| Who was the first person to die? | First Servant |
| Who was the second person to die? | Cornwall |
| Who said this quote and who are they speaking to, “Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave my heart into my mouth: I love you Majesty according to my bond; no more no less.”? | Cordelia to Lear |
| Who said this quote and who are they speaking to, “For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines lag of a brother? Why bastard? Wherefore base?”? | Edmund to himself |
| Oldest daughter of King Lear | Goneril |
| Lear’s youngest daughter who is disowned by her father after telling the truth | Cordelia |
| Husband of Goneril | Albany |
| Lear’s middle daughter | Regan |
| Husband of Regan | Cornwall |
| Nobleman to king Lear; misjudges his own sons, and helps save Lear’s life | Gloucester |
| Gloucester’s oldest, legitimate son | Edgar |
| treacherous, jealous, and amoral | Goneril |
| ruthless and aggressive | Regan |
| gullible and hard to characterize because of his impressions | Edgar |
| What was Edgar’s disguise name? | Poor Tom |
| Gloucester’s younger, illegitimate son who schemes to destroy others; wants desperately to steal his father’s title | Edmund |
| bastard, schemer, and deceiver | Edmund |
| Nobleman who is banished by King Lear because he was being honest, after he is banished he disguises himself so he can help Lear again | Kent |
| blunt and outspoken | Kent |
| Does Albany always agree with his wife and his sister and brother in law? | no |
| Domineering, cruel, and violent husband who works to persecute Lear and Gloucester | Cornwall |
| Husband who is kind at heart and thinks his wife has gone too far yet he does nothing to stop her and her helpers | Albany |
| Lear’s jester who speaks the truth now that Kent is gone | Fool |
| What does the fool always call Lear (besides nucle)? | stupid |
| Chief servant in Goneril’s house and helps with her conspiracies | Oswald |
| What are the themes in King Lear? | justice, authority versus chaos, redemption, reconciliation |
| What are the motifs in King Lear? | death, betrayal, madness |
| When did Shakespeare live? | 1564-1616 |
| What was the name of Shakespeare’s theatre? | The Globe |
| Where was Shakespeare buried? | Stratford-Upon-Avon |
| What type of story is King Lear? | tragedy |
| There is always _________ in a tragedy | death |
| Are problems solved in a tragedy? | no |
| Are problems solved in a comedy? | yes (ALL problems are solved) |
| In a comedy, what is there a lot of? | weddings |
| A history is a _______ ______ (with changes) | true story |
| There are _______ and ________ in a history story | wars; kings |
| Who did Cordelia marry? | France |
| Why did Burgundy give up Cordelia? | she no longer had an inheritance |
| France told Cordelia that she was a ________ in herself | dowry |
| What are some symbols found in King Lear? | blindness and the storm |
| Where is Cordelia now? | Dover |
| Does Kent think through his actions before he does them? | no |
| Once Gloucester gets one eye gouged out, who says they should take out the other one as well? | Regan |
| What does Lear consider Edgar or Poor Tom? | a philosopher |
| Who is the voice of reason in Lear’s life? | Kent |
| When Lear puts Goneril on trial what is he really talking to? | a stool |
| What does Poor Tom say is always following him? | the devil (or foul fiend) |
| After Edmund tells Cornwall about what his dad has been up to, what title does Cornwall give him? | Earl of Gloucester |
| Cornwall won’t kill Gloucester, but what will he do? | give him justice without a trial |
| Who is known as the one with a “neutral heart”? | Cordelia |
| Who tells Gloucester that his son Edmund betrayed him? | Cornwall |
| Who kills Cornwall? | First servant |
| Edmund says that if not by birth then he shall get land by ______. | wit |
| When Lear arrives at Goneril’s house what does she want Oswald to tell him? | that she is sick |
| How old is Kent? | 48 |
| What does Oswald call Lear that makes him really mad? | My ladies father |
| What does Lear do to Goneril after she tells him he cannot have his 100 knights? | puts a curse on her and her future children |
| Does Lear feel remorse for the way he treated Cordelia? | yes |
| Are Cornwall and Albany getting along? | no |
| What does Edmund do to make his lies about Edgar seem really believable? | he cuts himself |
| After Edmund is “wounded by Edgar” what two things does Gloucester do? | he disowns Edgar and sends soldiers after him |
| How is Edgar related to King Lear? | he is his godson |
| How many times does Kent insult Oswald? | 23 |
| What two things does Kent accuse Oswald of? | not being loyal or honest to the king |
| Does Gloucester think they should punish Kent? | no |
| What is the ultimate disrespect to Lear? | putting his man in the stocks |
| The Fool says things are going to get ________ than they already are | worse |
| winter | symbol for death |
| Regan wants Lear to ___________ to Goneril | apologize |
| What does Lear curse Regan with? | blindness, ugliness, and burnt skin |
| Lear would rather have ______ ________ than dismiss his knights | no roof |
| The number of knights Lear is allowed to have determines, what? | how much they love him |
| Storm is a… | motif for something bad happening |
| Why is the English land weak? | because Cornwall and Albany are fighting |
| What does Kent want his gentleman to give to Cordelia to show her that he is on her side? | a ring |
| Lear believes that those on the outside of the storm ______ sin and those inside the walls _______ sin | didn’t; did |
| What country does the Fool say will fall? | England |
| Where did Gloucester put the letter he got from France? | in his closet |
| If soldiers come looking for Gloucester what does he want Edmund to tell them? | that he is sick and went to bed |
| What is going on in Lear’s mind while out in the elements? | a tempest (storm) |
| Why does Lear think he was a bad leader? | because he didn’t understand hardship like his people |
| What does Lear assume drove Poor Tom crazy? | his daughters |
| Where is Edgar at the end of act 3? | Bedlam |
| play on words | pun |
| the act of putting a person, thing, or event in some time where it does not belong | anachronism |
| irregularity; something abnormal | anomaly |
| when a character in a play utters his or her thoughts aloud | soliloquy |
| the audience knows something the characters do not | dramatic irony |
| play in which all the main characters suffer a downfall | tragedy |
| noble or lofty character whose downfalls is a result of errors of his own | tragic hero |
| weakness or character trait that causes downfall | tragic flaw |
| a figure of speech in which something inanimate or intangible is addressed directly | apostrophe (ex. “oh grief, where hast thou led me?”) |
| an actor’s words heard by the audience but supposedly not heard by other characters on stage | aside |
| Why was Poor Tom’s job before he was a beggar? | servingman |
King Lear Test
July 20, 2019