A. Witty banter
B. Epic heroes
C. Sexual promiscuity
D. Hidden identities
Related Mcqs:
- The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to___________?
A. Nicholas Udall
B. Thomas Colwell
C. Lord Burghley
D. none of the above - Which of the following statements offers the best definition of a novel of manners ?
A. A novel that attacks the lower classes
B. A novel set in Europe in the 18th century
C. A novel that explores the behavior and values of a particular class of people
D. A novel that explores class conflict - Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ?
A. Fanny Burney
B. Mary Wollstonecraft
C. Anna Letitia Barbauld
D. Jane Austen - Harold Nicholson described which poet as ’Very yellow and glum. Perfect manners’ ?
A. e. e. Cummings
B. T. S. Elliot
C. John Greenleaf Whittier
D. Walt Whitman - Which of the following terms is NOT closely associated with the Gothic novel ?
A. Horror
B. The sublime
C. Suspense
D. Picaresque - Which of the following offers the best definition of a Greek theatrical comedy ?
A. A play in which characters make humorous remarks
B. A play in which characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the better
C. A play in which no characters die or suffer
D. A play in which elite members of society are mocked - Which of the following plays by William Shakespeare is a comedy ?
A. “Romeo and Juliet”
B. “Hamlet”
C. “Much Ado about Nothing”
D. “Henry IV, Part I” - Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy ?
A. Etherege’s The Man of Mode
B. Wycherley’s The Country Wife
C. Behn’s The Rover
D. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus - Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy ?
A. Etherege’s The Man of Mode
B. Wycherley’s The Country Wife
C. Behn’s The Rover
D. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus - Which one of the following is a comedy ?
A. All’s Well that Ends Well
B. Hamlet
C. Timon of Athens
D. Antony and Cleopatra
