Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy ?
Correct answer: D. Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
- A. Etherege's The Man of Mode
- B. Wycherley's The Country Wife
- C. Behn's The Rover
- D. Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
Explanation
Marlowe's Doctor Faustus is an Elizabethan tragedy, not a Restoration comedy. The works by Etherege, Wycherley, and Behn are characteristic comedies of the Restoration stage.
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