King Lear Overview Quiz

What is Poor Tom's real name?

Question Answer Choices Osric Kent Gloucester Edgar

Which country sends an army to England to fight on Lear's behalf?

Question Answer Choices Italy Navarre France Spain

Who says, "Now, gods, stand up for bastards!"

Question Answer Choices Edmund Osric Edwin Edgar

Edmund says, " . . . all three now marry in an instant." Who is he referring to?

Question Answer Choices Himself, Regan, and Goneril Himself, Edgar, and Gloucester Lear, Gloucester, and Kent Regan, Goneril, and Cordelia

Where and when does King Lear take place?

Question Answer Choices In ancient Britain In ancient Scotland In Renaissance Italy In medieval England

Complete the quotation:CORDELIA: O my dear father, restoration hang Thy __________ on my lips, and let this kiss Repair those violent harms that my two sisters Have in thy reverence made.

Question Answer Choices Rescue Healing Soul Medicine

Complete the quotation:LEAR: O reason not the need! our basest _________ Are in the poorest thing superfluous.

Question Answer Choices Beggars Children Wretches Villains

Who are Cordelia's suitors?

Question Answer Choices The King of France and the Duke of Cornwall The Duke of Cornwall and Kent The King of France and the Duke of Burgundy The Duke of Cornwall, the Duke of Burgundy, and the Earl of Kent

What does Lear realize as he wanders on the heath?

Question Answer Choices Regan and Goneril are not worthy of compassion The world is essentially meaningless All men -- kings and beggars alike -- are fundamentally alike Despair can drive even a king to crime

Who falls in love with Edmund?

Question Answer Choices Goneril Goneril and Regan The Duchess of Gloucester and the queen Regan and the Duchess of Gloucester