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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in English (MA English) .
| 51. |
Who is Prince Hamlet's closest friend? |
| A. | horatio |
| B. | marcellus |
| C. | guildenstern |
| D. | rosencrantz |
| Answer» A. horatio | |
| 52. |
Who delivers the first line of Hamlet? |
| A. | hamlet |
| B. | king hamlet |
| C. | barnardo |
| D. | claudius |
| Answer» C. barnardo | |
| 53. |
Who are the first two characters to appear on stage in Hamlet? |
| A. | horatio and marcellus |
| B. | barnardo and horatio |
| C. | barnardo and hamlet |
| D. | barnardo and francisco |
| Answer» D. barnardo and francisco | |
| 54. |
Hamlet was published in ____ |
| A. | 1599 |
| B. | 1601 |
| C. | 1602 |
| D. | 1603 |
| Answer» D. 1603 | |
| 55. |
Polonius is killed by ____ in the play Hamlet. |
| A. | claudius |
| B. | hamlet |
| C. | yorick |
| D. | fortinbras |
| Answer» B. hamlet | |
| 56. |
Who is the Queen of Denmark? |
| A. | gertrude |
| B. | miranda |
| C. | ophelia |
| D. | desdemona |
| Answer» A. gertrude | |
| 57. |
Who is Prince Hamlet's lover in the play, Hamlet? |
| A. | portia |
| B. | gertrude |
| C. | ophelia |
| D. | juliet |
| Answer» C. ophelia | |
| 58. |
Who is the young Prince of Norway in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | osric |
| B. | barnardo |
| C. | horatio |
| D. | fortinbras |
| Answer» D. fortinbras | |
| 59. |
What is the name of the play within the play in Hamlet? |
| A. | the murder of antonio |
| B. | the murder of iago |
| C. | the murder of the king |
| D. | the murder of gonzago |
| Answer» D. the murder of gonzago | |
| 60. |
Who murdered Fortinbras' father in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | king hamlet |
| B. | prince hamlet |
| C. | claudius |
| D. | fortinbras\ uncle |
| Answer» A. king hamlet | |
| 61. |
Who killed King Hamlet according to the Ghost of King Hamlet? |
| A. | claudius |
| B. | polonius |
| C. | prince hamlet |
| D. | gertrude |
| Answer» A. claudius | |
| 62. |
Whom does Gertrude marry after her husband's death? |
| A. | king of poland |
| B. | claudius |
| C. | polonius |
| D. | fortinbras |
| Answer» B. claudius | |
| 63. |
____ and ____ were the courtiers sent by Claudius to Norway to prevent an attack from Fortinbras. |
| A. | horatio and laertes |
| B. | laertes and polonius |
| C. | rosencrantz and guildenstern |
| D. | cornelius and voltimand |
| Answer» D. cornelius and voltimand | |
| 64. |
Where does Polonius get killed by Hamlet? |
| A. | in polonius\ chamber |
| B. | in gertrude\s chamber |
| C. | in hamlet\s chamber |
| D. | in the king\s chamber |
| Answer» B. in gertrude\s chamber | |
| 65. |
Find the odd one out. |
| A. | gloucester |
| B. | osric |
| C. | francisco |
| D. | reynaldo |
| Answer» A. gloucester | |
| 66. |
Who is sent to France by Polonius in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | francisco |
| B. | marcellus |
| C. | reynaldo |
| D. | gloucester |
| Answer» C. reynaldo | |
| 67. |
How does Ophelia die in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | she is poisoned |
| B. | she falls off a cliff |
| C. | she drowns |
| D. | she is stabbed to death |
| Answer» C. she drowns | |
| 68. |
Who is Ophelia's brother in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | laertes |
| B. | horatio |
| C. | fortinbras |
| D. | polonius |
| Answer» A. laertes | |
| 69. |
Hamlet and Laertes engage in a match of _____ towards the end of the play. |
| A. | jousting |
| B. | fencing |
| C. | sword fight |
| D. | wrestling |
| Answer» B. fencing | |
| 70. |
Who kills Prince Hamlet in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | laertes |
| B. | ophelia |
| C. | fortinbras |
| D. | claudius |
| Answer» A. laertes | |
| 71. |
Who kills Claudius in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | king of norway |
| B. | fortinbras |
| C. | prince hamlet |
| D. | laertes |
| Answer» C. prince hamlet | |
| 72. |
How does Queen Gertrude die in the play Hamlet? |
| A. | she commits suicide |
| B. | she is poisoned |
| C. | she is accidentally stabbed |
| D. | she is strangled to death |
| Answer» B. she is poisoned | |
| 73. |
Who becomes the King of Denmark at the end of the play Hamlet? |
| A. | king of poland |
| B. | osric |
| C. | horatio |
| D. | fortinbras |
| Answer» D. fortinbras | |
| 74. |
Which of the following characters is alive at the end of the play? |
