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King Lear - Exam
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  • 1. What is the full title of 'The Tragedy of King Lear'?
A) King Lear: A Tragic Tale
B) The Tragedy of King Lear
C) King Lear and His Kingdom
D) Lear's Tragedy
  • 2. In which years was 'King Lear' likely written?
A) Between 1620 and 1625
B) Between 1610 and 1614
C) Between 1603 and 1606
D) Between 1599 and 1601
  • 3. Where is 'King Lear' set?
A) Pre-Roman Britain
B) Medieval England
C) Elizabethan London
D) Ancient Rome
  • 4. What significant event occurs in Act I of 'King Lear'?
A) Lear marries Cordelia to the King of France.
B) Lear is crowned king by Gloucester.
C) Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters based on their declarations of love.
D) Lear abdicates the throne without conditions.
  • 5. Which character in 'King Lear' plots against his legitimate brother?
A) Oswald
B) Kent
C) Gloucester
D) Edmund
  • 6. What is the fate of Cordelia at the end of 'King Lear'?
A) Cordelia marries Edgar and lives happily ever after.
B) Cordelia dies, leading to Lear's death from grief.
C) Cordelia becomes queen after Lear's abdication.
D) Cordelia escapes with Kent to France.
  • 7. Who revises 'King Lear' to have a romantic subplot and less bleak ending?
A) Harold Bloom
B) John F. Danby
C) Nahum Tate
D) William Shakespeare
  • 8. Which character in 'King Lear' is known for their disguise as a mad beggar?
A) Gloucester
B) Edgar
C) Kent
D) Oswald
  • 9. What celestial events are referenced in 'King Lear'?
A) Eclipses of the sun and moon
B) Comets passing by Earth
C) A solar flare
D) The alignment of planets
  • 10. Which character in 'King Lear' is blinded as punishment?
A) Lear
B) Gloucester
C) Edmund
D) Kent
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