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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 1. |
Lomax will not receive his trust fund until he is |
| A. | 30 |
| B. | 35 |
| C. | 37 |
| D. | 39 |
| Answer» B. 35 | |
| 2. |
The Undershaft tradition is to appoint |
| A. | The eldest son as successor |
| B. | The youngest son as successor |
| C. | A foundling as successor |
| D. | A brilliant daughter as successor |
| Answer» C. A foundling as successor | |
| 3. |
Barbara is pleased that her father is going to visit them because |
| A. | She misses him |
| B. | She has something important to tell him |
| C. | He had always wanted to give her monetary help |
| D. | He had a soul to be saved |
| Answer» D. He had a soul to be saved | |
| 4. |
The bargain that Barbara and her father struck was that |
| A. | Each would try to convert the other to their cause |
| B. | Each would try to convert as many converts as possible to their cause |
| C. | Each would try to excel in uplifting the poor |
| D. | Each would try to surpass the other in acquiring wealth |
| Answer» A. Each would try to convert the other to their cause | |
| 5. |
Britomart accused Cusins of joining the Salvation Army to |
| A. | Play the trumpet |
| B. | Convert people to the worship of Dionysus |
| C. | To worship Barbara |
| D. | Help people in the Army |
| Answer» C. To worship Barbara | |
| 6. |
Barbara realizes that those who hold the means of salvation are |
| A. | Holy people |
| B. | Humble people |
| C. | Talented writers |
| D. | Millionaires |
| Answer» D. Millionaires | |
| 7. |
A Doll’s House opens on |
| A. | New Year’s Eve |
| B. | Passover Eve |
| C. | Christmas Eve |
| D. | Palm Sunday |
| Answer» C. Christmas Eve | |
| 8. |
Barbara is engaged to |
| A. | Adolphus Cusins |
| B. | Charles Lomax |
| C. | Bill Walker |
| D. | Horace Bodger |
| Answer» A. Adolphus Cusins | |
| 9. |
What does Undershaft identify as necessary for salvation? |
| A. | Money and religion |
| B. | Morality and money |
| C. | Money and gunpowder |
| D. | Money and marriage |
| Answer» C. Money and gunpowder | |
| 10. |
What job does Peter Shirley take on at the foundry? |
| A. | Gravedigger |
| B. | Gatekeeper |
| C. | Foreman |
| D. | Driver |
| Answer» B. Gatekeeper | |
| 11. |
Where do Cusin’s parents reside? |
| A. | Canada |
| B. | India |
| C. | Spain |
| D. | Australia |
| Answer» D. Australia | |
| 12. |
Who steals Bill Walker’s money? |
| A. | Rummy Mitchens |
| B. | Jenny Hill |
| C. | Snobby Price |
| D. | Peter Shirley |
| Answer» C. Snobby Price | |
| 13. |
What profession does Undershaft suggest to Stephen? |
| A. | A politician |
| B. | A philosopher |
| C. | A Professor |
| D. | A lawyer |
| Answer» A. A politician | |
| 14. |
When Sarah is to be married to her fiancé Charles Lomax, at what age could Lomax come into his wealth? |
| A. | Twenty one |
| B. | Eighteen |
| C. | Thirty five |
| D. | Twenty seven. |
| Answer» C. Thirty five | |
| 15. |
To what does Andrew Undershaft compare his munition factory to and found many similarities with? |
| A. | His daughter’s upbringing |
| B. | The Salvation Army |
| C. | Lady Britomart’s outlook on life |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. The Salvation Army | |
| 16. |
When Bill Walker refused to give his name to Barbara, she had to write down his name as _________ |
| A. | The homeless man |
| B. | The man with no food |
| C. | The man who struck Jenny |
| D. | The man with a temper |
| Answer» C. The man who struck Jenny | |
| 17. |
To whom did Barbara say that one cannot ‘buy’ his/her salvation? |
| A. | Lady Britomart |
| B. | Adolphus Cusins |
| C. | Charles Lomax |
| D. | Andrew Undershaft |
| Answer» D. Andrew Undershaft | |
| 18. |
To whom did Barbara say that The Salvation Army cannot be bought? |
| A. | Bill Walker |
