John Galsworthy MCQs [English Literature & Famous Authors]

Collection of important MCQs on John Galsworthy

The Show is a satire on-

(A) the journalists

(B) religious hypocrisy

(C) the Labour Unions

(D) the capitalists

Question’s Answer: the journalists


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The Escape depicts the pitiable condition of-

(A) the poor labourers who work in the factories

(B) the persons who come out from the jail after completing their term of imprisonment

(C) the miserable life of women in their homes

(D) the convicts who escape from the jails

Question’s Answer: the persons who come out from the jail after completing their term of imprisonment


The Skin Game brings out the conflict between-

(A) industrialists of different industries

(B) landed aristocrats and the industrialists

(C) the industrialists and the bureaucrats

(D) different political parties

Question’s Answer: landed aristocrats and the industrialists


The Loyalties exposes clash of loyalties towards-

(A) different social classes

(B) regional affiliations

(C) different benefactors who are opposed to each other

(D) different religious sects

Question’s Answer: different religious sects


The play Justice is a satire on which of the following?

(A) the system of paying wages

(C) the system of legal trial

(B) the system of imprisonment

(D) the system of social disparity

Question’s Answer: the system of legal trial


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Galsworthy writes “Jocelyn” was a _____.

(A) A story

(B) A poem

(C) A play

(D) A novel

Question’s Answer: A novel


Galsworthy writes” Dark Flower” was a _____.

(A) A play

(B) A short story

(C) A poem

(D) A story

Question’s Answer: A story


On the models of whose problem plays did John Galsworthy write his plays?

(A) Henrick Ibsen

(B) Arthur Pinero

(C) Henry Arthur Jones

(D) None of these

Question’s Answer: Henrick Ibsen


Galsworthy writes “From the Four Winds” was a _______.

(A) A collection of his verses

(B) A collection of character sketches

(C) A collection of his stories

(D) A dramatic series

Question’s Answer: A collection of his stories


Galsworthy writes “The White Monkey” was a ____.

(A) A short story

(B) A poem

(C) A novel

(D) A play

Question’s Answer: A novel


Galsworthy writes “The Patrician” was a  __.

(A) A character-sketch

(B) A novel

(C) A play

(D) A story

Question’s Answer: A play


In which play does David Roberts appear  as a leading character?

(A) The Pigeon

(B) The Fugitive

(C) The Silver Box

(D) The Strife

Question’s Answer: he Strife


Ann says to her father, “You know what you really are, I suppose, a sickly

sentimentalist.” These lines are taken from which of the following play?

(A) The Pigeon

(B) A Family Man

(C) The Strife

(D) The Male

Question’s Answer: The Pigeon


In which play is John Barthwick a leading character?

(A) The Pigeon

(B) The Silver Box

(C) The Strife

(D) The Eldest Son

Question’s Answer: The Silver Box


Galsworthy writes “The stoan” was a ____.

(A) A play

(B) A novel

(C) A short story

(D) poem

Question’s Answer: A novel


What is central idea/theme  of The Silver Box?

(A) conflict between the rich and the poor

(B) labour and capital conflict

(C) disparity in law

(D) social disparity

Question’s Answer: disparity in law


In which year was Galsworthy awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?

(A) 1930

(B) 1933

(C) 1932

(D) 1931

Question’s Answer: 1932


John Galsworthy published some of his early works under a pseudonym. What name

did he assume?

(A) John Sinjohn

(B) John fiebastian

(C) John Simpkins

(D) John Semplin

Question’s Answer: John Sinjohn


The play Joy exposes the strain and stress of-

(A) a young girl growing into adulthood

(B) a student completing his educational career

(C) a woman unhappily married

(D) an unemployed young man

Question’s Answer: a young girl growing into adulthood


In which play does Falder appear as the central character?

(A) Loyalties

(B) Justice

(C) The Silver Box

(D) The Skin Game

Question’s Answer: Justice


In which play does Stephen More appear as an idealist ?

(A) The Forest

(B) The Skin Game

(C) Loyalties

(D) The Mob

Question’s Answer: The Mob


De Levis and Dancy are the leading characters in which of the following plays? Which

play?

(A) Loyalties

(B) The Eldest Son

(C) The Pigeon

(D) Escape

Question’s Answer: Loyalties


In which play is there a conflict between Hillchrist and Hornblower?

(A) Loyalties

(B) The Mob

(C) The Skin Game

(D) The Pigeon

Question’s Answer: The Skin Gam


Galsworthy writes “Awakening” was a ___.

(A) A play

(B) A novel

(C) A poem

(D) A character-sketch

Question’s Answer: A novel


“Call this justice? What about ‘im? It’s ‘is money got ‘im off-justice!”

In which play do these lines appear?

(A) Justice

(B) The Fugitive

(C) The Silver Box

(D) None of these

Question’s Answer: The Silver Box


“Gentlemen, men like the prisoner are destroyed daily under our law for want of that human insight which sees them as they are, patients, and not criminals”.

These lines are taken from which of the following play?

(A) Justice

(B) The Strife

(C) The Silver Box

(D) The Fugitive

Question’s Answer: Justice


The central idea/theme  of the Strife is-

(A) conflict between the literate and the illiterate

(B) conflict between the rich and the poor.

(C) conflict between different religious sects

(D) conflict between labour and capital

Question’s Answer: conflict between labour and capital


The Pigeon exposes the evils of-

(A) dark cells in the prisons

(B) the insanitary conditions in which the workers work in the factories

(C) shelter-homes and poor-homes

(D) slums in big cities

Question’s Answer: shelter-homes and poor-homes


The Fugitive exposes the tragedy of-

(A) a young woman who marries an elderly man

(B) a child who is left an orphan

(C) a young widow

(D) a wife who leaves her husband

Question’s Answer: a wife who leaves her husband


John Galsworthy has treated the idea/theme  of law and justice in many of his plays. Why?

(A) because his father was an advocate

(B) because he was interested in stories of crime and punishment

(C) because he was himself a qualified advocate

(D) because he had an intimate friend who was a professional detective

Question’s Answer: because he was himself a qualified advocate

John Galsworthy Basic info

Full Name John Galsworthy
Born August 14, 1867
Died January 31, 1933
Nationality English
Occupation Novelist, Playwright
Literary Period Edwardian, Modernism
Famous Works “The Forsyte Saga” series (“The Man of Property”, “In Chancery”, “To Let”), “The Silver Spoon”, “Justice”
Notable Themes Social class, morality, justice, family dynamics
Literary Style Realistic, psychological, social commentary
Influences Realism, Naturalism, Social issues of his time

John Galsworthy Books names

The Forsyte Saga (comprising several novels including “The Man of Property”, “In Chancery”, and “To Let”) 1906-1921
A Man of Devon 1901
The Island Pharisees 1904
The Country House 1907
Fraternity 1909
Villa Rubein 1900
The Silver Box 1906
Strife 1909
Justice 1910
Loyalties 1922
Five Tales 1918

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