In this book, you will find information about the playwrights like Samuel Beckett, William Shakespeare, Sophocles, Henrik Ibsen, George Bernard Shaw and Harold Pinter. You will also find information about the plays of these writers like: Waiting for Godot, Hamlet, Othello, The Winter s Tale, Macbeth, The Caretaker, A Dolls House, Oedipus Rex and Major Barbara. The Way of the World by William All information is given in form of MCQs and the relevant explanation.
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Who was William Shakespeare?
- England's National Poet
- Bard of Avon
- The greatest writer in English language.
- All of these
- N/A
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Answer: D Explanation: -
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in
- Stratford upon Avon, UK
- Ireland
- Scotland
- None of these
- N/A
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Shakespeare died in
- 1611
- 1612
- 1616
- 1619
- N/A
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Who was Shakespeare's wife?
- Anne Hathaway
- Mary Barton
- Maria Edgeworth
- None of these
- William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway married in 1582.
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Answer: A Explanation: -
Anne Hathaway died in
- 1616
- 1623
- 1619
- 1621
- Anne Hathaway was born in 1556.
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Shakespeare's wife was …….years older than him.
- Three
- Five
- Six
- Eight
- N/A
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Answer: D Explanation: -
"Hamlet", "King Lear" and "The Tempest" are the plays written by
George Herbert
Ben Johnson
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
All these three plays are tragedies by Shakespeare.
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Answer: C Explanation: -
"Macbeth", "Richard II" and "Othello" are the plays by
- William Shakespeare
- Ben Johnson
- John Marstan
- None of these
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"Much Ado About Nothing" and "Twelfth Night" are the comedies by
- John Dryden
- Christopher Marlowe
- John Marstan
- William shakespeare
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Answer: D Explanation: -
"Julius Caesar" and " The Merchant of Venice" are the plays by
- Christopher Marlowe
- William Shakespeare
- John Dryden
- None of these
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Answer: B Explanation: