The York Collection having _____plays.
(a) 40 plays
(b) 53 plays
(c) 48 plays
(d) 35 plays
Question’s Answer: 48 plays
The Miracles were well established by ____century.
(a) 16th
(b) 20th
(c) 17th
(d) 15th
Question’s Answer: 15th
Which is the language of York plays?
(a) Northumbrian
(b) Scandinavian
(c) Latin
(d) Greek
Question’s Answer: Northumbrian
Which is the earliest morality play?
(a) New Custom
(b) Everyman
(c) The Trial of Treasure
(d) The Castle of Perseverance
Question’s Answer: The Castle of Perseverance
Heywood substituted the abstractions of the moralities with
(a) Supernatural characters
(b) Human characters
(c) Natural characters
(d) Sub-human characters
Question’s Answer: Human characters
“The Mery Play between the Pardoner and the Frere” by Heywood was published in which year?
(a) 1513
(b) 1519
(c) 1533
(d) 1525
Question’s Answer: 1533
A perfect example of pathos in miracles is Abraham and Isaac, in which Abraham offers to sacrifice his beloved ___ .
(a) Son
(b) Brother
(c) Wife
(d) Daughter
Question’s Answer: Son
Of all morality plays, the only one which was so good that it was revived on modern stage in both England and
America, is
(a) Everyman
(b) Hickscorner
(c) Mankind
(d) The Castle of Perseverance
Question’s Answer: Everyman
What is the language of earliest example of miracle plays St. Nicholas?
(a) Greek
(b) French
(c) Latin
(d) Old English
Question’s Answer: Latin
In Heywood’s The Four P’s, a Palmer, a Pardoner, a Potycary and a Pedlar dispute as to which of them can tell
the biggest
(a) Joke
(b) Story
(c) Event
(d) Lie
Question’s Answer: Lie
The most prolific writer of interludes,John Heywood was a______ in the court of Henry VIII.
(a) Musician
(b) Jester
(c) Singer
(d) Poet
Question’s Answer: Musician
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