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Literature in English: Drama/Tragedy | Set 1
1. The Mistry plays deals with______
A. The life and deeds of the saints
B. Biblical themes
C. Heaven and Hell
D. Moral values
Correct : B. Biblical themes
2. How many dramatic unities were recommended by greek?
A. one central unity
B. Two Dramatic Unities
C. The Dramatic Unities
D. No number fixed
Correct : C. The Dramatic Unities
3. In which year was the Globe Theater built?
A. 1588
B. 1598
C. 1594
D. 1599
Correct : D. 1599
4. "Life is a Tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury", these lines occur in-
A. Julius Ceaser
B. Hamlet
C. Macbeth
D. Richard-II
Correct : C. Macbeth
5. Dryden's All for Love is based on -
A. Samson Agonistes
B. Romeo and Juliet
C. Caser and Cleopatra
D. Antony and Cleopatra
Correct : D. Antony and Cleopatra
6. Dryden's MacFlecknoe is a satire on
A. Thomas Otway
B. Congreve
C. Shadwell
D. Wycherley
Correct : C. Shadwell
7. The First Tragedy Gorboduc was later given the title-
A. Grammer Gurton's needle
B. Endymion
C. Corpus Christi
D. Forrex and purrex
Correct : D. Forrex and purrex
8. An 'Epilogue' appears in a play-
A. In the beginning of the play
B. At the end of the play
C. At the end of the Third act
D. At any stage
Correct : D. At any stage
9. Othello kills Desdemona because he believes that she has betrayed him with another man. Who is this 'other man'?
A. Cassio
B. Falstaff
C. Roderigo
D. Malvolio
Correct : A. Cassio
10. In what year Shakespear born?
A. 1564
B. 1558
C. 1559
D. 1560
Correct : A. 1564
11. Who did Shakespeare married?
A. Maryyoucen of Scots
B. Anne Hathway
C. Judith Sadler
D. Susanna Wall
Correct : B. Anne Hathway
12. The action of a Greek tragedy always took place within what time span?
A. A week
B. Twelve hours
C. Twenty-four hours
D. A month
Correct : C. Twenty-four hours
13. What did Sophocles add to Greek tragedy?
A. A Third actor
B. A second Actor
C. A Chorus
D. A Female Performer
Correct : B. A second Actor
14. Greek theater began as a part of festival celibrating what Greek God?
A. Zeus
B. Athena
C. Apollo
D. Dionysus
Correct : D. Dionysus
15. What was the group of performers near the front of the stage that would chant or sing called?
A. Stand
B. Skene
C. Chorus
D. Orchestra
Correct : C. Chorus
16. What pattern is embroidered on the handkerchief
A. Strawberries
B. Dots
C. Leaves
D. Daggers
Correct : A. Strawberries
17. How is the Turkish fleet thwarted?
A. In battle with Othello
B. By Storm
C. Mutiny
D. In battle with ship from Rhodes
Correct : B. By Storm
18. What rank does Cassio hold before Othello strip it from him?
A. Corporal
B. Private
C. Lieutenant
D. Colonel
Correct : C. Lieutenant
19. How old is Iago?
A. 35
B. 19
C. 28
D. 50
Correct : C. 28
20. What is Brabanzio's position in Venice?
A. Senator
B. Duke
C. Constable
D. Stable-hand
Correct : A. Senator
21. Who made the handkerchief that Othello inherited from his mother?
A. Barbary
B. Othello's mother
C. Ohtello's former lover
D. A sibyl, or female prophet
Correct : D. A sibyl, or female prophet
22. What first attracted Desdemona to Othello?
A. His strong hands
B. His beautifully crafted armor
C. His handkerchief
D. The stories he told about his past
Correct : D. The stories he told about his past
23. What rank does Iago begrudgingly hold?
A. Colonel
B. Sergeant
C. Ensign
D. Captain
Correct : C. Ensign
24. From Whom did Desdemona first hear the Song of'Willow"'?
A. Othello
B. Her mother' maid,Barbary
C. The Clown
D. Emilia
Correct : B. Her mother' maid,Barbary
25. Whos death does Graziano report in the final scene?
A. The Duke's
B. Lodovico's
C. Bianca's
D. Brabanzio's
Correct : D. Brabanzio's
26. How does Othello kill Desdemona?
A. He stabs her
B. He smothers her
C. He strangles her
D. He beats her to death
Correct : B. He smothers her
27. In the Prologue,who introduces the story of Doctor Faustus?
A. The Chorus
B. Faustus
C. Mephastophilis
D. Wagner
Correct : A. The Chorus
28. To which Greek mythological character in Faustus compared in Prologue?
A. Hercules
B. Perseus
C. Icarus
D. Theseus
Correct : C. Icarus
29. What field of learning does Faustus consider before he turns to magic?
A. Chemistry,bilogy and physucs
B. Logic,medicine,law and theology
C. Navigation,astronomy,rhetoric and theology
D. Grammar,history,science and latin
Correct : B. Logic,medicine,law and theology
30. which character intruct Faustus in the dark arts?
