English Literature

Shakespeare & Marlowe

Time: 12 minute
Marks: 20

ID Question
1 Shakespeare's Measure for Measure is a successfull-
a)  Tragedy
b)  Comedy
c)  Tragi-comedy
d)  melo drama
2 Marlowe's first play, which was staged on a regular commercial stage in London is -
a)  Doctor Faustus
b)  The Jew of Malta
c)  Tambeurlaine the Great
d)  Edward II
3 William Shakespeare is not the author of -
a)  Titus Andronicus
b)  Taming of the Shrew
c)  White Devil
d)  Hamlet
4 When was the globe theatre built?
a)  December 28, 1598
b)  December 18, 1596
c)  December 18, 1694
d)  December 28, 1692
5 By Which year it is thought that William Shakespeare's palys were being regularly performed in London?
a)  1591
b)  1592
c)  1593
d)  1594
6 In what city does A Midsummer Night's Dream take place?
a)  London
b)  Venice
c)  Rome
d)  Athens
7 One of the four mentioned below is Shakespeare's shortest play-
a)  Hamlet
b)  The comedy of errors
c)  The Tempest
d)  King Lear
8 Which of the following is not tragedy?
a)  Othello
b)  Antony and Cleopatra
c)  Titus Andronicus
d)  Much Ado About Nothing
9 Who is the dramatist that introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression in his plays?
a)  William Shakespeare
b)  Christopher Marlowe
c)  G.B Shaw
d)  None of them
10 In which play would you find the character Mephistophilis ?
a)  Edward (II)
b)  The Jew of Malta
c)  Doctor Faustus
d)  Tambeirlaine the Great
11 Christopher Marlowe is known as -
a)  Father of English Tragedy
b)  Father of Revenge Tragedy
c)  Father of Modern English Criticism
d)  First Sonneter in English Literature
12 Sweet are the uses of adversity -From which comedy the sentence has taken ?
a)  Comedy of Errors
b)  As You Like It
c)  Twelfth Night
d)  The Taming of the Shrew
13 Which is known as Shakespeare's swang song?
a)  Hamlet
b)  Machbeth
c)  The Tempest
d)  Twelfth Night
14 Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell- Quote from
a)  Hamlet
b)  Macbeth
c)  Foctor Faustus
d)  The Jew of Malta
15 A Shakespearean play consists of -
a)  Theree Acts
b)  Two acts
c)  Five Acts
d)  One Act
16 All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand - Who said ?
a)  Macbeth
b)  Prince Hamlet
c)  Lady Macbeth
d)  Claudius
17 Which is not title of Shakespeare?
a)  National Poet of England
b)  King without crown
c)  The Bard of Avon
d)  Father of English Tragedy
18 How many sonnets did shakespeare write?
a)  157
b)  156
c)  155
d)  154