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- 1. Multiple Choice
Name Lear’s daughters in order from oldest to youngest.
a) Cordelia, Regan, Goneril
b) Goneril, Regan, Cordelia
c) Regan, Goneril, Cordelia
- 2. Multiple Choice
What important announcement does Lear make in his first speech?
a) He is increasing the size of his army.
b) He is relinquishing his crown and dividing his kingdom between his daughters.
c) He is declaring war on France unless the King of France agrees to marry Cordelia.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Complete the quotation: "I cannot heave/ My heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty/ According to my ___: no more nor less."
hear
bond
duty
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who says "Nothing will come of nothing"?
Cordelia
Lear
Kent
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why is Kent banished from the kingdom?
He has betrayed Lear's secrets to France.
He has encouraged Cordelia to defy her father.
He tells Lear that disowning Cordelia is unjust.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the suitors refuses to marry Cordelia without a dowry, and whom does Cordelia marry?
France, Burgundy
Burgundy, France
Albany, France
Cornwall, France
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who says, "My life I never held but as a pawn/ To wage against thy enemies, nor fear to lose it/ Thy safety being the motive."
Kent
Gloucester
Edmund
Edgar
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who says the following, and what is meant by the line? "Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit"?
Burgundy...to marry Cordelia to get a share of Lear's kingdom
Edmund...to depose of his brother using his intelligence
France...to ask for Cordelia's hand in marriage
- 9. Multiple Choice
How does Edmund deceive Gloucester into believing that Edgar is a threat?
He uses a forged letter.
He introduces a witness who testifies to Edgar's plotting.
He tells Gloucester that he saw Edgar buying poison.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What does Edmund advise Edgar to do in the face of Gloucester's anger?
Apologize and beg for forgiveness.
Keep out of the way and arm himself.
Confront him and discuss the problem.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What disguise doe Kent use so that he can stay near Lear?
servant
knight
fool
beggar
- 12. Multiple Choice
Goneril complains about Lear and his retinue/entourage. What is her specific complaint?
Lear is wasting her money on food and entertainment.
Lear's knights are unruly and badly behaved.
Lear is miserable and moody because he realizes that he was wrong about Cordelia.
- 13. Multiple Choice
How many knights does Goneril suggest Lear should have?
100
75
50
25
- 14. Multiple Choice
Complete the following quotation: "____, thou marble-hearted fiend/ More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child/ Than the sea-monster!"
Ingratitude
Jealousy
Selfishness
Thanklessness
- 15. Multiple Choice
Where is Lear going at the end of Act I?
To Gloucester's castle
To Goneril's home
To France to see Cordelia
To Regan's home
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