A. The Scholar
B. Wagner snd Robin
C. The Good and Bad Angels
D. Cornelius and Valdes
Correct : D. Cornelius and Valdes
31. What is the name of the ruler in hell in Doctor Faustus?
A. Satan
B. Mephastophilis
C. Lucifer
D. Belzebub
Correct : C. Lucifer
32. How long does Faustus demand that Mephastophilis serve him?
A. 30 years
B. 24 years
C. 1 hour
D. 1 century
Correct : B. 24 years
33. What does Faustus offer in return for his service?
A. All his riches
B. The life of his first-born child
C. Nothing
D. His Soul
Correct : D. His Soul
34. How does Faustus sign his compact with Lucifer?
A. In his own blood
B. In the blood of a virgin
C. In ink produced in hell
D. He doesn't
Correct : A. In his own blood
35. Which City does Faustus visit extensively in scene 7?
A. Amsterdam
B. Berlin
C. Rome
D. Jerusalem
Correct : C. Rome
36. Which historical figure does Faustus conjure up for the emperor to see?
A. Helen of Troy
B. Jesus Christ
C. Joan of Arc
D. Alexender the Great
Correct : D. Alexender the Great
37. Who tries to persuade Faustus to repent just before he reseals his pact with Lucifer?
A. An old man
B. Wagner
C. Mephastophilis
D. The Knight
Correct : A. An old man
38. What does Faustus fetch for the Duchess of Vanholt?
A. A male slave
B. A griffin
C. A dish of grapes
D. A hourse
Correct : C. A dish of grapes
39. Where, according to Mephastophilis, is hell?
A. Everywhere that heaven is not
B. deep below the earth's surface
C. Inside Faustus's soul
D. Directly beneath heaven
Correct : A. Everywhere that heaven is not
40. What Famous beauty does Mephastophilis present to Faustus in scene 12?
A. Joan of Arc
B. Elwanor of Aquitaine
C. Catherine the Great
D. Helen of Troy
Correct : D. Helen of Troy
41. What happens to Faustus at the end of the play?
A. He repents and is saved
B. He kills himself
C. He becomes emperor og Germany
D. He is carried off to Hell
Correct : D. He is carried off to Hell
42. What does the horse-courser think he is removing from Faustus's body after Faustus wakes?
A. His Shirt
B. His Leg
C. His Cloak
D. His Hand
Correct : B. His Leg
43. Which trick does Faustus, while invisible, pay on the pope?
A. He makes a Bible burn in the pope's hands
B. He exposes the pope's baldness
C. He fools the pope into believing a statue is talking to him
D. He steals dishes of food and disrupts the pope's bamquet
Correct : D. He steals dishes of food and disrupts the pope's bamquet
44. What does Mephastophilis refuse to tell Faustus?
A. If Faustus will demned
B. How many Planets there are
C. Where hell is located?
D. Who made the world
Correct : D. Who made the world
45. When he first summons Mephastophilis, how does Faustus ask him to appear?
A. In the shape of a Franciscan friar
B. In the shape of a beautiful woman
C. As a winged creature with horns
D. As a handsome young man
Correct : A. In the shape of a Franciscan friar
46. For how many years has Agamemnon been at war in Troy?
A. Five
B. Ten
C. Seven
D. One
Correct : B. Ten
47. What kind of signal does the Watchman see in the First scene?
A. A bird
B. A blazing fire
C. A messenger
D. Smoke Signal
Correct : B. A blazing fire
48. How did Claudius murder king Hamlet?
A. By Stabbing him through an arras
B. By Pouring poison into his ear
C. By ordering him to be hanged
D. By Poisoning his wineglass
Correct : B. By Pouring poison into his ear
49. Whos Skull does Hamlet discover in the Churchyard?
A. The former court jester's
B. Raynaldo's
C. Ophelia's
D. His father's
Correct : A. The former court jester's
50. How does Ophelia die?
A. Claudius stabs her
B. Hamlet strangles her
C. She slits her wrists
D. She drowns in the river
Correct : D. She drowns in the river