King Lear, Introduction and Acts 1 and 2

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King Lear was first performed in the year:
1406
1506
1606
1706
King Lear is an example of a:
Comedy
History
Tragedy
Romance (tragicomedy)
The introduction to King Lear points out that the play is loaded with irony, which can be defined as:
Bloody, violent, senseless events
Events that show the operations of a kind of benevolent deity
Events in which the reverse of what is expected (either by characters, by audience, or both) happens
At the beginning of King Lear, the Duke of Kent says "I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall." In other words, he thought that:
King Lear preferred the Duke of Albany over the Duke of Cornwall.
The Duke of Cornwall has more power than the Duke of Albany.
King Lear preferred the Duke of Cornwall over the Duke of Albany.
The Duke of Cornwall has more power than the Duke of Cornwall.
The bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester is named:
Edmund
Edgar
Oswald
The names of King Lear's three daughters are:
Goneril, Regan, Ophelia
Goneril, Regan, Cordelia
Goneril, Regan, Desdemona
Ophelia, Desdemona, Cordelia
At the beginning of King Lear, one of the the king's daughters is not married; which one is it?
Goneril
Desdemona
Regan
Cordelia
Ophelia
Who are the suitors to King Lear's unmarried daughters. (Circle two.)
Earl of Kent
Earl of Gloucester
Duke of Albany
Duke of Crnwall
Duke of Burgandy
King of France
Which character says, "my love's/More ponderous than my tongue" and "Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave/My heart into my mouth"?
Regan
Cordelia
Goneril
Desdemona
Ophelia
Edmund
Edgar
Earl of Kent
The Duke of Cornwall is married to:
Regan
Cordelia
Goneril
Desdemona
Ophelia
The Duke of Albany is married to:
Regan
Cordelia
Goneril
Desdemona
Ophelia
Of his three daughters, Lear loved which daughter the most:
Regan
Cordelia
Goneril
Desdemona
Ophelia
At the beginning of the play, King Lear has called in his three daughters to:
Give all of the lands in his kingdom to the daughter who says she loves him the most
Divide up his kingdom amongst them, giving the best lands to the one who says she loves him the most
Ask the counsel of his trusted advisor the Earls of Gloucester and Kent what he should do with his kingdom now that he is growing old
King Lear banishes one of his daughters for not telling him in honeyed words that she loves him; one of Lear's closest advisors objects to Lear's action.who are these two characters?
Goneril; Gloucester
Cordelia; Gloucester
Goneril; Kent
Cordelia; Kent
Regan; Glocester
Regan; Kent
When the Earl of Kent says, "To plainness honor's bound,/When majesty stoops to folly," he means that:
He must speak plainly that the king is doing something foolish.
Speaking plainly is a foolish thing to do.
Kings should speak plainly and are bound by honor to do so.
In this same first scene of King Lear, King Lear also banished another individual from his kingdom:
Earl of Kent
Earl of Gloucester
Duke of Albany
Duke of Crnwall
Duke of Burgany
King of France
Which of the suitors refuses the banished daughter because she no longer has a dowry; which one accepts her and marries her even without dowry?
Duke of Burgandy; King of France
King of France; Duke of Burgandy
Duke of Cornwall; Duke of Albany
Duke of Albany; Duke of Cornwall
Duke of Burgandy; Duke of Albany
Duke of Burgandy; Duke of Cornwall
In Act 1 Scene 2 of King Lear, one son pretends he has received a letter complaining about their father from the other son, even though he pretends to try to hide it. Who's the father, the son who wrote and tries to hide the false letter, and the son who is falsely accused of writing the letter?
Kent, Edgar, Edmund
Gloucester, Edgar, Edmund
Kent, Edmund, Edgar
Gloucester, Edmund, Edgar
Which character says, "Now, gods, stand up for bastards!"
Edgar
Edmund
Kent
Gloucester
Concerning the two daughters who receive King Lear's lands, their problem, once the division has been made and King Lear is in retirement, is that:
They fear the anger of the banished daughter, the chance that her armies will attack them.
Immediately, they desire each other's lands and want to make war on each other.
King Lear becomes a nuisance and a problem for them, still wanting to be treated like a king.
Who says "I have perceived a most faint neglect of late"?
Cordelia
Regan
Edmund
Edgar
King Lear
Duke of Kent
At the end of Act 2, King Lear:
Has sworn vengeance on both daughters and has gone out into the stormy night with his few remaining followers.
Leaves to go seek Regan, from whom he hopes to have better treatment than he has received from Goneril.
Leaves for France to seek shelter from Cordelia, who he know realizes is his best daughter.
In Act 2, one thing that enrages King Lear the most is:
His two daughters' refusal to let him have one-third of his lands
His two daughters' refusal to let him have his one hundred knights
The way his two daughters are declaring war against each other
One of the characters has been set up: he is alleged to be plotting against his father and to have attempted to kill his brother. This brother's name is:
Oswald
Regan
Edmund
Edgar
In Act 2, one of the characters is put in stocks. Who is it and by whom?
Edmund; Cornwall
Edmund; Albany
Kent; Cornwall
Kent; Albany
Edgar; Cornwall
Edgar; Albany
Oswald; Gloucester

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