UGC NET English Literature MCQs with explanations on Drama
50 MCQs on Drama
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1.
Who wrote Poetics?
a) Plato
b) Aristotle
c) Sophocles
d) Euripides
Answer: b) Aristotle
Explanation: Aristotle’s Poetics is the earliest work of dramatic theory.
2.
According to Aristotle, tragedy evokes:
a) Fear and laughter
b) Pity and fear
c) Joy and sorrow
d) Anger and hatred
Answer: b) Pity and fear
Explanation: These emotions lead to catharsis.
3.
“Catharsis” means:
a) Conflict
b) Purification
c) Imitation
d) Resolution
Answer: b) Purification
Explanation: Emotional cleansing of the audience.
4.
Who is the tragic hero in Oedipus Rex?
a) Creon
b) Oedipus
c) Tiresias
d) Jocasta
Answer: b) Oedipus
Explanation: His tragic flaw leads to downfall.
5.
Who wrote Oedipus Rex?
a) Aeschylus
b) Euripides
c) Sophocles
d) Aristophanes
Answer: c) Sophocles
Explanation: One of the greatest Greek tragedians.
6.
Greek tragedy originated from:
a) War rituals
b) Dionysian festivals
c) Roman theatre
d) Church plays
Answer: b) Dionysian festivals
Explanation: Dedicated to god Dionysus.
7.
Who wrote Medea?
a) Sophocles
b) Euripides
c) Aeschylus
d) Seneca
Answer: b) Euripides
Explanation: Known for psychological depth.
8.
The “three unities” include:
a) Time, place, action
b) Plot, theme, character
c) Beginning, middle, end
d) Form, content, style
Answer: a) Time, place, action
Explanation: Classical dramatic structure.
9.
Who wrote Doctor Faustus?
a) Shakespeare
b) Marlowe
c) Jonson
d) Kyd
Answer: b) Marlowe
Explanation: A Renaissance tragedy.
10.
Doctor Faustus deals with:
a) Love
b) Ambition and knowledge
c) War
d) Religion only
Answer: b) Ambition and knowledge
Explanation: Faustus sells his soul for power.
11.
Who wrote Hamlet?
a) Marlowe
b) Shakespeare
c) Jonson
d) Webster
Answer: b) Shakespeare
12.
“Hamlet” is a:
a) Comedy
b) Tragedy
c) Farce
d) Melodrama
Answer: b) Tragedy
13.
The famous line “To be or not to be” is from Hamlet.
Answer: Correct
Explanation: It reflects Hamlet’s existential dilemma.
14.
Who wrote The Importance of Being Earnest?
a) Shaw
b) Wilde
c) Ibsen
d) Beckett
Answer: b) Wilde
15.
This play is an example of:
a) Tragedy
b) Comedy of manners
c) Epic theatre
d) Absurd drama
Answer: b) Comedy of manners
Explanation: Satirizes Victorian society.
16.
Who is associated with “Epic Theatre”?
a) Brecht
b) Ibsen
c) Shaw
d) Beckett
Answer: a) Brecht
17.
“Alienation effect” is linked to:
a) Shakespeare
b) Brecht
c) Aristotle
d) Ionesco
Answer: b) Brecht
18.
Who wrote Waiting for Godot?
a) Ionesco
b) Beckett
c) Pinter
d) Shaw
Answer: b) Beckett
19.
This play belongs to:
a) Realism
b) Absurd theatre
c) Naturalism
d) Classicism
Answer: b) Absurd theatre
20.
Who wrote A Doll’s House?
a) Shaw
b) Ibsen
c) Chekhov
d) Strindberg
Answer: b) Ibsen
21.
Nora is the protagonist of A Doll’s House.
Answer: Correct
Explanation: A symbol of women’s emancipation.
22.
Who wrote Pygmalion?
a) Wilde
b) Shaw
c) Ibsen
d) Eliot
Answer: b) Shaw
23.
