Unit-I Part-II

1.      Sidney’s An Apology for Poetry is a response to :
              a.  Stephen Gosson’s The School of Abuse
              b. Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads
              c.   Spenser’s Songes and Sonettes  
              d. Aristotle’s Poetics

2.      In An Apology of Poetry, which form of poetry is considered as the best?
              a.  Elegy
              b. Satire
              c. Epic
              d. Lyric

3.      “Poetry is an art of imitation for specific purpose, it is imitated to teach and delight.” – Whose opinion is this?
              a.  Shelley     
              b. Philip Sidney     
              c. Spenser   
              d. Milton

4.      “Nature can be ‘brazen’ whereas poetry is ‘golden’.” – Who said this?
              a.   Shelley     
              b. Philip Sidney  
              c. Spenser  
              d. Milton

5.      The Baconian Method is first put forward in :
              a.  Novum Organum   
              b. Organum    
              c. Pseudodoxia Epidemica  
              d. A System of Logic 

6.      ‘Leviathan’ is a work of :
              a.  Thomas Browne 
              b. Thomas Hobbes   
              c. Francis Bacon   
              d. Philip Sydney

7.      'Pseudodoxia Epidemica' is an encyclopedia written by :
              a.  Thomas Browne 
              b. Thomas Hobbes   
              c. Francis Bacon 
              d. Philip Sydney

8.      The term ‘University Wits’ was coined by :
              a. Christopher Marlowe 
              b. Robert Greene 
              c. Thomas Nashe  
                  d. George Saintsbury

9.      ‘The Second Shepherd’s Play’ was included in :
              a.  York Cycle   
              b. Chester Cycle 
              c. Wakefield Cycle
              d. Coventry Mystery Plays

10.   How many plays are there in York Cycle?
             a.  40     
             b. 48      
             c. 32     
             d. 24

11.   The earliest known morality play ‘Ordo Virtutum’ was written by :
             a. Hildegard von Bingen 
                  b. Thomas Browne      
             c. Thomas Kyd    
             d. Marlowe

12.   Ferrex and Porrex are characters in which play?
             a.  Order of the Virtues  
             b. Everyman          
             c. The Second Shepherd’s Play      
             d. Gorboduc

13.   Which is considered as the first comedy written in English language?
             a.  Ralph Roister Doister
             b. Gorboduc                         
             c. Everyman 
             d. The Second Shepherd’s Play

14.   ‘Ralph Roister Doister’ is a work of :
             a.  Nicholas Udall          
             b. Thomas Kyd  
             c. Thomas Norton 
             d. Thomas Sackville

15.   Who is considered as the father of scientific method?
             a.  Spenser                  
             b. Thomas Kyd                       
             c. Francis Bacon       
             d. Thomas Hobbes

16.   Match the following works with the author :

                 i.          New Atlantis                                            -              (a) Thomas Hobbes

                ii.          The Elements of Law                             -              (b) Thomas Browne

               iii.          Religio Medici                                         -              (c) Thomas Kyd

               iv.          Don Horatio                                             -              (d) Francis Bacon

        a.  (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c

        b. (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c

        c.  (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-b, (iv)-a 

        d. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a

17.   Who among the following is considered as one of the founders of political philosophy?
              a.  Thomas Hobbes
              b. Francis Bacon     
              c. Edmund Spenser  
              d. John Milton

18.   The words ‘medical’, ‘suicide’, ‘electricity’ and ‘computer’ were coined by :
              a.  Thomas Kyd         
              b. Thomas Hobbes             
              c. Thomas Browne      
              d. Francis Bacon

19.   Which among the following is a characteristics of the plays of University Wits?
             a.      There was a fondness for heroic themes.
             b.      The chief aim was to achieve strong and sounding lines, magnificent epithets, and powerful declamation.
             c.      The themes were usually tragic in nature.
             d.      All of them

20.   Match the following :

                 i.          Mystery Play                                            -              (a) A short play

                ii.          Miracle Play                                             -              (b) Characters personify abstract qualities or concepts

               iii.          Morality Play                                           -              (c) Bible Stories

               iv.          Interlude                                                   -              (d) Saint’s Play

         a.  (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c                                    

         b. (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c

         c.  (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-b, (iv)-a     

         d. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a

21.   The play Everyman is an example of :
               a.  Mystery Play     
               b. Miracle Play                  
               c. Morality Play      
               d. None of these

22.   The first verse drama in English to employ blank verse :
               a.  Ralph Roister Doister 
               b. Gorboduc                    
               c. Everyman
               d. The Second Shepherd’s Play

23.   When was Ralph Roister Doister published?
                a.  1540                       
                b. 1567                               
                c. 1601                     
                d. 1647

24.   The character Christian Custance, a rich widow, appears in :
                a.  Ralph Roister Doister          
                b. Gorboduc          
                c. Everyman 
                d. The Second Shepherd’s Play

25.    ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ was written by :
                a.  Nicholas Udall        
                b. Thomas Kyd 
                c. Thomas Norton
                d. Thomas Sackville 

26.   'Tamburlaine the Great' is a play written by :
                a.  Webster             
                b. Thomas Kyd      
                c. Christopher Marlowe       
                d. Ben Jonson

27.   The devil summoned by Faustus in the play Dr. Faustus is :
                a.  Faust                  
                b. Icarus                                
                c. Mephistopheles   
                d. hubris

