Regarding the observance of the three Classical Unities in a play, Dr. Johnson’s view is that ?

Related Mcqs:

1. What has Dryden to say about the observance of the three Classical Dramatic Unities ?

   A. He advocates their strict observance
   B. He does not advocate their strict observance
   C. He says that every dramatist should decide it for himself
   D. He is silent about this issue

2. What does Sidney say about the observance of the three Dramatic Unities in drama ?

   A. They must be observed
   B. It is not necessary to observe them
   C. He favours the observance of the Unity of Action only
   D. Their observance depends upon the nature of the theme of the play

3. Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas most fundamentally emphasizes which theme from Johnson’s other works or other 18thcentury works ?

   A. The need for linguistic correctness as exemplified in his Dictionary
   B. The promise of universal knowledge as epitomized by the Encyclopédie
   C. The ultimate impossibility of achieving happiness, as espoused in his poem “The Vanity of Human Wishes”
   D. The need for self-sufficiency as detailed in novels like Robinson Crusoe

4. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

5. Dr. Ian Johnson suggests which of the following ideas about the play, “Henry V” ?

   A. That it is a satire of European monarchies
   B. That none of the characters undergo
   a remarkable shift in personality over the course of the play
   C. That it is historically accurate
   D. That it is an incomplete play and possibly not authored by Shakespeare

6. The first play of Ben Johnson is ____________?

   A. Every Man in His Humour
   B. Cynthia Revels
   C. The Alchemist
   D. Epicene or The Silent Woman

   Submitted by: Shabana

7. A critic of Thomas Otway’s “Venice Preserv’d” wishes to know why the play’s conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author’s life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a critic ?

   A. Historical
   B. Feminist
   C. Tory
   D. Psychological

8. The statements below are parts of the steps on “How to Analyze a Play”. Which comes in as second thing to do before writing a critical essay of a play ?

   A. Identify External Factors Related to the Work
   B. Interpret the Play
   C. Analyze the Staging
   D. Analyze the Essential Elements of the Play

9. In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who is chosen to play Pyramus in the craftsmen’s play ?

   A. Peter Quince
   B. Francis Flute
   C. Nick Bottom
   D. Tom Snout

10. “The Second Shepherds’ Play” is part of which play cycle ?

    A. Cornish cycle
    B. York cycle
    C. Roman cycle
    D. Wakefield cycle