Elizabethan
Drama
Course code:ENG-406 Semester: 4th
Subjective
part
1.
“Conflict inner or outer, is the essence of tragedy”. Consider with
reference to Dr. Faustus.
2.
Dr. Faustus has the framework of a morality play.
Discuss
3.
Discuss Dr. Faustus as an embodiment of the spirit of
the Renaissance
4.
Discuss the significance of the show of seven deadly
sins in Dr. Faustus
5.
Critically examine Hamlet as a revenge tragedy. Bring
out its superiority over the conventional plays in the genre.
6.
Examine Hamlet as a tragic hero.
7.
Critically examine the problem of Hamlet’s madness and
point out whether it is feigned or real.
8.
What is responsible for the tragedy of Hamlet
character or fate? Give a reasoned answer.
9.
What in your opinion are the reasons of Hamlet’s delay
in avenging the murder of his father.
10.
Discuss The Merchant of Venice as a tragi –comedy.
11.
The character of shylock: passion for money and the
passion for revenge as his chief traits. Do you agree?
12.
Discuss the importance of religious toleration as one
of the themes of “ the merchant of
Venice
Elizabethan
Drama
Course
code: ENG: 406 Semester : 4th
Objective
Part
1. Faustus sells
his soul in exchange for a period of
(a) 24 Years (b) 25 Years (c)
26 Years
2. Which city does
Faustus visit extensively?
(a) Berlin (b) Rome
(c) London
3. Which historical
figures does Faustus conjure up the Emperor to see?
(a) Hellen (b) Joan of Arc (c) Alexander the Great
4. What happens to
the horse that Faustus sells to the horse-courser?
(a) Turns into
Dragon (b) It dies (c) Turns into a heap of straw
5. What does
Faustus Fetch for the duchess of Vanholt?
(a) A horse (b) A dish of grapes (c) Aslave
6. To which Greek
mythological character is Faustus compared in the prologue?
(a) Hercules (b) Icarus (c)
Theseus
7. Which characters
instructed Faustus in the black art?
(a) Wagner and Robin (Good and Bad angle (c) Cornelius and Valdes
8. Who is last to
bag Faustus to repent at the very end of the play
(a) Old man (b) Wagner (c)
Hellen
9. What does
Faustus offer in turn of services of Mephistopheles?
(a) His soul (b) His Knowledge (c) his wealth
10. Who introduces
the story of Dr. Faustus in the prologue?
(a) Chorus (b) Wagner (c) old man
11. Marlowe died at
the age of --------------?
(a) 29 years (b) 30 years (c)
28 years
12. The period of
Marlowe’s dramatic activity comprises of----------------------
(a) 5 years (b) 6 years (c) 4 years
13. What happened
Faustus at the end of play
(a) He repents (b) becomes emperor of Germany (c)
he is carried off hell
14. Shakespeare was
born in-----------------
(a) 1564 (b) 1565 (c) 1567
15. Shakespeare’s
poetic and dramatic carrier has been divided into
(a) 3 periods (b) 5 periods (c)
4 periods
16. The play
“Hamlet” opens at-----------------------
(a) Elsinore (b) Wittenberg (c) Norway
17. Antonio was a
wealthy merchant of-----------------
(a) Belmont (b) Venice (c)
London
18. By religion, Antonio
was a
(a) Jew (b) Christian (c) none of these
19. Bassanio
contactedAntonio and asked for a loan of----------
(a) 4 thousands
ducats (b) 3 thousands ducats (c)) 6 thousands ducats
20. The Prince of
Morocco chose the------------- casket
(a) Leaden (b) silver
(c) gold
21. The prince of Aragon
chose the---------------- casket
(a) Wooden (b)( silver (c)
gold
22. The silver
casket contained a----------------
(a) Human skull (b) portrait of Portia (c) blinking idiol
23. The gold casket
contained a ----------------------
(a) Handkerchief (b) human skull (c) portrait of Portia
24. How did Claudius
murder king Hamlet
(a) by stabbing (b) by pouring poison
into his ear (c) by hanging
25. The ghost is
first spotted
(a) in the grave yard (b) in Gertrude’s chambers (c) outside
the castle
26. Hamlet’s
stepfather is also his
(a) Uncle (b) brother (c) friend
27. In his first
appearance on stage, Hamlet is wearing
(a) Mourning clothes (b) royal robes (c) the crown
28. How does Ophelia
die
(a) By stabbing (b)
by hanging (c) by drowning
29. Where does ghost
say he wanders
(a) Heaven (b) Hell (c)
Purgatory
30. What does Hamlet
call Polonius
(a) Fishmonger (b) father-in-law (c) courtier
31. Where does Claudius
send Hamlet with his two friends
(a) Wittenberg (b) England (c) France
32. Who gets the
crown at the end of play
(a) Claudius (b) Fortinbras (c) Hamlet
33. Whose skull does
Hamlet discover in the
(a) Court jester’s (b) Ophelia’s (c)His father’s
34. Hamlet’s famous
speeches are called
(a) Dialogue (b) dramatic irony (c) soliloquies
35. Which character
is left alive at the end of the play Hamlet
(a) Horatio (b) Hamlet (c)
Gertrude
36. Who killed Fortinbra’s
father
(a) Claudius (b) Hamlet’s father (c) Horatio
37. Which of the
following character cannot see the ghost
(a) Gertrude (b) Hamlet (c)
Horatio
38. Hamlet was a
young prince of ------------
(a) Germany (b) France (c)
Denmark
39. The play
“Hamlet” was most likely written in -------------------
(a) 1601 (b) 1603 (c) 1604
40. The “Merchant of
venice” consists of ------------- acts
(a) IV (b) V (c)
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C
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5
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B
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B
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C
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C
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A
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A
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B
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B
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C
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C
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B
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C
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B
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B
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25
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C
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A
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C
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C
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B
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C
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B
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