UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

B A ENGLISH
V SEMESTER (2019 Admission)
Core Course

APPRECIATING DRAMA AND THEATRE

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Drama originated in ancient Greece

1. Where did drama originate?

a. Rom
b. Greece
c. Italy
d. England
2. A dramatic text attains perfection through……………………
a. performance.
b. Dialogue
c. Characters
d. Actors
3. Early Greek performances were staged in huge…………………. situated in open
areas
a. Globe Theatre
b. Theatre of Delphi
c. amphitheaters
d. Theatre of Dionysus
4. Where did touring acting companies perform?

a. Inn courtyards
b. Theaters
c. Palaces
d. Small purchased shops Q.
5. Who built the first permanent theater in England?
a. William Shakespeare
b. King James I
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c. Queen Elizabeth I
d. James Burbage
6. The boards of James Burbage's theater were later used to build ____.
a. a castle
b. Westminister Abbey
c. the Globe theatre
d. Downton Abbey
7. He Globe Theater is . . …………..
a. The first theater ever constructed in England.
b. Shakespeare's personal theater.
c. Where most of Shakespeare's plays were performed.
d. The most famous theater ever built.
8. What was the first play performed in the Globe?
a. Julius Caesar
b. Henry VIII
c. Romeo and Juliet
d. Henry V
9. ……………provides an organic unity to the play
a. Character
b. Settings
c. Dialogues
d. Plot
10. Freytag’s Pyramid was introduced to analysis plot by the ………………….
playwright Gustov Freytag
a. German
b. French
c. Italian
d. British
11. The central element of any tragedy is…
a. Hubris
b. Pathos
c. The hero
d. None of the above
12. The most important element of a tragedy, in Aristotle’s view, is
a. Plot.
b. Spectacle.
c. Historical accuracy.
d. Character.
13 …………………… (1550) was generally regarded as the earliest English
comedy.
a. Flowers for Latin Speaking
b. Ralph Roister Doister
c. As You Like it
d. Much Ado About Nothing

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14. Which of Ben Jonson’s plays is a fine example of ‘comedy of humours’?

a. Every Man in His Humour
b. The Alchemist
c. Volpone
d. Bartholomew Fair
15. Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” is a ……………………………. play
a. Tragedy
b. Comedy
c. Farce
d. Tragi-comedy
16. ……………was a dramatic entertainment with the French and English aristocracy
during the 16th and 17th centuries
a. Masque
b. Farce
c. melodrama
d. One act Play
17. Which is the first tragedy in English Literature?
a. Hamlet
b. The Alchemist
c. Gorbaduc ”or Ferrex and Porex
d. Spanish Tragedy
18. Who is the author of “Spanish Tragedy”?
a. Shakespeare
b. Ben Jonson
c. Nicholas Udall
d. Thomas Kyd
19. “Doctor Fostus” is a famous Renaissance play written by……………
a. Shakespeare
b. Cristopher Marlow
c. Ben Jonson
d. Nicholas Udall
20. The term ‘Absurd’.is first used by……………….. in his essay “The Myth of Sisyphus”
to describe the existential nothingness of human life.
a. Albert Camus
b. Nietzsche
c. Kafka
d. Sartre
21. Samuel Becket’s …………………… is a significant play in Absurd mode.
a. Murphy
b. Molloy
c. Waiting for Godot
d. Happy Days
22. Who introduced Epic Theatre?
a. Samuel Becket

