10 questions on plot, characters, and themes. Free to take, so you can see exactly what to review before class.
1. Why does Lear decide to divide his kingdom among his daughters?
2. What is Cordelia's response when Lear asks her to declare her love in the love-test?
3. How do Goneril and Regan treat Lear after he gives them his kingdom?
4. What happens to Gloucester that parallels Lear's suffering?
5. Why does Edgar disguise himself as Poor Tom?
6. What does Lear begin to understand as he loses his sanity on the heath?
7. How does Cordelia respond when she is reunited with Lear?
8. What does the play suggest about the relationship between blindness and understanding?
9. How do the villains in the play meet their ends?
10. What is the final outcome of the play?
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