28.   Which one of the following is true?
                a. Blank verse is the verse without rhyme.
                b. Soliloquy is a device often used in drama when a character speaks to himself.  
                c. Christopher Marlowe was the first English author to make full use of the potential of blank verse.                
               d.  All of them

29.   ‘The white Devil’ is a play by :
               a.  Webster              
               b. Thomas Kyd       
               c. Christopher Marlowe      
               d. Ben Jonson

30.   Which of the following is a play written by John Webster?
               a.  Jew of Malta        
               b. Edward the Second 
               c. The Duchess of Malfi
               d. The Massacre at Paris

31.  'The Alchemist' is a play by :
               a.  Ben Jonson         
               b. Paulo Coelho              
               c. Thomad Kyd         
               d. John Webster

32.   Which of the following is NOT a play of Ben Jonson?
               a. Every Man in His Humour
               b. Volpone, or The Fox 
               c. Bartholomew Fair  
                   d. Jew of Malta

33.   What is the alternate title of the play The Spanish Tragedie?
               a.  Hieronimo is Mad Againe      
               b. A Mad Woman and a Mad Man
               c.  Tragedy of a Mad Woman        
               d. The Tragedy of Hieronimo

34.   Which among the following is a work of Christopher Marlowe?
               a.  The Jew of Malta    
               b. Edward the Second      
               c. The Massacre at Paris       
               d. All of them

35.   Match the following works with the author :

                 i.          Hero and Leander                                                  -              (a) Ben Jonson

                ii.          The Devil’s Law Case                                            -              (b) Christopher Marlowe

               iii.          Cynthia’s Revels                                                    -              (c) William Shakespeare

               iv.          The Winter’s Tale                                                   -              (d) John Webster

         a.  (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c       

         b. (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c

         c.  (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-b, (iv)-a               

         d. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a

36.   What was the first published title of Christopher Marlow's play The Jew of Malta?

a.      The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta

b.      The Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta

c.      The Story of the Rich Jew of Malta

d.      The Tragedy of the Jew of Malta

37.   To which theater was Christopher Marlowe associated with?
                        a.  English Puritan Theatre   
                        b. Restoration Theatre
                        c.  English Renaissance Theatre 
                        d. English Neo-Classical Theatre

38.   Ben Jonson’s Every Man Out of His Humour is :
                        a.  Comedy of Manners    
                        b. Comedy of Humours                             
                        c.  Anti-Sentimental Comedy                                          
                        d. Kitchen Sink Drama

39.   Who among the following is NOT involved in the War of the Theatres (Poetomachia); a controversy aroused due to the ban of satire in prose and verse publications in 1599?
                        a.  Ben Jonson       
                        b. John Marston     
                        c. Thomas Dekker 
                        d. Thomas Kyd

40.   Which was the alternate title of Ben Jonson’s play Epicoene?
                        a.  The Silent Lady         
                        b. The Silent Woman       
                        c. The Silent Queen        
                        d. The Silent Man

41.   The first permanent theatre in England was :
                        a.  The Theatre      
                        b. The Red Lion         
                        c. The Stage      
                        d. Inner Temple

42.   Which of the following is true?
                        a.      The Elizabethan theatres are from 1562 to 1642.
                        b.      The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment. 
                        c.      Aside is a remark heard by the audience but unheard by other characters.
                        d.      All of them

43.   Match the following :

                 i.          Elizabethan Theatre                                              -              (a) 1642-1651

                ii.          Jacobean Theatre                                                 -              (b) 1625-1642

               iii.          Caroline Theatre                                                   -              (c) 1603-1625

               iv.          English Civil War                                                  -              (d) 1562-1603

                  a.  (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c 

                  b. (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c

                  c.  (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-b, (iv)-a                                 

                  d. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a

44.   Who is called the “Bard of Avon”?
                        a.  Spenser             
                        b. Shelley                  
                        c. Shakespeare       
                       d. Wordsworth

45.   Which of the Shakespeare’s play is NOT included in the first folio?
                       a.  The Two Noble Kinsmen      
                       b. Hamlet           
                       c. Othello                 
                      d. Measure for measure

46.   Which one of the following is NOT a “Problem Play”?
                       a. All's Well That Ends Well
                       b. Measure for Measure  
                       c. Troilus and Cressida     
                       d. As You Like It

47.   Which is NOT a “history play”?
                       a.  King John         
                       b. Wars of the Roses       
                       c. Measure for Measure            
                       d. Henriad

48.   Match the following :
                    A.     All’s Well That Ends Well                                    -              (i) History
                    B.     King Lear                                                             -              (ii) Comedy
                    C.     The Taming of the Shrew                                   -              (iii) Tragedy
                    D.     Henriad                                                                -              (iv) Problem Play
                       a.  A – i, B-iv, C-ii, D-iii   
                       b. A- ii, B-iv, C-iii, D-I      
                       c. A-iv, B-iii, C-ii, D-I    
                       d. A-iv, B-i, C-ii, D-iii

49.   In a Left to Right book the first page to be seen is :
                    a.  Folio 1 recto      
                    b. Folio 1 verso                  
                    c. Folio 2 recto        
                    d. Folio 2 verso

50.   'Venus and Adonis' is Shakespeare’s :
                      a. Comedy        
                        b. Poem                          
                        c. History              
                        d. Tragedy