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- A. Every Man in His Humour
- B. Cynthia Revels
- C. The Alchemist
- D. Epicene or The Silent Woman
Explanation: Every Man in His Humour, first performed in 1598, is generally regarded as Ben Jonson's first major play.
Correct answer: Every Man in His Humour- A. "Two Gentlemen of Verona"
- B. "The Winter's Tale"
- C. "The Tempest"
- D. "Faustus"
Explanation: Faustus is Christopher Marlowe's tragedy, commonly known as Doctor Faustus, not a Shakespearean play.
Correct answer: "Faustus"- A. The Massacre at Berlin
- B. The Massacre at Rome
- C. The Massacre at Copenhagen
- D. The Massacre at Paris
Explanation: Marlowe's The Massacre at Paris dramatizes the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572, when French Protestants were killed in Paris.
Correct answer: The Massacre at Paris- A. Lord Tennyson
- B. William Wordsworth
- C. John Keats
- D. Lord Byron
Explanation: *Heaven and Earth* is a dramatic work by Lord Byron, published as part of his unfinished dramatic trilogy.
Correct answer: Lord Byron- A. The Mousetrap
- B. Romeo and Juliet
- C. Othello
- D. Macbeth
Explanation: Agatha Christie's *The Mousetrap* is recognised as the world's longest-running stage play, having opened in London in 1952.
Correct answer: The Mousetrap- A. The Taming of the Shrew
- B. As you Like it
- C. Two Gentlemen of Verona
- D. Titus Andronicus
Explanation: The Oxford Shakespeare chronology places Titus Andronicus among Shakespeare’s earliest plays and, in the cited 1988 edition, treats it as…
Correct answer: Titus Andronicus- A. John Dryden
- B. William Shakespeare
- C. John Milton
- D. None of these
Explanation: William Shakespeare is associated with Avon because he was born at Stratford-upon-Avon; “Bird of Avon” is an honorific referring to him.
Correct answer: William Shakespeare- A. Marlowe
- B. Ben Johnson
- C. King Henry
- D. John Milton
Explanation: Ben Jonson praised Shakespeare in the poem prefixed to the First Folio, writing that he was “not of an age, but for all time.” The option…
Correct answer: Ben Johnson- A. Macbeth
- B. Hamlet
- C. As You like It
- D. Othello
Explanation: This soliloquy occurs in Act 3, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, where the prince weighs existence against suffering and death.
Correct answer: Hamlet- A. Merchant of Venice
- B. Two gentleman of Verona
- C. Midsummer's Night Dream
- D. Anthony and Cleopatra
Explanation: Portia speaks these famous words in Act 4, Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice while pleading for mercy.
Correct answer: Merchant of Venice- A. a playwright
- B. a film-maker
- C. a historian
- D. a modern painter
Explanation: George Bernard Shaw is chiefly known as a playwright whose dramas include Pygmalion and Man and Superman.
Correct answer: a playwright- A. Short Story
- B. Novel
- C. Play
- D. Poem
Explanation: Exiles is a play by James Joyce, first performed in 1919. It is Joyce’s only surviving full-length drama, not a short story, novel, or poem.
Correct answer: Play- A. play
- B. novel
- C. an essy
- D. poem
Explanation: Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s tragedies, written for performance on the stage.
Correct answer: play- A. Milan
- B. Verona
- C. Turin
- D. none of these
Explanation: Shakespeare’s tragedy is set mainly in Verona, an Italian city where the Montagues and Capulets are engaged in their long feud.
Correct answer: Verona- A. W. Shakespeare
- B. George Bernard Shaw
- C. Leo Tolstoy
- D. Charles Dickens
Explanation: Man and Superman is a philosophical comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose drama often debates social, political and intellectual ideas.
Correct answer: George Bernard Shaw- A. Ulysses : James Joyce
- B. A Full Moon in March : W. B. Yeats
- C. Drama of Ideas : T. S. Eliot
- D. Riders to the Sea : John Millington Synge
Explanation: Ulysses, A Full Moon in March and Riders to the Sea are identifiable literary works paired with Joyce, Yeats and Synge.
Correct answer: Drama of Ideas : T. S. Eliot- A. Ben Jhonson
- B. G B Shaw
- C. William Shakespeare
- D. T S Eliot
Explanation: William Shakespeare wrote The Comedy of Errors, an early comedy built around mistaken identities involving two pairs of twins.
Correct answer: William Shakespeare- A. Macbeth
- B. Othello
- C. Merchant of Venice
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Merchant of Venice is generally classified as a comedy or problem play, whereas Macbeth and Othello are Shakespearean tragedies.
Correct answer: Merchant of Venice- A. Nicoll
- B. Goddord
- C. Bradley
- D. Coleridge
Explanation: The remark is associated with A. C. Bradley, whose Shakespearean Tragedy examines the interaction of character and fate rather than…
Correct answer: Bradley- A. 1564 AD
- B. 1773 AD
- C. 1809 AD
- D. 1923 AD
Explanation: William Shakespeare was born in 1564, traditionally recorded as 23 April 1564, though the exact birth date is uncertain because only his…
Correct answer: 1564 ADDrama MCQs: common questions
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