King Lear Act 5

Who says this to whom? "You know the goodness I intend upon you:Tell me--but truly--but then speak the truth,Do you not love my sister?"

• Regan to Edmund

• Goneril to Albany

• Cordelia to France

• Goneril to Edmund

Who makes the following comment to herself just out of earshot of the other characters? "I had rather lose the battle than that sister/Should loosen him and me."

• Goneril

• Regan

• Cordelia

• Ophelia

"I had rather lose the battle than that sister Should loosen him and me."

The above type of dramatic speech is called a/an ___________

• soliloquy

• monologue

• aside

• apostrophe

Which character says, "To both these sisters have I sworn my love; Each jealous of the other, as the stung Are of the adder."

• Edmund

• Lear

• Edgar

• Albany

Who reports, "King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta'en."

• Gloucester

• Edgar

• Kent

• Albany

Who says, No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison:We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage

• Kent
• Lear
• Cordelia
• Edgar

What does Albany mean when he says the following to Edmund? "Sir, by your patience,I hold you but a subject of this war, Not as a brother."

• We have to wait until the war is over for you to get your reward.

• You are a subordinate to me and not my equal.

Who says, "Lady, I am not well; else I should answer From a full-flowing stomach."

• Goneril

• Regan

• Lear

• Gloucestor

In the following aside, what does the audience learn about Goneril? "If not, I'll ne'er trust medicine."

• Goneril has poisoned Regan

• Goneril has poisoned Lear

• Goneril has poisoned Edmund

• Goneril has been poisoned by Regan

Who survives the play?

• Edgar

• Albany

• Edgar and Albany

• Cordelia and Albany