- 1. Who directed the 2018 television film 'King Lear'?
A) Richard Eyre
B) Anthony Hopkins
C) Emma Thompson
D) Jim Broadbent
- 2. Which network broadcasted the 2018 adaptation of 'King Lear' on 28 May?
A) HBO
B) Amazon Studios
C) BBC Two
D) Netflix
- 3. Who played King Lear in the 2018 film adaptation?
A) Christopher Eccleston
B) John Macmillan
C) Anthony Hopkins
D) Jim Broadbent
- 4. In what year is the setting of this highly militarized version of London?
A) 16th century
B) 18th century
C) 21st century
D) 19th century
- 5. Which character refuses to make a verbal declaration of love for her father, resulting in the loss of her inheritance?
A) Oswald
B) Goneril
C) Cordelia
D) Regan
- 6. Who are the two elder daughters that receive a share of Lear's kingdom?
A) Edgar and Edmund
B) Regan and Goneril
C) Cordelia and Regan
D) Goneril and Cordelia
- 7. Which character is the bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester?
A) Albany
B) Edgar
C) Edmund
D) Kent
- 8. Who did Cordelia marry without a dowry after being disinherited by Lear?
A) Duke of Burgundy
B) Earl of Kent
C) King of France
D) The French King
- 9. Who is the Duke of Gloucester's legitimate son?
A) Edmund
B) Kent
C) Edgar
D) Albany
- 10. What is the approval rating reported by Rotten Tomatoes for this adaptation?
A) 91%
B) 75%
C) 85%
D) 65%
- 11. Which critic described Anthony Hopkins' performance as 'shouty, vulnerable and absolutely mesmerising'?
A) Matt Zoller Seitz
B) John Anderson
C) Hanh Nguyen
D) Sam Wollaston
- 12. Who played the role of Goneril in the film?
A) Emily Watson
B) Florence Pugh
C) Emma Thompson
D) Jim Carter
- 13. Which character is described as a loyalist to King Lear?
A) Oswald
B) Edmund
C) Duke of Cornwall
D) Earl of Kent
- 14. Which character is the Fool in this adaptation?
A) John Macmillan
B) Karl Johnson
C) Christopher Eccleston
D) Jim Broadbent
- 15. Who played Cordelia in the film?
A) Florence Pugh
B) Emma Thompson
C) Emily Watson
D) Chukwudi Iwuji
- 16. Who was commended for elevating the play's secondary story in their review?
A) John Anderson
B) Sam Wollaston
C) Hanh Nguyen
D) Matt Zoller Seitz
- 17. Which character is played by Jim Broadbent?
A) Lear
B) Edgar
C) Earl of Gloucester
D) Kent
- 18. Who wrote that the adaptation 'starts to break down near the last third with a choppiness'?
A) John Anderson
B) Hanh Nguyen
C) Matt Zoller Seitz
D) Sam Wollaston
- 19. Who commended the film for having a 'solidly stocked ensemble'?
A) John Anderson
B) Sam Wollaston
C) The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes
D) Matt Zoller Seitz
- 20. Which character is played by Tobias Menzies?
A) Duke of Cornwall
B) Earl of Kent
C) Edmund
D) Duke of Albany
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