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b. Albert Camus
c. T S Eliot
d. Bertolt Brecht.
23. Who introduces the concept ‘de-familiarization’ in European drama?
a. Samuel Becket
b. Bertolt Brecht.
c. T S Eliot
d. Sartre
24. The Theatre of Cruelty was conceived by ……………
a. Antonin Artaud
b. Bertolt Brecht.
c. T S Eliot
d. Synge
25. The Theatre of the Poor was inaugurated by a Polish Theatre Director, named …...
a. Tadeusz Kantor
b. Jerzy Grotowski
c. Konrad Swinarski
d. Krystian Lupa
26. Who is the author of ‘Towards a Poor Theatre (1968)?
a. Tadeusz Kantor
b. Konrad Swinarski.
c. Jerzy Grotowski
d. Krystian Lupa
27……………………. views theatre as a tool for critiquing the subordination of women in a
male dominated society
a. Absurd Theatre
b. Epic Theatre
c. The Theatre of Cruelty
d. The feminist theatre
28. Who is known as the mother of American Feminist Drama?
a. Megan Terry
b. Sarah Daniels
c. Caryll Churchill
d. Judith Butler
29. How many plays did Shakespeare write in all?
a. 37
b. 38
c. 39
d. 36
30. What rank does Cassio hold before Othello strips it from him?
a. Corporal
b. Private
c. Lieutenant
d. Colonel

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31. Where does Iago tell Roderigo that Othello and Desdemona are sailing to from Cyprus?
Morocco
a. America
b. Crete
c. Mauritania
32. 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
33. From whom did Desdemona first hear the “song of ‘Willow’”?
a. Othello
b. Her mother’s maid, Barbary
c. The clown
d. Emilia
34. In Which year Shakespeare’s first collected edition of plays called the first folio
published?
a. 1623
b. 1599
c. 1616
d. 1685
35. ‘The Moor of Venice’ is the subtitle of which one of Shakespeare’s tragedies?
a. Othello
b. Hamlet
c. Cymbeline
d. Coriolanus
36. Shakespeare wrote a play about two gentlemen from which Italian city
a. Verona
b. Naples
c. Rome
d. Venice
37. ——is Shakespeare’s shortest play
a. Julius Caesar
b. The Comedy of Errors
c. Hamlet
d. None
38. In which play Iago’s Character appears?
a. King Lear
b. As You Like It
c. Othello
d. Macbeth
39. Othello is a tragedy in ……………………by William Shakespeare
a. six acts
b. three acts

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c. seven acts
d. five acts
40. Whose death does Graziano report in the final scene?
a. The duke’s
b. Lodovico’s
c. Bianca’s
d. Brabanzio’s
41. Which of Cassio’s weaknesses does Iago exploit?
a. His inability to ride a horse
b. A low tolerance for alcohol
c. A bad knee
d. A short attention span
42. Whom does Iago refer to as the true general?
a. The duke
b. Brabanzio
c. Desdemona
d. Lodovico
43. How does Othello kill Desdemona?
He stabs her.
a. He smothers her.
b. He strangles her.
c. He beats her to death.
44. What, according to Iago, is the “green-eyed monster”?
a. Envy
b. Greed
c. Sexual desire
d. Jealousy
45. What is Othello holding as he stands over the sleeping Desdemona?
a. A light
b. A sword
c. A flower
d. A pillow
46. On the night of her death, what does Desdemona ask Emilia to do?
a. Put ribbons in Desdemona’s hair
b. Sing Desdemona to sleep
c. Put Desdemona’s wedding sheets on the bed
d. Embroider Desdemona a new handkerchief
47. In his final speech, what does Othello command Lodovico to do?
a. Describe Othello as he was, without exaggerating or maligning him
b. Tell the world what a villain Iago was
c. Spread the truth, that society wronged him because he was a Moor
d. Remember him well and forget his faults
48. Which aspects of Desdemona's character are most contradictory?
a. She is both ambitious and humble.