“Pygmalion” deals with:
a) War
b) Language and class
c) Religion
d) Politics
Answer: b) Language and class
24.
Who wrote The Cherry Orchard?
a) Ibsen
b) Chekhov
c) Shaw
d) Tolstoy
Answer: b) Chekhov
25.
Chekhov’s plays are known for:
a) Action
b) Psychological realism
c) Mythology
d) Comedy only
Answer: b) Psychological realism
26.
Who wrote Look Back in Anger?
a) Pinter
b) Osborne
c) Beckett
d) Shaw
Answer: b) Osborne
27.
This play represents:
a) Romanticism
b) Angry Young Men
c) Absurdism
d) Classicism
Answer: b) Angry Young Men
28.
Who wrote The Birthday Party?
a) Beckett
b) Pinter
c) Ionesco
d) Shaw
Answer: b) Pinter
29.
Pinter is known for:
a) Comedy
b) Pause and silence
c) Verse drama
d) Farce
Answer: b) Pause and silence
30.
Who wrote Murder in the Cathedral?
a) Yeats
b) Eliot
c) Auden
d) Shaw
Answer: b) Eliot
31.
This play is a:
a) Verse drama
b) Tragedy
c) Comedy
d) Farce
Answer: a) Verse drama
32.
Who wrote The Jew of Malta?
a) Shakespeare
b) Marlowe
c) Jonson
d) Webster
Answer: b) Marlowe
33.
Ben Jonson is associated with:
a) Tragedy
b) Comedy of humours
c) Epic theatre
d) Absurdism
Answer: b) Comedy of humours
34.
Who wrote Volpone?
a) Shakespeare
b) Jonson
c) Marlowe
d) Kyd
Answer: b) Jonson
35.
The Globe Theatre is associated with:
a) Marlowe
b) Shakespeare
c) Jonson
d) Webster
Answer: b) Shakespeare
36.
Who wrote The Spanish Tragedy?
a) Marlowe
b) Kyd
c) Shakespeare
d) Jonson
Answer: b) Kyd
37.
Revenge tragedy is associated with:
a) Kyd
b) Shaw
c) Eliot
d) Pinter
Answer: a) Kyd
38.
Who wrote The Duchess of Malfi?
a) Marlowe
b) Webster
c) Jonson
d) Shakespeare
Answer: b) Webster
39.
Which playwright is associated with realism?
a) Ibsen
b) Beckett
c) Brecht
d) Marlowe
Answer: a) Ibsen
40.
Absurd drama reflects:
a) Meaningful life
b) Meaninglessness
c) Romance
d) Religion
Answer: b) Meaninglessness
41.
Who wrote Arms and the Man?
a) Ibsen
b) Shaw
c) Wilde
d) Eliot
Answer: b) Shaw
42.
Farce is characterized by:
a) Serious tone
b) Exaggeration
c) Tragedy
d) Epic style
Answer: b) Exaggeration
43.
Who wrote Six Characters in Search of an Author?
a) Pirandello
b) Brecht
c) Beckett
d) Shaw
Answer: a) Pirandello
44.
This play is an example of:
a) Realism
b) Meta-theatre
c) Comedy
d) Farce
Answer: b) Meta-theatre
45.
Who wrote The Playboy of the Western World?
a) Yeats
b) Synge
c) Shaw
d) Beckett
Answer: b) Synge
46.
Who wrote Riders to the Sea?
a) Synge
b) Yeats
c) Shaw
d) Beckett
Answer: a) Synge
47.
Who wrote The Caretaker?
a) Beckett
b) Pinter
c) Shaw
d) Osborne
Answer: b) Pinter
48.
Comedy aims to:
a) Tragic effect
b) Amuse
c) Depress
d) Moralize only
Answer: b) Amuse
49.
Tragedy ends in:
a) Marriage
b) Death or downfall
c) Comedy
d) Joy
Answer: b) Death or downfall
50.
Drama is primarily meant for:
a) Reading
b) Performance
c) Writing
d) Memorizing
Answer: b) Performance
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