The Funeral: or, Grief à-la-Mode MCQs & Summary by Richard Steele

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: June 25, 2025

Q#1 Who is the author of the play The Funeral: or, Grief à-la-Mode?
(A) William Congreve
(B) Richard Steele
(C) Joseph Addison
(D) Oliver Goldsmith
Answer: (B) Richard Steele

Q#2 In which year was The Funeral first performed?
(A) 1699
(B) 1701
(C) 1703
(D) 1705
Answer: (B) 1701

Q#3 What is the genre of The Funeral?
(A) Tragedy
(B) Comedy of Manners
(C) Farce
(D) Melodrama
Answer: (B) Comedy of Manners

Q#4 What is the full title of the play?
(A) The Funeral
(B) Grief à-la-Mode
(C) The Funeral: or, Grief à-la-Mode
(D) Grief and Mourning
Answer: (C) The Funeral: or, Grief à-la-Mode

Q#5 What main theme does the play satirize?
(A) Religion
(B) Love
(C) Hypocrisy in mourning and inheritance
(D) War
Answer: (C) Hypocrisy in mourning and inheritance

Q#6 Which profession does the character Mr. Sable belong to?
(A) Doctor
(B) Undertaker
(C) Lawyer
(D) Butler
Answer: (B) Undertaker

Q#7 Who is Lord Hardy in the play?
(A) A villain
(B) The deceased
(C) The rightful heir
(D) A servant
Answer: (C) The rightful heir

Q#8 Who is Lady Brumpton?
(A) A maid
(B) Widow of the deceased
(C) The heroine
(D) A comic character
Answer: (B) Widow of the deceased

Q#9 What is Lady Brumpton’s attitude towards her husband’s death?
(A) Sincere mourning
(B) Cold indifference
(C) Pretended sorrow
(D) Joyful celebration
Answer: (C) Pretended sorrow

Q#10 What does “à-la-Mode” mean in the title?
(A) In modern fashion
(B) In sadness
(C) In chaos
(D) In memory
Answer: (A) In modern fashion

Q#11 Who is Campley in the play?
(A) A comic servant
(B) A rival heir
(C) The lover of Lady Harriot
(D) A judge
Answer: (C) The lover of Lady Harriot

Q#12 Who is the romantic interest of Campley?
(A) Lady Brumpton
(B) Lady Harriot
(C) Nurse
(D) Arabella
Answer: (B) Lady Harriot

Q#13 The play is a satire on which of the following?
(A) Political corruption
(B) Public health system
(C) Social customs around death
(D) Academic institutions
Answer: (C) Social customs around death

Q#14 What tone does Steele use throughout the play?
(A) Serious and tragic
(B) Humorous and satirical
(C) Violent and aggressive
(D) Romantic and dreamy
Answer: (B) Humorous and satirical

Q#15 The play belongs to which literary period?
(A) Elizabethan
(B) Romantic
(C) Restoration
(D) Modern
Answer: (C) Restoration

Q#16 What was one of Richard Steele’s main goals in writing this play?
(A) To incite war
(B) To ridicule hypocrisy in society
(C) To glorify aristocracy
(D) To explore psychological trauma
Answer: (B) To ridicule hypocrisy in society

Q#17 What does Mr. Sable profit from?
(A) Political deals
(B) Fake medicines
(C) Conducting mourning rituals
(D) Selling illegal land
Answer: (C) Conducting mourning rituals

Q#18 What does the character of Mr. Sable represent?
(A) Genuine grief
(B) Greedy opportunism
(C) Heroic virtue
(D) Honest labor
Answer: (B) Greedy opportunism

Q#19 How does the play critique the upper class?
(A) By praising their loyalty
(B) By showing their education
(C) By mocking their shallow grief
(D) By emphasizing their bravery
Answer: (C) By mocking their shallow grief

Q#20 What is the main conflict in the play?
(A) Political rivalry
(B) Romantic betrayal
(C) Inheritance and false mourning
(D) War and peace
Answer: (C) Inheritance and false mourning

Q#21 The character Trusty serves as a:
(A) Servant
(B) Lawyer
(C) Comic villain
(D) Politician
Answer: (A) Servant

Q#22 Which character pretends to grieve the most dramatically?
(A) Campley
(B) Lady Harriot
(C) Lady Brumpton
(D) Mr. Sable
Answer: (D) Mr. Sable

Q#23 Who ultimately inherits the estate?
(A) Campley
(B) Lord Hardy
(C) Mr. Sable
(D) Lady Brumpton
Answer: (B) Lord Hardy

Q#24 Which playwright influenced Steele’s writing style?
(A) Shakespeare
(B) Molière
(C) Ben Jonson
(D) Congreve
Answer: (D) Congreve

Q#25 Which device is commonly used by Steele in the play?
(A) Soliloquy
(B) Satire
(C) Tragic flaw
(D) Chorus
Answer: (B) Satire

Q#26 The play criticizes the commercialization of:
(A) Religion
(B) Education
(C) Grief and mourning
(D) War
Answer: (C) Grief and mourning

Q#27 What role does fashion play in the theme of the play?
(A) Promotes nationalism
(B) Symbolizes grief
(C) Reflects the artificiality of mourning
(D) Represents tradition
Answer: (C) Reflects the artificiality of mourning

Q#28 Who is Arabella in the play?
(A) A maid
(B) Lady Brumpton’s companion
(C) Lord Hardy’s sister
(D) Mr. Sable’s assistant
Answer: (B) Lady Brumpton’s companion

Q#29 Why is the play titled “Grief à-la-Mode”?
(A) To mock fashion trends in mourning
(B) To suggest deep sorrow
(C) To glorify tradition
(D) To support monarchy
Answer: (A) To mock fashion trends in mourning

Q#30 What is a key message of the play?
(A) Love conquers all
(B) True grief cannot be faked
(C) Power always wins
(D) Death is meaningless
Answer: (B) True grief cannot be faked

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