1. : Eugene O’Neill is an American playwright of which century?
(A) The 20th century
(B) The 19th century
(C) The 18th century
(D) None of A, B, and C
2. : What was the nostalgic dream of Mary Tyrone?
(A) A ballerina
(B) A good wife or mother
(C) A bar attendant
(D) A nun or pianist
3. : Beyond the Horizon is written by __.
(A) Tennessee Williams
(B) Mark Twain
(C) Edward Albee
(D) Eugene O’Neill
4. : Who is the author of Long Day’s Journey into Night?
(A) Edward Albee
(B) Tennessee Williams
(C) Eugene O’Neill
(D) Samuel Beckett
5. : O’Neill passed away in __.
(A) 1976
(B) 1945
(C) 1953
(D) 1963
6. : Long Day’s Journey into Night presents __.
(A) Jamie
(B) James
(C) Alcoholism and drug addiction of Mary Tyrone
(D) None of A, B, and C
7. : In The Hairy Ape O’Neill presents __.
(A) Realism with symbolic expression
(B) Symbolism
(C) Realism
(D) None of A, B, and C
8. : Which of the following best refers to O’Neill’s style?
(A) Mixture of many European languages
(B) American English with an accent
(C) Colloquial
(D) None of A, B, and C
9. : Which of O’Neill’s plays presents the American dream best?
(A) The Emperor Jones
(B) Beyond the Horizon
(C) The Hairy Ape
(D) Long Day’s Journey into Night
10. : Beyond the Horizon is a drama about which of the following?
(A) Andrew Mayo
(B) Ruth
(C) Robert Mayo
(D) None of A, B, and C
11. : According to ________, “It isn’t the end. It’s a free beginning… beyond the horizon!”
(A) Andrew Mayo
(B) Ruth
(C) The consumptive dying Robert Mayo
(D) None of A, B, and C
12. : The Hairy Ape is a drama which can be labelled as __.
(A) Realistic
(B) American transcendentalist
(C) Expressionist
(D) Symbolist
13. : The Hairy Ape portrays the life of _____.
(A) Comedy of ancient and modern life
(B) Post-Colonial America
(C) Early America
(D) Recent times
14. : The Hairy Ape, a play by Eugene O’Neill, presents a world which can be described best as __.
(A) Brutal, stupid and profane
(B) Lovely
(C) Religious
(D) Advanced technological superiority
15. : Yank realizes that __.
(A) He did not belong to this brutal world
(B) Technology has given him strength
(C) He was a man of progress
(D) He was rejected in spite of his adapting the brutal expectations of the world
16. : Yank found kinship with __.
(A) The ape in the zoo
(B) Paddy
(C) Mildred
(D) None of A, B, and C
17. : Ezra Mannon’s family in New England are descendants of __.
(A) Calvinists
(B) Puritans
(C) Quakers
(D) None of A, B, and C
18. : Christine developed an incestuous relationship with __.
(A) Adam Brant
(B) Orin
(C) Peter
(D) None of A, B, and C
19. : According to ________ in Lazarus Laughed, “Fear not life! You die—but there is no death for man.”
(A) Caligula
(B) Tiberius
(C) Lazarus
(D) Miriam
20. : In Lazarus Laughed, Lazarus is killed the second time by which of the following?
(A) Miriam
(B) Caligula
(C) Pompeia
(D) Tiberius
21. : In which drama of O’Neill these are the parts: “The Homecoming,” “The Hunted,” and “The Haunted”?
(A) The Emperor Jones
(B) Mourning Becomes Electra
(C) Strange Interlude
(D) A Touch of the Poet
22. : Lazarus Laughed is O’Neill’s __.
(A) Symbolic drama
(B) Religious chorus
(C) Poetic drama with mystic affirmation of life
(D) Tribute to Christian character
23. : Mourning Becomes Electra is based on the Greek myth of __.
(A) Bravery
(B) Incestuous love
(C) Futility of love and Life
(D) None of A, B, and C
24. : Who avenges the murder of Ezra Mannon?
(A) Peter
(B) Hazel
(C) Lavinia
(D) Orin
25. : Who is freed of Puritan repressions and grows in sensuality and morality?
(A) Lavinia
(B) Hazel
(C) Christine
(D) None of A, B, and C
26. : What happens after Lavinia makes love to Peter?
(A) Peter leaves repelled by her eagerness and she becomes a recluse
(B) She is egged on to have a relationship with others.
(C) She is killed by Orin
(D) Peter is repulsed by her and kills her
27. : According to ________, “Love is not permitted to me. The dead are too strong!”
(A) Christine
(B) Hazel
(C) Lavinia
(D) None of A, B, and C
28. : How did the lovely Christine kill her husband Orin?
(A) Administering pretending to give him medicine poison
(B) Forcing a glass of wine laced with poison
(C) Poisoning him in his sleep
(D) Strangling him in his sleep
29. : O’Neill was influenced by which of the following?
(A) Ibsen and Strindberg
(B) Greek tragedies
(C) Shakespeare
(D) None of A, B, and C
30. : Tom loves his mother but Tom aspires to which of the following?
(A) Escape from the world and progress
(B) Continue with his warehouse job and advancing in it
(C) Continue with his warehouse job
(D) Do nothing
31. : In O’Neill’s plays, one sees “the American family of __.”
(A) Colonial era
(B) Colonial era to the present
(C) Present day
(D) None of A, B, and C time
32. : In “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” the conflict revolves around
(A) The inheritance of the family business
(B) The struggle for control of the family plantation
(C) The love triangle between Maggie, Brick, and Skipper
(D) The desire to escape from the family’s manipulations
33. : Who is the character who suffers from alcoholism in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”?
(A) Big Daddy
(B) Brick
(C) Gooper
(D) Skipper
34. : What is Brick’s attitude towards his wife, Maggie, in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”?
(A) He loves her dearly but cannot express it
(B) He is indifferent and emotionally distant
(C) He is deeply in love and shows it through actions
(D) He is resentful of her manipulative ways
35. : What is the central theme of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”?
(A) The breakdown of traditional values
(B) The struggle for power and survival within a family
(C) The complexities of love and betrayal
(D) The search for spiritual meaning and redemption
36. : What motivates Maggie’s actions throughout “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”?
(A) Her desire for a child
(B) Her longing for a better life and love from Brick
(C) Her need for financial security
(D) Her ambition to escape the plantation life
37. : Who is the character that is at odds with Brick over the future of the plantation?
(A) Gooper
(B) Skipper
(C) Big Mama
(D) Doctor
38. : What is Brick’s primary emotional conflict in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”?
(A) His guilt over Skipper’s death and his own alcoholism
(B) His struggle with his sexual identity
(C) His failure to live up to family expectations
(D) His jealousy over Maggie’s attention
39. : What is Big Daddy’s attitude toward the family in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”?
(A) He is a loving and supportive father
(B) He is deeply resentful of his family’s greed and manipulation
(C) He is indifferent to the family’s affairs
(D) He is blind to the family’s struggles
40. : How does “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” end?
(A) Maggie leaves Brick to start a new life
(B) The family reconciles and comes together
(C) Brick and Maggie confront their issues, but things remain unresolved
(D) Brick dies from his alcoholism
41. : In “A Streetcar Named Desire,” how does Stanley treat Blanche upon her arrival?
(A) With respect and kindness
(B) With suspicion and hostility
(C) With admiration and affection
(D) With indifference
42. : Which character in “A Streetcar Named Desire” is most associated with the theme of desire?
(A) Blanche
(B) Stanley
(C) Mitch
(D) Stella