Assignment

Subject: Modern Drama

Submitted To: Mam Safana Hashmat

Submitted By:

1) Mahdi Abbas 10101

2) Ghulam Jeelani 13442

3) Adeel Safdar 10114

4) Wajid Ali 10116

5) Hifza Zaheer 10123

6) Uswa Iftikhar 10124

BS(Hons) 6th semester (Morning)

Department of English Literature
1. What genre did Ibsen help found in the theater arts?
a) Confessionalism
b) Modernism….
c) Psycho-realism
d) Surrealism
2. Ibsen is considered the “father of _____________.”
a) Surrealism
b) Realism
c) Transcendentalism
d) Objectivism
3. In what language did Ibsen write his plays?
a) Danish
b) English
c) Finnish
d) Swedish
4. In what country were most of Ibsen’s plays set?
a) Holland
b) Sweden
c) Finland
d) Norway
5. Ibsen was influenced by
a) His childhood experience.
b) His father
c) Church
d) Maid
6. Ibsen's plays were often of.
a) Common men.
b) Elite class
c) Princess
d) None of these
7. Ibsen's immortal anti-heroine is one of the most fascinating theatrical creations of all
time, and has been called
a) The princess Hedda
b) Ghost Hedda
c) The lady hamlet Hedda
d) The crown Hedda
8. Gun symbolizes the symbol of ______ in Hedda Gabler.
a) Prosperity
b) Moon
c) Black magic
d) Life and death
9. Who is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare?
a) Ibsen
b) Shaw
c) Sean “O” Casey
d) John Galsworthy
10. Who reveals that society expects women to make sacrifices, but not men, and that their
roles are unequal?
a) Ibsen
b) Shaw
c) Sean “O” Casey
d) John Galsworthy
11. In which drama Ibsen challenges the expected roles of women in society.
a) Justice
b) Hedda Gabler
c) Pygmalion
d) A Doll’s House
12. Who broke away the romantic tradition of 19th century and questions the acceptance of
social roles in society?
a) Ibsen
b) Shaw
 c) Sean “O” Casey
d) John Galsworthy
13. Ibsen sometimes wrote under the name
a) Brynjolf bjarme
b) Omega
c) Shakespeare
d) None of these
14. Ibsen was the dramatist of
a) Victorian Era.
b) Restoration era
c) Romanticism
d) None of these
15. Who is the father of the Comedy of Ideas?
a) Ibsen
b) Shaw
c) Barrie
d) Galsworthy
16. At first Shaw tried his hand at the ______ but did not get any encouragement.
a) Drama
b) Poetry
c) Novel
d) Essay
17. The philosopher who provoked the critical mind of Shaw was
a) William James
b) Nietzsche
c) John Stuart
d) T.H Green
18. Shaw wrote his plays with the deliberate purpose of
a) Pleasure
b) Money
c) Fame
 d) Propaganda
19. In his plays Shaw criticizes
a) Moral slavery
b) Superstition
c) Sentimentalism
d) All of them
20. What compelled the people to listen to Shaw?
a) His frankness
b) His sincerity
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of them
21. In which of his work, Shaw exposed the superstition
a) Getting Married
b) Pygmalion
c) The Apple Cart
d) The Doctor’s Dilemma
22. In The Apple Cart Shaw ridiculed the working of which form of government
a) Democratic
b) Aristocratic
c) Theocratic
d) Autocratic
23. Shaw won the Noble Prize for literature in
a) 1915
b) 1920
c) 1925
d) 1930
24. The semiautobiographical novel of Shaw
a) Immaturity
b) Widower’s house
c) Man and Superman
d) Getting Married
25. Shaw dealt with true and false religious exaltation in a philosophical play about early
Christianity.
a) Pygmalion
b) Androcles and Lion
c) Getting Married
d) Widower’s house
26. Which speeches made Shaw notorious and the target of much criticism.
a) Political
b) Religious
c) Sociological
d) Anti-war
27. Shaw helped mold the which thought of three generations
a) Political
b) Economical
c) Sociological
d) All of them
28. Shaw campaigned against the executions of the rebel leaders of
a) Easter Rising
b) Irish Movement
c) Indian independence movement
d) None of them
29. “As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living, satisfaction is death”. Who said
this?
a) Galsworthy
b) Ibsen
c) Oscar Wilde
d) G.B Shaw
30. The dramatist whom Brecht admired most and was influenced by…?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Henrik Ibsen
c) William Shakespeare
 d) None
31. Who wrote the music for Brecht’s The Three Penny Opera?
a) Kurt Weil
b) Friedrich Hollander
c) Anton Webern
d) Ralph Vaughan Williams
32. The theatre company set up by Brecht and his wife Helene was?
a) Brecht Ensemble
b) Berliner Ensemble
c) Deutsche Ensemble
d) None
33. Which famous Jewish actor played the role of Galilio in 1975 film adaptation of Brecht’s
Life of Galilio?
a) Elliot Gould
b) Gene Hackman
c) Chaim Topol
d) Dustin Hoffman
34. While living in America, Brecht wrote the screen play for a film directed by Fritz Lang.
What was its name?
a) The Hangman Must Die
b) American Guerrilla in the Philippines
c) Hangman Also Die
d) None
35. Brecht’s first proper experiment in epic theatre was…
a) Man equals Man
b) Drums in the Night
c) Baal
d) In the Jungle of Cities
36. Brecht used the technique of ‘Gestus’. Gestus is combination of two German words…
a) Gist and use
b) Gist and gesture
 c) Gesture and use
d) None
37. Which of the Following was not considered by Brecht in plays?
a) Plot
b) Catharsis
c) Setting
d) Audience
38. Why did Brecht leave Germany?
a) Fearing persecution
b) Due to illness
c) Because of family
d) None
39. Which of Brecht’s play tell the story of a soldier who returns from war to find his fiancé?
