Que- Graham Greene's novels are marked by ?
a. Catholicism
b. Protestantism
c. Paganism
d. Buddhism
Answer- Catholicism
Que- Estella is the daughter of ?
a. Joe Gargery
b. Abel Magwitch .
c. Miss Havisham
d. Bentley Drumnile
Answer- Joe Gargery
Que- Which of the following myths does not figure in The Waste Land ?
a. Oedipus
b. Grail Legend of Fisher King
c. Philomela
d. Sysyphus
Answer- Sysyphus
Que- The epigraph of The Waste Land is borrowed from ?
a. Virgil
b. Fetronius
c. Seneca
d. Homer
Answer- Homer
Que- With the accession of King James to the English throne, Lord Chamberlain's Man was renamed ?
a. King Lear
b. Gentleman
c. King's Man
d. None of above
Answer- King's Man
Que- Which of the following are King Lear's daughters ?
a. Desdemona, Goneril and Cordelia
b. Goneril, Ophelia and Regan
c. Goneril, Regan and Cordelia
d. Regan, Cordelia and Beatrice
Answer- Goneril, Regan and Cordelia
Que- Antony and Cleopatra and "Macbeth" was in ?
a. 1606
b. 1607
c. 1608
d. 1609
Answer- 1606
Que- Some born great, some achieve greatness And some have greatness thrust upon them. Above lines are taken from which of following plays ?
a. Macbeth
b. Othello
c. Twelfth night
d. As you like it
Answer- Twelfth night
Que- Which character spoke following lines? "What's Montague? It is nor hand nor foot, Nor arm nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man, O be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet," ?
a. Desdemona
b. Juliet
c. Rosalind
d. Hero
Answer- Juliet
Que- Who was killed by Hamlet unintentionally ?
a. Leartus
b. Polonius
c. Forinbras
d. Horatio
Answer- Polonius
Que- Which of the following are characters of "Much ado about nothing" ?
a. Hero, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leonato
b. Hero, Orlando, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato
c. Mirrinda, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato
d. Hero, Boradio, Antonio, Claudio, Horatio
Answer- Hero, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leonato
Que- In Shakespeare's literary output, the period 1604-1608 is the period of__________________?
a. Comedy plays
b. Historical plays
c. Great Tragedies
d. None of above
Answer- Historical plays
Que- In __________ year Shakespeare bought the largest house in Stratford, called New place ?
a. 1595
b. 1996
c. 1597
d. 15598
Answer- 1597
Que- During which period London theaterrs remained closed on account of the plague ?
a. 1592
b. 1593
c. 1594
d. 1595
Answer- 1593
Que- In which year Globe theater got fire and destroyed ?
a. 1610
b. 1611
c. 1612
d. 1613
Answer- 1613
Que- Shakespeare joined the Chamber lain's Men Theatrical Company as a ?
a. Actor and playwright
b. Playwright and poet
c. Playwright and writer
d. None of above
Answer- Playwright and writer
Que- Who tells Macbeth, "The queen, my lord, is dead " ?
a. Seyton
b. Siward
c. The Doctor
d. Caithness
Answer- Seyton
Que- At the beginning of the play, the Scots are at war with which country ?
a. Norway
b. Prussia
c. Iceland
d. Poland
Answer- Norway
Que- In which country is Macbeth set ?
a. Spain
b. Denmark
c. Scotland
d. Canada
Answer- Scotland
Que- My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect. Who wrote this ?
a. Graham Greene
b. D.H. Lawrence
c. Charles Dickens
d. Jane Austen
Answer- D.H. Lawrence
Que- Identify the novel in which the character of Charlotte Lucas figures ?
a. Great Expectations
b. The Power and the Glory
c. Lord of the Flies
d. Pride and Prejudice
Answer- Pride and Prejudice
Que- Identify the poet, whom Queen Victoria, regarded as the perfect poet of 'love and loss' ?
a. Tennyson
b. Browning
c. Swinburne
d. D.G. Rossetti
Answer- D.G. Rossetti
Que- Who, among the following, is not connected with the Oxford Movement ?
a. Robert Browning
b. John Keble
c. E.B. Pusey
d. J. H. Newman
Answer- E.B. Pusey
Que- To be or not to be that is the question, is famous line of which of Shakespeare's plays ?
a. Othello
b. Macbeth
c. Hamlet
d. King Lear
Answer- Hamlet
Que- Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time". Who wrote above lines for Shakespeare ?
