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