Famous satiric drama,Volpone,is written by ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by “legitimate” drama ?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.

4. According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by \legitimate\ drama ?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.

5. Wild’s drama Woman of No Importance appared in __________?

   A. 1884
   B. 1893
   C. 1879
   D. 1904

6. “Samson Agonistes” is described as a “Closet Drama,” which means_______________?

   A. it can be acted out on a very small stage.
   B. it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.
   C. people will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it.
   D. it was written to be acted in a church.

7. 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

8. Romance, classical structure, and festive elements had already begun to come together in drama when what author began writing ?

   A. Chaucer
   B. Langland
   C. Homer
   D. Shakespeare

9. 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

10. ‘Prometheus Unbound’ is a lyrical drama by__________________?

    A. Shelley
    B. Shakespeare
    C. Sophocles
    D. Euripedes