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- A. All's Well that Ends Well
- B. Hamlet
- C. Timon of Athens
- D. Antony and Cleopatra
Explanation: All’s Well That Ends Well is generally classified as one of Shakespeare’s comedies, despite its serious and morally complex elements.
Correct answer: All's Well that Ends Well- A. Caleron
- B. Corneille
- C. Couperin
- D. Moliere
Explanation: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin adopted the stage name Molière and became France’s leading comic dramatist.
Correct answer: Moliere- A. Zhu Yuanzhang
- B. Genghis Khan
- C. Timur
- D. Kublai Khan
Explanation: Tamburlaine the Great is based loosely on Timur, also known as Tamerlane, the Central Asian conqueror.
Correct answer: Timur- A. Lazarus
- B. Solomon
- C. Barabas
- D. Shylock
Explanation: The Jewish moneylender in Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta is Barabas. Shylock is the Jewish character in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice…
Correct answer: Barabas- A. Henry V
- B. Richard III
- C. Edward II
- D. John
Explanation: Marlowe wrote Edward II, a history play about the reign and troubled relationships of King Edward II of England.
Correct answer: Edward II- A. Troy
- B. Carthage
- C. Sparta
- D. Persia
Explanation: Dido, Queen of Carthage presents Dido as the ruler of Carthage, the North African city associated with her tragic love for Aeneas.
Correct answer: Carthage- A. 16
- B. 20
- C. 24
- D. 28
Explanation: In Doctor Faustus, Faustus receives twenty-four years of worldly pleasure and magical power in exchange for his soul.
Correct answer: 24- A. 1884
- B. 1893
- C. 1879
- D. 1904
Explanation: Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance was first performed and published in 1893.
Correct answer: 1893- A. Alan Bennett
- B. Caryl Churchill
- C. Tom Stoppard
- D. Harold Pinter
Explanation: Tom Stoppard co-wrote the screenplay of Shakespeare in Love with Marc Norman.
Correct answer: Tom Stoppard- A. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
- B. George Bernard Shaw
- C. Robert Corrigan
- D. all but C
Explanation: W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan satirised social and political pretensions in comic opera, while George Bernard Shaw attacked Victorian…
Correct answer: all but C- A. H. Drummond, Edward Irving and John Ervine
- B. W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn
- C. Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries
- D. Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries
Explanation: The Irish Dramatic Movement was led by figures including W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn, who helped establish the Irish…
Correct answer: W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn- A. Sir Walter Scot
- B. Christopher Marlow
- C. Ben Johnson
- D. George Herbert
Explanation: Volpone, or The Fox, is a satiric comedy by Ben Jonson, first performed in 1606.
Correct answer: Ben Johnson- A. William Shakespeare
- B. Ben Jonson
- C. Masque
- D. A Midsummer Night's Dream
Explanation: A masque was an elaborate court entertainment combining poetry, music, dance, scenery, and costume.
Correct answer: Masque- A. Byron's Manfred
- B. Coleridge's Remorse
- C. Shelley's Prometheus Unbound
- D. Shelley's The Cenci
Explanation: Coleridge's Remorse was performed at Drury Lane in 1813 and became a theatrical success.
Correct answer: Coleridge's Remorse- A. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.
- B. All of the actors were male.
- C. All of the actors were British.
- D. The play was spoken.Poetry
Explanation: Under the licensing system, legitimate drama meant drama delivered through spoken dialogue, while unlicensed theatres were generally…
Correct answer: The play was spoken.Poetry- A. Henry David Thoreau
- B. Benjamin Franklin
- C. Robert Browning
- D. Henrik Ibsen
Explanation: Henrik Ibsen wrote this line in A Doll's House, a play that questions marriage, financial dependence, and the restricted role of women.
Correct answer: Henrik Ibsen- A. A Doll's House
- B. Riders to the Sea
- C. A Handful of Dust
- D. The Fatal Curiosity
Explanation: The statement is spoken by Nora in Ibsen's *A Doll's House* during her growing rejection of the deceptive respectability of her marriage.
Correct answer: A Doll's House- 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.
Correct answer: Marlowe's Doctor Faustus- A. Capulet And Montague
- B. Breslow and Felsher
- C. Fuech and Goodside
- D. Dawson and Hurley
Explanation: Romeo belongs to the Montague family, while Juliet belongs to the Capulet family, and their feud drives the tragedy.
Correct answer: Capulet And Montague- A. The closing of theatres
- B. The return of the King.
- C. King Arthurs' dead
- D. King to exile
Explanation: The Puritan-controlled Parliament ordered English theatres closed in 1642, viewing stage plays as morally and politically dangerous.
Correct answer: The closing of theatres