............

a)

Flattery words only

b)

Appearance only

c)

None of the above

d)

Flattery words and appearance

7.

Goneril and Regan loved King Lear materialistic love while Cordelia loved him authentic love

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The theme of loyalty was clear in the drama by .............

a)

The Fool

b)

Kent

c)

Cordelia

9.

Lord of Burgundy refused to marry Cordelia when King Lear offered him a dowry.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

.........appreciated Cordelia 's authentic love so he married her.

a)

Lord of Burgundy

b)

King of France

c)

Kent

11.

The Kingdom was distributed among the three daughters ,but Goneril took the largest part.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Kent was banished from .............

a)

France

b)

Scotland

c)

Britain

13.

Why was Kent banished from Britain?

a)

He betrayed King Lear.

b)

He loved Cordelia

c)

He was criticising King Lear's actions and challenging his actions.

14.

When Cordelia asked her sisters to take care about of their father , this showed about her ........................ towards Lea.

a)

True love

b)

Authentic love

c)

All of the above

15.

When King Lear's daughters deceived him with flattery words, this reflects .............................. theme in the drama .(regarding his daughters)

a)

Betrayal

b)

Appearance vs Reality

c)

Loyalty

d)

Blindness and Sight

16.

So from this scene , we discover that the tragic hero is .............

a)

King Lear

b)

Gloucester

c)

Goneril

d)

Kent

17.

King Lear 's Tragic flaw is

a)

Disowning Cordelia

b)

Foolishness and being deceived easily.

c)

Misjudgement

d)

Options 2 and 3 are correct

18.

King Lear was blinded as he ..............

a)

Was deceived by flattery words.

b)

Disowned Cordelia and believed Goneril and Regan.

c)

Banished Kent and didn't understand that he was right

d)

All of the above

19.

King Lear and his family were the main plot in the drama .

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Lear made the love test to his daughters because .................

a)

He doesn't want to be a King

b)

He wanted to go abroad until he dies .

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above