a) The Three penny Opera
b) Drums in the Night
c) In the Jungle of Cities
d) Baal
40. Which of the following was written at the end of World War 2, which had clash between
fascism and socialism?
a) Mother Courage and Her Children
b) Man Equals Man
c) Caucasian Chalk Circle
d) None
41. Brecht has twisted sense of humor and political beliefs because he was inspired by
a) Charlie Chaplin
b) Karl Marx
c) Both Chaplin and Marx
d) None
42. Why did Brecht use music in The Three Penny Opera?
a) To prevent audience from emotionally drawn into story
b) To bring audience closer
 c) To get audience’s attention
d) All of these
43. When did Brecht went to self-imposed exile?
a) 1932
b) 1933
c) 1936
d) 1938
44. What was the name of short play by Brecht, which was published in school journal in
1914?
a) Baal
b) The Bible
c) Man Equals man
d) None
45. How many times was The Three Penny Opera performed at Berlin’s theatre am
Schiffbauerdamm?
a) 3500
b) 4000
c) 4500
d) 2500
46. The house in which Brecht lived is now
a) Brecht school
b) Brecht museum
c) Brecht hospital
d) None
47. What was the age of Brecht when WW1 began?
a) 14
b) 16
c) 18
d) 15
48. Brecht won Drama Desk Award in 1970 for
a) The Three Penny Opera
 b) Rising and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
c) Drums in The Night
d) Baal
49. Brecht used which of the following techniques
a) Breaking of fourth wall
b) Montage
c) Narration
d) All of these
50. What is melodrama?
a) Relies on sensational happening
b) Violent action
c) Improbable events
d) All of these
51. O'Casey views about war and violence____?
a) Against war
b) In the favor of war
c) Angry on war
d) Both a and c
52. Sean O Casey used technical device in "Juno and The Paycock"
a) Irony
b) Wit
c) Horror
d) All of these
53. Symbols and mythology "literary devices" used in
a) Juno and The Paycock
b) Hedda Gabbler
c) Pygmalion
d) None
54. Sean O'Casey known for his _____?
a) Realistic dramas
b) Idealistic dramas
 c) Humanistic dramas
d) Rationalistic dramas
55. Juno and Paycock was written during____
a) Period of Civil war
b) Period of world war 1
c) Period of world war 2
d) Renaissance period
56. "Jingoism" is about ___?
a) Extreme nationalist
b) Supreme nationalist
c) Extreme rationalist
d) None of these
57. Sean O 'Casey's "Juno and paycock" is a mixer of _____?
a) Relief and comic element
b) Tragic and comic
c) Tragic and relief
d) All of these
58. How do economic contribute to people's actions in O'Casey's world?
a) People are living happily
b) Poverty has a dehumanizing effect
c) Prosperity has good impact on people life
d) None
59. The play has been praised for O'Casey's Realistic representation of ____?
a) Idiomatic Dublin speech
b) Rich literary allusions
c) Social conscience
d) All of these
60. Sean O'Casey's play Juno and The Paycock has ______
a) Public and private themes
b) National and Domestic themes
c) Both a and b
 d) None
61. Juno and The paycock language continues to bring us into the heart of____?
a) High class dublin
b) Lower class dublin
c) Middle class dublin
d) All of these
62. In Juno and The paycock Sean O 'Casey fully explores the ___?
a) Nationalist People and their culture
b) Irish people and their culture
c) Socialist people and their culture
d) None
63. Whose other writer except Sean O 'Casey is also reflecting the on an innocence lost in the
violence of the early twentieth century__?
a) D.H Lawrence
b) Yeats
c) William Faulkner
d) Jame Joyce
64. When was John Galsworthy born?
a) 3 February 1864
b) 17 May 1862
c) 14 August 1867
d) 30 December 1865
65. When did John Galsworthy get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1921
b) 1932
c) 1945
d) 1938
66. Where was John Galsworthy born?
a) Kingston Hill
b) Geneva
 c) Lausanne
d) Palm Springs
67. Which college did John Galsworthy attend?
a) Christ College
b) New College
c) King’s College
d) Trinity College
68. What university did John Galsworthy graduate from?
a) Harvard University
b) Cambridge University
c) Oxford University
d) Queen Mary University
69. What pseudonym did John Galsworthy use to publish Jocelyn?
a) Eric Arthur Blair
b) John Sinjohn
c) Samuel Longhorn
d) John Churchill
70. When did John Galsworthy publish The Island Pharisees?
a) 1904
b) 1924
c) 1916
d) 1912
71. What is his (John Galsworthy) masterpiece?
a) A modern drama
b) The Forsyte Saga
c) The Island Pharisees
d) The silver box
72. When did John Galsworthy write the novel "The man of property"?
a) 1906
b) 1920
 c) 1921
d) 1924
73. Which novel of John Galsworthy began the series known as The Forsyte Saga?
a) Awakening
b) The Man of Property
c) The Country House
d) The Free lands
74. Which play of John Galsworthy is about industrial relations?
a) Justice
b) Loyalties
c) Strife
d) The Silver Box
75. What was his (John Galsworthy) position in England literature at that time?
a) The most outstanding representative of Decadence trend
b) The leader of Aesthetic Movement
c) The President of the association of writer
76. John Galsworthy is a great master of.
a) creating plot
b) creating characters
c) creating episodic stories
77. When did John Galsworthy die?
a) 31 January 1933
b) 10 June 1938
c) 6 July 1942
d) 12 November 1935
78. Where did John Galsworthy die?
a) Bristol
b) Grove Lodge
c) London
d) New York