| B. | Andrew Undershaft |
| C. | Mrs. Baines |
| D. | Bodger |
| Answer» A. Bill Walker | |
| 19. |
Both Lady Britomart and Andrew Undershaft said that Stephen would make a good journalist because of what? |
| A. | Because he was good at spending a lot of money |
| B. | Because he knows how to use words that have no meaning |
| C. | Because he liked to ask a lot of questions |
| D. | Because there was no one who was vain enough like him |
| Answer» B. Because he knows how to use words that have no meaning | |
| 20. |
What is Cusins’s first name? |
| A. | Horace |
| B. | Adolphus |
| C. | Charles |
| D. | Andrew |
| Answer» B. Adolphus | |
| 21. |
What is the inscription on the dome of the Labor Church in Perivale St. Andrews? |
| A. | If God gave the hand, let not man withhold the sword. |
| B. | No man is good enough to be another man’s master |
| C. | To man the weapon: the heaven the victory |
| D. | All have the right to fight: None have the right to judge |
| Answer» B. No man is good enough to be another man’s master | |
| 22. |
Who is Lord Saxmundham? |
| A. | Andrew Undershaft |
| B. | Lazarus |
| C. | Horace Bodger |
| D. | Todger Fairmille |
| Answer» C. Horace Bodger | |
| 23. |
What does Undershaft identify as necessary to Salvation? |
| A. | Baptism and first communion |
| B. | Money and gunpowder |
| C. | Money and mind |
| D. | Money and courage |
| Answer» B. Money and gunpowder | |
| 24. |
What profession does Undershaft suggest to Stephen? |
| A. | To become a politician |
| B. | To write |
| C. | To become a philosopher |
| D. | To go into law |
| Answer» A. To become a politician | |
| 25. |
Who does Barbara ask for at the end of the play? |
| A. | God |
| B. | Undershaft |
| C. | Cusins |
| D. | Lady Britomart |
| Answer» D. Lady Britomart | |
| 26. |
In Major Barbara, how old is Lady Britomart Undershaft |
| A. | 44 |
| B. | 47 |
| C. | 49 |
| D. | In her fifties |
| Answer» D. In her fifties | |
| 27. |
Lady Britomart and her children lives in Wilton Crescent in the city of |
| A. | Southamthon |
| B. | London |
| C. | West Ham |
| D. | Birmingham |
| Answer» B. London | |
| 28. |
Who does Adolphus Cusins believe is responsible for providing Barbara? |
| A. | Himself |
| B. | Lady Britomart |
| C. | Mr. Undershaft |
| D. | Stephen Undershaft |
| Answer» C. Mr. Undershaft | |
| 29. |
The Salvation Army only takes what type of people |
| A. | Bad people that need to be saved |
| B. | Religious people |
| C. | Hard workers |
| D. | Good people who are out of work |
| Answer» A. Bad people that need to be saved | |
| 30. |
What is the primary reason Mr. Undershaft does not want Stephen to inherit the business? |
| A. | Stephen is too young |
| B. | Stephen is skittish |
| C. | Stephen is not a foundling |
| D. | Stephen is incompetent |
| Answer» C. Stephen is not a foundling | |
| 31. |
What changed Barbara’s opinion on the source of power? |
| A. | Seeing the success of his father |
| B. | Seeing how easily a soul could be bought |
| C. | Seeing the success of the Salvation Army |
| D. | Seeing how easily a soul could be saved |
| Answer» B. Seeing how easily a soul could be bought | |
| 32. |
According to Undershaft, what is the most destructive and worst of all crimes? |
| A. | Lying |
| B. | Thieving |
| C. | Poverty |
| D. | Laziness |
| Answer» C. Poverty | |
| 33. |
Barbara symbolically leaves the Salvation Army when she ______ and hands it to her father. |
| A. | Breaks her sword |
| B. | Removes her badge of office |
| C. | Rips up her enlistment form |
| D. | Removes her whistle |
| Answer» B. Removes her badge of office | |
| 34. |
Why did Cusins join the Salvation Army? |
| A. | To help the poor |
| B. | To save souls |
| C. | To be in the band |
| D. | To be with Barbara |
| Answer» D. To be with Barbara | |
| 35. |
Torvald accuses Nora of |