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b. She is both naive and sophisticated.

c. She is both trusting and scheming.
d. She is both dutiful and independent.
49. Which phrase best describes Iago's character?
a. He is stupid, and he's mean to everyone he knows.
b. His motivations are never entirely clear.
c. He is unable to earn the trust of other characters.
d. He is brave in the face of any odds.
50. Which character's speeches distort and foreshadow the main plot of the play “Othello”?
a. Clown
b. Graziano
c. Desdemona
d. Bianca
51.Anton Chekhov is the writer from which country?
e. America
f. Russia
g. Canada
h. Australia
52. The play “The Cherry Orchard” was written by
a. Anton Chekhov
b. Edward Albee
c. William Shakespeare
d. Arthur Miller
53. What is the name of Popova’s footman?
a. Luka
b. Gregory
c. George
d. Alfred
54. Why was Popova mourning?
a. Her husband died
b. Accident
c. Disease
d. Financial crises
55. Popova calls Smirnov
a. A dog
b. A bear
c. A wild cat
d. A fool
56. Towards end of the play Smirnov feels what emotion towards Popova?
a. Anger
b. Hatred
c. Love
d. Fear
57. “The Bear” is regarded as a:

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a. Comedy
b. Tragedy
c. Tragic comedy
d. Farce
58. In which year did Chekhov born?
a. 1833
b. 1865
c. 1860
d. 1850
59. The work “peasants” is written by:
a. Anton Chekhov
b. Thomas Hardy
c. D. H. Lawrence
d. T. S. Eliot
60. What does Smirnov demands from Popova?
a. A car
b. A sum of 1200 Ruble
c. Gold
d. Land
61. Where did Edward Albee born?
a. US
b. Britain
c. Canada
d. France
62. What did Peter learns from Jerry?
a. He has no family
b. Has no friends
c. He is an Orphan
d. He has no place to live
63. Jerry describe his land lady as
a. A bag of Garbage
b. A box of match stick
c. A spoon of milk
d. A drink of honey
64. Jerry specifically talks about:
a. The land owner and the cat
b. The dog
c. The land lady and the dog
d. The cute little puppy
65. Jerry describes the dog as a:
a. A black monster of a beast
b. A foolish creature
c. An evil creature
d. A puppet

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66. What is the name of Jerry’s monologue?

a. The story of Jerry and the dog
b. The story of the land lady
c. The story of Jerry and the land lady
d. The story of the dog
67. After Peter agrees to fight Jerry for the bench, what he does?
a. Jerry pulls a knife and throws it at Peter’s feet
b. Peter pulls a knife and throws it at Jerry’s feet
c. Peter throws a stone at Jerry
d. Jerry kicks Peter
68. At the end of the play who dies?
a. Jerry
b. Peter
c. The dog
d. The land lady
69. When did Edward Albee wrote “The Zoo Story”?
a. 1958
b. 1960
c. 1978
d. 1988
70. The play was first performed in
a. Austria
b. Germany
c. India
d. America
71. When did Kobo Abe born:
a. 1935
b. 1928
c. 1924
d. 1950
72. Kobo Abe’s first novel was
a. The Red Cocoon
b. The ruined Map
c. The woman in the Dunes
d. The Road sign at the End of the Road
73. The man who turned into a stick is a:
a. Five act play
b. Three act play
c. A short one act play
d. None of the above
74. While hippie girl and hippie boy are on the stage
a. A stone falls
b. A stone is thrown
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d. A stick falls
75. The stick is the father of:
a. The boy
b. The girl
c. Man from hell
d. Woman from hell
76. Who saw the man turned into a stick
a. Child
b. Woman from hell
c. Hippie girl
d. Man from hell
77. Who says “sympathy has no place in our profession”
a. Child
b. Hippie girl
c. Woman from hell
d. The man
78. Hippie boy represents
a. A calm youth
b. Aggressive boy
c. Active youth
d. A rebellious youth
79. Partner of man from hell:
a. Hippie boy
b. Hippie girl
c. Woman from hell
d. The stick
80. Who wrote the play Macbeth?
a. J. M. Synge
b. T. S. Eliot
c. Sean O Casey
d. William Shakespeare
81. Who is Macbeth’s wife
a. Lady Malcolm
b. Lady Macduff
c. Lady Macbeth
d. Lady Banquo
82. What was the plan of Lady Macbeth?
a. To injure King Duncan
b. To Poison King Duncan
c. To Evacuate King Duncan
d. To murder King Duncan
83. After the murder of King Duncan, who flees?
a. Malcolm and Banquo
b. Malcolm and Donalbain

