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Quiz about King Lear Another Shakespearean massacre

King Lear - Another Shakespearean massacre Quiz

I thought the body count in "Hamlet" was high. How much do you know about these 10 characters who do not make it to the final curtain in "King Lear?"

A multiple-choice quiz by rblayer. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
rblayer

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
159,681

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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1636

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This poor fellow was stabbed in the back by Regan while he tried to prevent an atrocity. Hint

a fool.

a royal executioner.

a servant.

a humble friar.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Before dying, this character had his eyes gouged out, then was deceptively led to believe that he was committing suicide by jumping off a high Dover cliff, which was merely a very short hill. Hint

Albany

the Fool

Edgar

Gloucester

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Question 3 of 10

3. This letter carrier for Goneril is slain by Edgar when he attacks Gloucester. Hint

Harold

Oswald

Kent

Cornwall

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Question 4 of 10

4. This character dies from wounds inflicted by his own servant. Hint

Cornwall

Kent

Albany

Burgandy

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the only daughter of King Lear who truly loved and cared for him, and ended up being hanged? Hint

Regan

Cordelia

Goneril

Elizabeth

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is the only character actually killed by King Lear. Hint

the fool

the servant

the hangman.

the messenger

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which daughter of King Lear is poisoned by her own sister? Hint

Goneril

Cordelia

Regan

Elizabeth

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Question 8 of 10

8. This illegitimate son of Gloucester was slain by Edgar, his half-brother. Hint

Edmund

Edwin

Arnold

Averil

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Question 9 of 10

9. After murdering her sister and seeing her lover fatally wounded, this daughter of King Lear stabs herself to death. Hint

Elizabeth

Cordelia

Goneril

Regan

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finally, the title character provides the tenth death in the play. What was King Lear's cause of death? Hint

poison

a stab wound

suicide

a broken heart

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This poor fellow was stabbed in the back by Regan while he tried to prevent an atrocity.

Answer: a servant.

Of course, in another very bloody Shakespeare play, this poor character inflicted fatal wounds to his opponent before dying.

2. Before dying, this character had his eyes gouged out, then was deceptively led to believe that he was committing suicide by jumping off a high Dover cliff, which was merely a very short hill.

Answer: Gloucester

Gloucester was the father of Edgar and Edmund, and a Lear loyalist.

3. This letter carrier for Goneril is slain by Edgar when he attacks Gloucester.

Answer: Oswald

Earlier in "King Lear", the Earl of Kent was put in the stocks for assaulting the luckless Oswald.

4. This character dies from wounds inflicted by his own servant.

Answer: Cornwall

Cornwall's wife, Regan, was then free to marry her paramour, Edmund.

5. Who was the only daughter of King Lear who truly loved and cared for him, and ended up being hanged?

Answer: Cordelia

Cordelia's refusal to falsely declare great love for her father King Lear, not only cost her a share of his kingdom, but set into motion a sequence of events leaving ten people dead, herself included.

6. Who is the only character actually killed by King Lear.

Answer: the hangman.

The hangman was only following the orders of his master, Edmund, when he hanged Cordelia. With his dying words, Edmund tried to revoke the death warrant, but it was too late.

7. Which daughter of King Lear is poisoned by her own sister?

Answer: Regan

This murder eliminated the sisters' rivalry for the affection of Edmund.

8. This illegitimate son of Gloucester was slain by Edgar, his half-brother.

Answer: Edmund

Edmund went to great lengths to turn his half-brother Edgar and his father Gloucester against each other.

9. After murdering her sister and seeing her lover fatally wounded, this daughter of King Lear stabs herself to death.

Answer: Goneril

The love triangle ended with the deaths of all three participants.

10. Finally, the title character provides the tenth death in the play. What was King Lear's cause of death?

Answer: a broken heart

In the last scene, King Lear enters carrying the body of Cordelia, who was actually his favorite. I guess that's why they call this play a 'tragedy.'

Source: Author rblayer

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