| A. | gertrude |
| B. | horatio |
| C. | hamlet |
| D. | ophelia |
| Answer» B. horatio | |
| 75. |
Who wrote the play the Duchess of Malfi? |
| A. | john webster |
| B. | william shakespeare |
| C. | ben johnson |
| D. | christopher marlowe |
| Answer» A. john webster | |
| 76. |
Find the odd one out. |
| A. | cariola |
| B. | grisolan |
| C. | horatio |
| D. | daniel de bosola |
| Answer» C. horatio | |
| 77. |
The White Devil was written by ____ |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | john webster |
| C. | thomas kyd |
| D. | john fletcher |
| Answer» B. john webster | |
| 78. |
When was the play The Rivals first performed? |
| A. | 1775 |
| B. | 1776 |
| C. | 1774 |
| D. | 1777 |
| Answer» A. 1775 | |
| 79. |
The word malapropism came from the name of a character in _____ |
| A. | the duchess of malfi |
| B. | the way of the world |
| C. | the rivals |
| D. | hamlet |
| Answer» C. the rivals | |
| 80. |
Who wrote the play The School for Scandal? |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | john fletcher |
| C. | john webster |
| D. | r b sheridan |
| Answer» D. r b sheridan | |
| 81. |
When was the School for Scandal first performed? |
| A. | 1776 |
| B. | 1777 |
| C. | 1774 |
| D. | 1775 |
| Answer» B. 1777 | |
| 82. |
Who wrote the essay Of Marriage? |
| A. | joseph addison |
| B. | jonathan swift |
| C. | francis bacon |
| D. | daniel defoe |
| Answer» C. francis bacon | |
| 83. |
Who wrote the essay Sir Roger at Church? |
| A. | joseph addison |
| B. | jonathan swift |
| C. | francis bacon |
| D. | richard steele |
| Answer» A. joseph addison | |
| 84. |
Who wrote the novel Gulliver’s Travels? |
| A. | jonathan swift |
| B. | daniel defoe |
| C. | henry fielding |
| D. | samuel richardson |
| Answer» A. jonathan swift | |
| 85. |
Who wrote the novel Joseph Andrews? |
| A. | charles dickens |
| B. | samuel richardson |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | henry fielding |
| Answer» D. henry fielding | |
| 86. |
Who wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe? |
| A. | henry fielding |
| B. | daniel defoe |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | samuel richardson |
| Answer» B. daniel defoe | |
| 87. |
Who wrote the essay Of Truth? |
| A. | joseph addison |
| B. | francis bacon |
| C. | richard steele |
| D. | william hazlitt |
| Answer» B. francis bacon | |
| 88. |
Who wrote the book The Battle of the Books? |
| A. | daniel defoe |
| B. | francis bacon |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | charles dickens |
| Answer» C. jonathan swift | |
| 89. |
Joseph Andrews was published in ____ |
| A. | 1742 |
| B. | 1843 |
| C. | 1858 |
| D. | 1750 |
| Answer» A. 1742 | |
| 90. |
Robinson Crusoe was published in ____ |
| A. | 1752 |
| B. | 1737 |
| C. | 1715 |
| D. | 1719 |
| Answer» D. 1719 | |
| 91. |
Who wrote the novel Tom Jones? |
| A. | daniel defoe |
| B. | henry fielding |
| C. | charles dickens |
| D. | samuel richardson |
| Answer» B. henry fielding | |
| 92. |
Who wrote the novel Shamela? |
| A. | daniel defoe |
| B. | samuel richardson |
| C. | henry fielding |
| D. | laurence sterne |
| Answer» C. henry fielding | |
| 93. |
Who wrote the novel Amelia? |
| A. | henry fielding |
| B. | samuel richardson |
| C. | laurence sterne |
| D. | tobias smollett |
| Answer» A. henry fielding | |
| 94. |
Who wrote the novel Moll Flanders? |
| A. | henry fielding |
| B. | samuel richardson |
| C. | daniel defoe |
| D. | laurence sterne |
| Answer» C. daniel defoe | |
| 95. |
Who wrote the novel The Journal of the Plague Year? |
| A. | emily bronte |
| B. | charlotte bronte |
| C. | jane austen |
| D. | daniel defoe |
| Answer» D. daniel defoe | |
| 96. |
Who wrote the novel Colonel Jack? |
| A. | jane austen |
| B. | daniel defoe |
| C. | charles dickens |
| D. | william makepeace thackeray |
| Answer» B. daniel defoe | |
| 97. |
Who wrote the novel The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great? |
| A. | henry fielding |
| B. | samuel richardson |
| C. | william makepeace thackeray |
| D. | laurence sterne |
| Answer» A. henry fielding | |
| 98. |
Who wrote the novel A Journey from This World to the Next? |
| A. | charles dickens |
| B. | tobias smollett |
| C. | henry fielding |
| D. | laurence sterne |
| Answer» C. henry fielding | |
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