English GUETA – Multiple Choice Questions – Prof.

Suja Alexander

UGBA Sem. – II English CC (Core Course) & EC (Elective Course) - 111

Paper Name - History of English Literature: 1558-1625

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which year was the “Globe Theatre” built ?

a) 1588 b)1590 c) 1594 *d) 1599

2. Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne of England in

*a) 1558 b) 1550 c) 1562 d) 1555

3. The Jacobean Age covers the period

a) 1600-1625 b) 1610-1620 *c) 1603-1625 d) 1606-1612

4. Elizabethan age is also known as

* a) The age of Shakespeare b) The age of Milton

c) The age of Spenser d)The age of Sidney

5. William Shakespeare was born in the year

*a) 1564 b) 1544 c) 1578 d) 1582

6. Which of the following is not a Shakespearean Tragedy?

a) Titus Andronicus b) Othello c) Macbeth *d) None of the above

7. Who wrote “The Winter’s Tale”

a) G.B. Shaw *b) Shakespeare c) Dryden d) Marlowe

8. What is a Sonnet?

a) Poem of 6 lines b) Poem of 8lines *c) Poem of 14 lines d) Poem of 25 lines

9. Renaissance is a

* a) French word b) Greek word c) Latin Word d) Old English word

10. What is the meaning of “Renaissance”

*a) Rebirth, revival and re-making b) Reveal, revel and reverie c) Renunciation and recoup

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11. Which of the following are University Wits?

a) John Gower & Robert Peele b) John Skelton & Thomas Lodge

*c) John Lyly & Robert Greene d) John Donne & Thomas Nash

12. University Wits were those who

*a) Had training at two universities b) Started two university

c) Gave syllabus of two universities d) None of the above

13. Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance

a) 14th Century *b) 15th century c) 16th century d) 18th century

14. ‘Utopia’ was first printed in

a) 1615 *b) 1516 c) 1517 d) 1618

15. The ‘Prologue’ is

a) An aside heard by some actors but not the audience

b) Same as soliloquy

*c) An opening speech which introduces the play or an act

d) The final or closing speech in the play

16. In the Prologue, Romeo and Juliet are described as

a) “Star-struck lovers”

*b) “Star- crossed lovers”

c) “Star-crazed lovers”

d) “Star-bright lovers”

17. In the opening scene, Prince Escalus decrees a severe penalty for fighting. This latest fighting was started by

* a) Sampson and Gregory

b) Tybalt and Mercutio

c) Romeo and Tybalt

d) Lord Capulet and Lord Montague

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18. In the opening scene, Prince Escalus addresses “ rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, profaners of this

neighbour- stained steel “. He is referring to

a) Romeo and Juliet b) Tybalt and Mercutio

c) The citizens of Verona and Mantua *d) Lord Capulet and Lord Montague

19. In the beginning of the play, Juliet is

a) only 12 years old

*b) not yet 14 years old

c) almost 15 years old

d) already 16 years old

20. In Act I, Lord and Lady Capulet want Juliet to marry

a) Romeo

b) Tybalt

* c) Paris

d) Mercutio

21.Who says “ It is the east and Juliet is the Sun”?

a) The Nurse

*b) Romeo

c) Paris

d) Lord Capulet

22. The words “ More than the Prince of cats…he is the courageous captain of compliments”, refer to

*a) Tybalt

b) Prince Esculus

c) Romeo

d) Benvolio

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23. Romeo learns of Juliet’s death from

a) Mercutio

b) Friar John

c) Lady Capulet

* d) Balthasar

24. The play “Romeo and Juliet” is based on

a) the story of Antony and Cleopatra

b) the story of Atreus and Thyeste

*c) the story of Pyramus and Thisbe

25. Most of the action of the play takes place in

a) Vietnam

*b) Verona

c) Venice

26. At the beginning of the play, Romeo tells Benvolio that he is in love with ___

a) Juliet

b) Portia

*c) Rosaline

27. After his friends speak of nothing, Romeo has a premonition of “an untimely____”

a) Love

*b) Death

c) Fall

28. Who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage?

* a) Friar Laurence

b) Friar John

c) Friar Vincent

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29. What, at first, does Juliet claim that Romeo hears the morning after their wedding night?

a) The Owl

b) The Peacock

*c) The Nightingale

30. Who proposes to built a golden statue of Juliet in Verona?

*a) Paris

b) Lord Montague

c) Prince Esculus

31. _________ is a long uninterrupted speech given by one character alone on the stage. The speech is inaudible
to other characters but audible to the audience.

a) Aside

b) soliloquy

c) Monologue

d) Dramatic foil

32. _____ is a narrative about serious and important actions that end unhappily usually with the death of main
characters.

a) Comedy

b) Poetry

c) Tragedy

33. _________is a long narrative speech given by one character on the stage to the audience.

a) Soliloquy

b) Aside

c) Dramatic foil

d) Monologue

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34.________ is a short speech given by one character keeping his head to one side, traditionally the other
characters cannot hear it.

a) Aside

b) Monologue

c) Dramatic foil

d) Soliloguy

35. _______refer to pair of characters who are opposite in many ways and highlight or exaggerate each other’s
differences.

a) Villian

b) Heros

c) Dramatic foil

d)Heroine

36. In Act I Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet want Juliet to marry ____

a) Romeo

b) Paris

c) Tybalt

d) Mercutio

37. In Act II, the balcony scene takes place ___

a) after Romeo and Juliet have married.

b) in the church where they got married.

c) in Romeo’s house.

d) in the Caplet’s house overlooking the orchard.

38. How and where Romeo commit suicide?

a) with a dagger in the orhard.

b) with a rope in the public square.

c) with a sword in Juliet’s bedchamber.

d) By drinking poison in Juliet’s tomb.

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39. At the masque, ____ recognizes Romeo’s voice as that of a Montague.

a) Tybalt

b) Paris

c) Nurse

d) Lord Capulet

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