a. Jonson
b. Bacon
c. Wordsworth
d. none of above
Answer- Jonson
Que- W.B. Yeats received the Nobel Prize for literature in the year ?
a. 1938
b. 1925
c. 1932
d. 1923
Answer- 1923
Que- W.B.Yeats used the phrase 'the artifice of eternity' in his poem ?
a. Sailing to Byzantium
b. Byzantium
c. The Second Coming
d. Leda and the Swan
Answer- Sailing to Byzantium
Que- Which of the following is the first novel of D.H. Lawrence ?
a. The White Peacock
b. The Trespasser
c. Sons and Lovers
d. Women in Love
Answer- The White Peacock
Que- The main character in Paradise Lost Book I and Book II is ?
a. God
b. Satan
c. Adam
d. Eve
Answer- Satan
Que- Which of the following is not an apparition shown to Macbeth by the Witches ?
a. An armed head
b. A bloody dagger floating in mid-air.
c. A bloody child.
d. A child crowned, with a tree in his hand
Answer- A bloody dagger floating in mid-air.
Que- Tennyson's poem 'In Memoriam'was written in memory of ?
a. A.H. Hallam
b. Edward King
c. Wellington
d. P.B Shelley
Answer- A.H. Hallam
Que- How many of Shakespeare's plays are classified as histories ?
a. 7
b. 10
c. 14
d. 18
Answer- 10
Que- Which famous play does the quote,"When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain?" come from ?
a. The Taming of the Shrew
b. King Lear
c. The Tempest
d. Macbeth
Answer- Macbeth
Que- which famous Shakespeare play does the quote "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" come from ?
a. The Merry Wives of Windsor
b. Othello, the Moor of Venice
c. Pericles, Prince of Tyre
d. King Henry the Sixth, Part II
Answer- King Henry the Sixth, Part II
Que- What nationality was Shakespeare ?
a. Italian
b. English
c. Scottish
d. Greek
Answer- English
Que- Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" come from ?
a. King Lear
b. As You Like It
c. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII
d. The Life and Death of King John
Answer- King Lear
Que- Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, "My salad days, when I was green in judgment." come from ?
a. Antony and Cleopatra
b. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
c. The Winters Tale
d. The Merry Wives of Windsor
Answer- Antony and Cleopatra
Que- Was the Globe ?
a. A Roman Amphitheater.
b. An Elizabethan Theater.
c. An Elizabethan sports stadium.
d. A famous map of the world.
Answer- An Elizabethan Theater.
Que- How many times suicide occurs in Shakespeare's plays ?
a. 7
b. 9
c. 11
d. 13
Answer- 13
Que- Shakespeare died on ?
a. 23rd April 1616
b. 25th April 1616,
c. 28th April 1616
d. 30th April 1616
Answer- 23rd April 1616
Que- How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write ?
a. 110
b. 154
c. 175
d. 187
Answer- 154
Que- How many plays didWilliam Shakespeare write ?
a. 36
b. 37
c. 38
d. 39
Answer- 37
Que- What was the age ofWilliam Shakespeare when he retired from active service to Stratford around 1613 ?
a. 51
b. 49
c. 62
d. 53
Answer- 62
Que- When was William Shakespeare baptized ?
a. 24 July1564
b. 26 April 1564
c. 26 August 1564
d. 16 April 1564
Answer- 26 April 1564
Que- What was the first name of the playing company King's Men that William Shakespeare partly-owned ?
a. Lord Chamberlain's Men
b. Stratford Theatre
c. The Queens Troupe
d. The London Theatre
Answer- Lord Chamberlain's Men
Que- Where was William Shakespeare was born and brought up ?
a. Yorkshire
b. Stratford-upon-Avon
c. Chester
d. London
Answer- Stratford-upon-Avon
Que- In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play ?
a. King John
b. Richard II
c. Henry VIII
d. Henry V
Answer- Henry VIII
Que- The group of four plays known as the "major tetralogy" is ?
a. Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI
b. 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III
c. King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III
d. Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V
Answer- Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V
Que- Which river is associated with Shakespeare's birth place ?
a. The Thames
b. The Avon
c. The Tyburn
d. The Seven
Answer- The Avon
Que- In which century was Shakespeare born ?
a. 16th
b. 14th
c. 15th
d. 17th
Answer- 16th