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QUIZ: How well do you remember King Lear?

The Leaving Cert starts this week – do you remember much from your studies?

IT’S ALMOST LEAVING Cert time.

This year thousands of students have been pouring over Shakespere’s works and many of you reading this will have done the same with King Lear back in the day.

It’s time for a pop quiz on Lear’s descent into madness:

Why did the Duke of Burgundy decline to marry Cordelia?
He didn't fancy her
She had no dowry

She was a "baseless wretch"
He was in love with one of her sisters
What's the name of Gloucester's ILLEGITIMATE son?
Edgar
Edward

Edmund
Frank
When Kent returns from exile with a fake name, Lear hires him as a...
Soldier
Jester

Food taster
Servant
Gloucester eventually goes literally blind, but what is Lear metaphorically blind to at the start of the play?
Cordelia’s love
His daughters' beauty

His own greed
How funny the Fool is
Curan has just nine lines in the entire play. What does he talk about?
His upcoming wedding
How mad King Lear is

Rumours of war between Cornwall and Albany
A GAA match
Who is in the hovel that Lear could use to take shelter from the storm?
Poor Tom
Cordelia

The Fool
A stranger
How does Lear react?
He gives the person in the hovel a hug.
He takes off all his clothes

He starts laughing
He faints
What place are the British and French camps set up close to?
Hastings
Dover

The Duke of Albany's palace
The Earl of Gloucester's castle
Which of these is not a major theme in the play?
Blindness
Forgiveness

Divine justice
The supernatural
Who says "As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods, They kill us for their sport"?
Lear
Albany

Gloucester
Pat Kenny
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
Well done, Shakespeare.
Glad to see you're reading TheJournal.ie after coming back from the dead.
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You scored out of !
You were the pride and joy of your English teacher
You were probably the one who that spotted that The Fool and Cordelia are never in the same scene together, and asked if they're the same person.
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You scored out of !
You were the pride and joy of your English teacher
You were probably the one who that spotted that The Fool and Cordelia are never in the same scene together, and asked if they're the same person.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You knew the play well, but didn't understand the themes.
With that B3 in your mocks, it's time to hit the Less Stress More Success if you want the A.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You knew the play well, but didn't understand the themes.
With that C1 in your mocks, it's time to hit the Less Stress More Success if you want that B.
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
There's still time to drop down to Ordinary level.
Sure once the Leaving is done you'll hardly ever need to know again how the ending of King Lear demonstrates a lack of divine justice.
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You scored out of !
There's still time to drop down to Ordinary level.
Sure once the Leaving is done you'll hardly ever need to know again how the ending of King Lear demonstrates a lack of divine justice.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You must have studied a different Shakespearean play.
That's the only explanation for your score. Lord forbid you'd forget these crucial details.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You must have studied a different Shakespearean play.
That's the only explanation for your score. Lord forbid you'd forget these crucial details.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You must have studied a different Shakespearean play.
That's the only explanation for your score. Lord forbid you'd forget these crucial details.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You must have studied a different Shakespearean play.
That's the only explanation for your score. Lord forbid you'd forget these crucial details.
Share your result:

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    Apr 20th 2015, 9:44 PM

    Longest article ever?

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    Apr 20th 2015, 10:54 PM

    Sure wouldn’t it have been better, if he’d a been killed father (reagan).

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    Apr 21st 2015, 7:39 AM

    They did put the #long read at the end of it

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    Apr 20th 2015, 9:40 PM

    George bush is allowed roam freely why not this guy

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    Apr 20th 2015, 10:22 PM

    Not big fan of regan,but he once told thatcher he was gonna put American soldiers on the border when she said brit soldiers were gonna invade the south of Ireland

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    Apr 20th 2015, 11:25 PM

    @Paul

    I’m surprised to learn this. Where did you read or hear it?

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    Apr 20th 2015, 11:42 PM

    Never heard or read of that anywhere…

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    Apr 21st 2015, 1:34 AM

    Paul, that’s nonsense!

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    Apr 21st 2015, 7:43 AM

    OTOH, it’s just been shown that you can get 23 green thumbs for making up complete nonsense as long as it’s anti-Brit.

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    Apr 20th 2015, 9:31 PM

    He did his time

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    Apr 20th 2015, 9:42 PM

    George Bush would of gained the presidency had Reagan died as he was Vice President.
    I’m just saying.

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    Apr 20th 2015, 10:35 PM

    He got in anyway in 1984

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    Apr 20th 2015, 10:40 PM

    He wasn’t president till 88

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    Apr 21st 2015, 1:38 AM

    Glen, that’s stating the obvious. Vice-presidents become president if the president dies in office. So what’s your point or do you have a conspiracy that you want to share?

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    Apr 21st 2015, 4:05 AM

    Dublinlad/ Declan Noonan
    What I’m saying is ” obvious” to anyone who understands what the Bush family are like.
    Do try to keep up Declan if you are going to participate in the discussion.

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    Apr 21st 2015, 11:25 AM

    Glen, what are you insinuating? Do tell us. I’m up for a laugh this morning.

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    Apr 21st 2015, 11:35 AM

    I think He means the younger one..

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    Apr 20th 2015, 9:35 PM

    Good article,but don’t think I’d take the chance of releasing him after reading that.

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    Apr 20th 2015, 9:37 PM

    Poor Jodie foster must have felt like shite!

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    Apr 20th 2015, 11:13 PM

    Bunch of BS cooked up by Bush and served by Hinckley. I’m just wondering if old George still has to make a balloon payment for services rendered.

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    Apr 20th 2015, 10:34 PM

    They wouldn’t consider releasing Hinckley if Sarah Brady had not died a few weeks ago. The timing of this is in poor taste.

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    Apr 21st 2015, 3:15 AM

    He had terrible aim, practically hit everything from 15 feet away except Reagan who I believe got hit by a ricochet. Pity.

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    Apr 20th 2015, 10:17 PM

    John Hinckley or Mark David Chapman, who would you release?

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