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c. Donalbain and Banquo

d. Banquo and Fleance
84. Who is the son of Banquo?
a. Malcolm
b. Donalbain
c. Macduff
d. Fleance
85. The Witches Prophecy to Macbeth
a. Beware Malcolm
b. Beware Macduff
c. Beware Fleance
d. Beware the ghost of Banquo
86. Who succeeded in raising an army in England?
a. Prince Malcolm
b. Donalbain
c. Fleance
d. None of the above
87. Towards the end of the play Macbeth hears the news:
a. Lady Macbeth is injured
b. She killed herself
c. She had an accident
d. She terribly ill
88. Who kills Macbeth?
a. Macduff
b. Malcolm
c. Donalbain
d. None of the above
89. Who is the King of Scotland at the end?
a. Macduff
b. Malcolm
c. Fleance
d. Donalbain
90. Whom does Macbeth see sitting in his chair during the banquet?
a. Malcolm and Donalbain
b. Banquo’s ghost
c. Duncan’s ghost
d. Lady Macbeth
91. Who wrote the play “The Glass Menagerie”
a. Tennessee Williams
b. Arthur Miller
c. J. M. Synge
d. Thomas Hardy
92. Who is William’s older sister?
a. Elizabeth

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b. Rose
c. Clara
d. Amanda
93. Rose became a model for:
a. Laura Hamburg
b. Laura Hamilton
c. Laura Wing Field
d. None of the above
94. Who is the daughter of Amanda
a. Laura
b. Mary
c. Catherine
d. Nora
95. What is Laura’s favorite animal among her glass figurines?
a. A fawn
b. A leopard
c. A unicorn
d. A dinosaur
96. Why will Jim not call again on the Wing Fields?
a. He is leaving town
b. He is put off by Laura
c. He is engaged
d. He is too shy
97. The Glass Menagerie is a “memory play”. From which character’s memory is it
drawn?
a. Amanda’s
b. Laura’s
c. Tom’s
d. Mr. Wing Field’s
98. Who directed the film “Akale”
a. Dir: Joy Mathew
b. Dir: Syamaprasad
c. Dir: Roshan Andrews
d. Dir: Lal Jose
99. Who acted the role of Laura Wing Field
a. Sheela
b. Kaviyoor Ponnamma
c. Geethu Mohandas
d. Meera Jasmine
100. What is the name of Geethu Mohandas in the film “Akale”
a. Laura
b. Lilly
c. Sara
d. Rose

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Answer Keys

1. B 21. C 41. B 61. A 81. C

2. A 22. D 42. C 62. A 82. D
3. C 23. B 43. B 63. A 83. B
4. A 24. A 44. D 64. C 84. D
5. D 25. B 45. A 65. A 85. B
6. C 26. C 46. C 66. A 86. A
7. C 27. D 47. A 67. A 87. B
8. A 28. A 48. D 68. A 88. A
9. D 29. A 49. B 69. A 89. B
10. A 30. C 50. A 70. B 90. B
11. C 31. D 51. B 71. C 91. A
12. A 32. D 52. A 72. D 92. B
13. B 33. B 53. A 73. C 93. C
14. C 34. A 54. A 74. D 94. A
15. D 35. A 55. B 75. A 95. C
16. A 36. A 56. C 76. A 96. C
17. C 37. B 57. D 77. D 97. C
18. D 38. C 58. C 78. D 98. B
19. B 39. D 59. A 79. C 99. C
20. A 40. D 60. B 80. D 100 D

Prepared by:
SMITHA N,
Assistant Professor of English,
SDE,
Calicut University.

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