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King Lear Quiz

William Shakespeare
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King Lear Quiz

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1)

Kent repeatedly calls Oswald by what name? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

Slave.
Pig.
Rat.
Knave.
2)

Who was captured by the English army? (from Act 5, Scene 2)

Cordelia and the Marshal of France.
Lear and Cordelia.
Lear and the Marshal of France.
Kent and Lear.
3)

When Lear sees Kent in the stocks, he asks Kent what question? (from Act 2, Scene 4)

He asks if Kent is amusing himself.
He asks if Kent likes being in the stocks.
He asks if Kent has slept.
He asks if Kent hurt anyone.
4)

To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar cover his face with? (from Act 2, Scene 3)

Leaves.
Mud.
Sand.
Dirt.
5)

While Kent warns the gentleman of the coming conflict between Albany and Cornwall, what are the spies of France doing? (from Act 3, Scene 1)

Causing trouble.
Sabotage.
Gathering information.
Sowing discord.
6)

Who calls the hovel haunted? (from Act 3, Scene 4)

The King.
The Fool.
Edgar.
Kent.
7)

Who loses the battle according to the news Edgar brings? (from Act 5, Scene 2)

The French.
Cordelia.
Albany.
Lear.
8)

Regan complains about not feeling well while fighting with whom about Edmund? (from Act 5, Scene 3)

Albany.
Her father.
Goneril.
Edgar.
9)

Edmund is going to betray Gloucester to whom? (from Act 3, Scene 3)

The King.
The Earl.
The knights.
The Duke.
10)

What did Oswald's letter from Goneril cause Regan and Cornwall to do? (from Act 2, Scene 4)

Stay and clean.
Go hunting for food.
Immediately depart.
Leave for the King's castle.
11)

Where does Act 4, Scene 3 take place? (from Act 4, Scene 3)

In a town.
In a forest.
Outside the French encampment.
At the French encampment.
12)

Who gives Edmund the office of Earl of Gloucester? (from Act 3, Scene 5)

The Duke of Cornwall.
The Duke of Albany.
The Duke of Burgundy.
Goneril and Regan.
13)

Kent tells the gentleman of a coming conflict between Albany and Cornwall and asks the gentleman to take the report to where? (from Act 3, Scene 1)

France.
Dover.
London.
Camelot.
14)

Who kills Oswald? (from Act 4, Scene 6)

Edgar.
Gloucester.
Regan.
Edmund.
15)

To aide in his disguise, what does Edgar do for clothing? (from Act 2, Scene 3)

Doesn't wear anything.
Uses old rags.
Uses his old, torn clothing.
Uses only a blanket.
16)

The messenger who delivers the news of Cornwall's death to Albany and Goneril also delivers a letter to Goneril from whom? (from Act 4, Scene 2)

Regan.
Lear.
Edmund.
Gloucester.
17)

Lear says that wickedness is only punished in the poor and that wickedness isn't punished in the rich because they are protected by what? (from Act 4, Scene 6)

Their wealth.
Their servants.
Their status.
Their homes.
18)

A servant draws his sword on Cornwall because of what action? (from Act 3, Scene 7)

Because Cornwall stabbed Gloucester.
Because Cornwall accused Gloucester of being a traitor.
Because Cornwall gouged out one of Gloucester's eyes.
Because Cornwall tied Gloucester to a chair.
19)

Albany comes to the British encampment and says that the King is with Cordelia where? (from Act 5, Scene 1)

In the nearby forest.
In the French encampment.
In the town.
At the castle.
20)

Edmund tells a captain to kill Cordelia and make it look like what? (from Act 5, Scene 3)

Her father did it.
Suicide.
An accident.
Regan did it.
21)

Where does Act 3, Scene 3 take place? (from Act 3, Scene 3)

Gloucester's hall.
Gloucester's courtyard.
Gloucester's stable.
Gloucester's castle.
22)

How does Edgar lead the blind Gloucester from the heath to the cliffs? (from Act 4, Scene 1)

By his arm.
By a rope.
By a leash.
By his voice.
23)

Edmund fakes feeling what about turning in his father? (from Act 3, Scene 5)

Sadness.
Sorrow.
Emotional conflict
Guilt.
24)

After hearing the news of Cornwall's death, Albany vows to take revenge for what act of Cornwall's? (from Act 4, Scene 2)

The escape of the King.
Not keeping Goneril at Cornwall.
The blinding of Gloucester.
Not keeping the women out of the plans.
25)

In order to escape detection, Edgar decides to disguise himself as what? (from Act 2, Scene 3)

A madman.
A servant.
A carpenter.
A farmer.
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