A. 1884
B. 1893
C. 1879
D. 1904
Related Mcqs:
- Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the …..: Man for the sword and for the ___________ she: Man with the head and woman with the __________Man to command and woman to _____________?
A. crop; scabbard; foot; agree
B. throne; scepter; soul; decree
C. school; scalpel; pen; set free
D. hearth; needle; heart; obey - Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the _________ Man for the sword and for the ____________ she: Man with the head and woman with the …..: Man to command and woman to ____________?
A. crop; scabbard; foot; agree
B. throne; scepter; soul; decree
C. school; scalpel; pen; set free
D. hearth; needle; heart; obey - The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?
A. Sexuality
B. Criticism of the queen
C. Murder
D. Witchcraft - Which Romantic writer(s) wrote in more than one of these popular literary forms: essay, novel, drama, poetry ?
A. Percy Bysshe Shelley
B. William Wordsworth
C. George Gordon, Lord Byron
D. all of the above - According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by “legitimate” drama ?
A. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.
B. All of the actors were male.
C. All of the actors were British.
D. The play was spoken. - According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by \legitimate\ drama ?
A. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.
B. All of the actors were male.
C. All of the actors were British.
D. The play was spoken. - Famous satiric drama,Volpone,is written by ?
A. Sir Walter Scot
B. Christopher Marlow
C. Ben Johnson
D. George Herbert - In drama, a “soliloquy” refers to which of the following ?
A. A dialogue between two characters
B. A character’s final words before dying
C. A speech delivered by a character intended to be spoken to only the audience
D. A rhyming line - The distinction between comedy and tragedy which characterized classical drama was first forgotten during what period in England ?
A. Medieval
B. Romantic
C. Victorian
D. Elizabethan - ‘Prometheus Unbound’ is a lyrical drama by__________________?
A. Shelley
B. Shakespeare
C. Sophocles
D. Euripedes