| A. | Being lazy |
| B. | Being too generous |
| C. | Being wasteful |
| D. | Being forgetful |
| Answer» C. Being wasteful | |
| 36. |
Krogstad had sullied his reputation at the bank by |
| A. | Being flirtatious |
| B. | Being rude to customers |
| C. | Forging signatures |
| D. | Being late at work all the time |
| Answer» C. Forging signatures | |
| 37. |
Krogstad tried to blackmail Nora because she |
| A. | Had a secret lover that he knew about |
| B. | Was his mistress even now |
| C. | She was very flirtatious |
| D. | She had forged her father’s signature |
| Answer» D. She had forged her father’s signature | |
| 38. |
The amount of time that Nora had before her secret was revealed to her husband was |
| A. | 30 hours |
| B. | 31 hours |
| C. | 32 hours |
| D. | 33 hours |
| Answer» B. 31 hours | |
| 39. |
Nora left the dollhouse mainly because |
| A. | She was tired of the way her husband treated her |
| B. | She did not love her husband anymore |
| C. | She wanted to learn how to live life for herself |
| D. | She was in love with Dr Rank |
| Answer» C. She wanted to learn how to live life for herself | |
| 40. |
Whose signature did Nora forge to borrow money? |
| A. | Torvald Helmer |
| B. | Her father |
| C. | Dr. Rank |
| D. | Korgstad |
| Answer» B. Her father | |
| 41. |
How much money did Nora borrow for her husband's treatment? |
| A. | Twelve hundred dollars |
| B. | Ten thousand dollars |
| C. | Fifteen hundred dollars |
| D. | Fourteen hundred dollars |
| Answer» A. Twelve hundred dollars | |
| 42. |
How many children do Torvald and Nora have? |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» C. three | |
| 43. |
What does Nora expect Torvald to do when he learns about the forgery? |
| A. | Divorce her |
| B. | Take the blame himself |
| C. | Report her to the police |
| D. | Act as if nothing happened |
| Answer» B. Take the blame himself | |
| 44. |
What is the last thing the audience of A Doll's House hears? |
| A. | The sound of a door slamming |
| B. | The sound of laughter |
| C. | The sound of children crying |
| D. | The sound of a gun shot |
| Answer» A. The sound of a door slamming | |
| 45. |
Which of the following phrases is not used by Torvald Helmer as terms of endearment and condescension for Nora? |
| A. | little skylark |
| B. | little squirrel |
| C. | little featherbrain |
| D. | sweet kitten |
| Answer» A. little skylark | |
| 46. |
Why does Torvald never take his wife Nora seriously? |
| A. | Because she has a sweet tooth and cannot be trusted |
| B. | Because he thinks her childlike and calls her his doll |
| C. | Because Nora like to twitter about and sing |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Because he thinks her childlike and calls her his doll | |
| 47. |
When Dr. Rank sees Nils Krogstad, he characterized him as |
| A. | Angry and bitter |
| B. | Full of lies |
| C. | Unhelpful and a nuisance |
| D. | Morally diseased |
| Answer» D. Morally diseased | |
| 48. |
When Christine Linde goes to meet with Nora, she tells her that she had been widowed for the past |
| A. | Three years |
| B. | Two years |
| C. | Five years |
| D. | Seven years |
| Answer» A. Three years | |
| 49. |
What is the significance of the title of the play A Doll’s House? |
| A. | The Helmer’s children symbolised dolls |
| B. | Torvald was a famous dollmaker |
| C. | The Helmer’s house is small and represents the children |
| D. | Nora is a doll that is being owned and played with |
| Answer» D. Nora is a doll that is being owned and played with | |
| 50. |
What kind of relationship did Krogstad and Christine have years earlier? |
| A. | They were enemies |
| B. | They were engaged |
| C. | They were friends |
| D. | They were married |
| Answer» B. They were engaged | |
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