Q 01/05

What must King Lear's daughters profess to earn their shares of his kingdom?

A) Loyalty

B) Love

C) Obedience

D) Gratitude

Answer · why

B) Love

Love. Goneril and Regan flatter him and get a third each, while Cordelia, the one who truly loves him, will not compete and is disowned.

Q 02/05

What is Cordelia's one-word reply when Lear asks what she can say to earn a richer share?

A) Nothing

B) Everything

C) Silence

D) Duty

Answer · why

A) Nothing

Nothing. Lear tells her to speak again, and when she still will not flatter him he disowns her and splits her share between her two sisters.

Q 03/05

Which suitor marries Cordelia even after Lear strips her of her dowry?

A) The Duke of Burgundy

B) The King of France

C) The Duke of Albany

D) The Earl of Kent

Answer · why

B) The King of France

The King of France. Burgundy backs out the moment the dowry is gone, but France declares that she is herself a dowry and carries her off to be his que...

Q 04/05

In King Lear, the king says it is 'sharper than a serpent's tooth' to have what?

A) A faithless wife

B) A flattering friend

C) A thankless child

D) A treacherous brother

Answer · why

C) A thankless child

A thankless child. Lear means Goneril, the first daughter to turn on him, and in the same speech he prays that she will be barren.

Q 05/05

Regan, King Lear's middle daughter, is married to which duke?

A) Cornwall

B) Albany

C) Burgundy

D) Gloucester

Answer · why

A) Cornwall

Cornwall. He and Regan are well matched in cruelty: he puts out the Earl of Gloucester's eyes for helping the king, and she urges him on.