MCQs on Restoration Comedy by William Congreve & Wycherley
William Congreve (Restoration Comedy)
Essay of Dramatic Poesy is the creation of
(a) Congreve
(b) Alexander Pope (English poet)
(c) William Shakespeare
(d) Dryden
Question’s Answer: Dryden
Who speaks this line in The Way of the World “A wit should no more be
sincere, than a woman constant”?
(a) Lady Wishfort
(b) Millamant
(c) Mirabel
(d) Witwoud
Question’s Answer: Witwoud
The plays of William Congreve are known as
(a) Comedy of humours
(b) Comedy of errors
(c) Farce
(d) Comedy of manners
Question’s Answer: Comedy of manners
William Congreve was a
(a) Gothic novelist
(b) Restoration dramatist
(c) Jacobean dramatist
(d) Augustan satirist
Question’s Answer: Restoration dramatist
Who speaks this line in The Way of the World “Friendship without freedom is as dull as love without
enjoyment”?
(a) Lady Wishfort
(b) Millamant
(c) Witwoud
(d) Mirabel
Question’s Answer: Witwoud
In Congreve’s The Way of the World Millamant is loved by:
(a) Mr. Fainall
(b) Mirabel
(c) Witwoud
(d) Petulant
Question’s Answer: Mirabel
Millamant appears in Which comedies of Congreve?
(a) The Old Bachelor
(b) The Way of the World
(c) Love for Love
(d) The Country Wife
Question’s Answer: The Way of the World
The display of wit forms an important part of which dramas?
(a) Restoration Comedy
(b) William Shakespearean Tragedy
(c) William Shakespearean comedy
(d) Jacobean Drama
Question’s Answer: Restoration Comedy
Which statements is correct regarding The Way of the World?
(a) Waitwell disguised himself as Sir Rowland
(b) Mirabell disguised himself as Sir Rowland
(c) Witwoud disguised himself as Sir Rowland
(d) Mr. Fainall disguised himself as Sir Rowland
Question’s Answer: Waitwell disguised himself as Sir Rowland
In The Way of the World Mirabel is making pretensions of love towards
(a) Lady Wishfort
(b) Millamant
(c) Mrs. Fainall
(d) Mrs. Marwood
Question’s Answer: Millamant
Which books is a creation of William Congreve?
(a) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(b) She Would if She Could
(c) The Old Bachelor
(d) The Country Wife
Question’s Answer: The Old Bachelor
Which of these is a creation of William Congreve?
(a) The Double Dealer
(b) Love for Love
(c) The Constant Couple
(d) The Way of the World
Question’s Answer: The Way of the World
Which statements is correct?
(a) Etherage is character in a Congreve’s play
(b) Etherage is dramatist novelist a restoration
(c) Etherage is a restoration
(d) Etherage is a contemporary of T.S. Eliot
Question’s Answer: Etherage is a restoration
Waitwell had secretly been joyfully wedded to which of the following?
(a) Mrs. Fainall
(b) Foible
(c) Lady Wishfort
(d) Marwood
Question’s Answer: Foible
In Congreve’s The Way of the World Lady Wishfort is the aunt of which of the following?
(a) Marwood
(b) Mirabel
(c) Mrs. Fainall
(d) Millamant
Question’s Answer: Millamant
Fondle wife is a character in which plays of Congreve?
(a) The Way of the World
(b) Love for Love
(c) The Double Dealer
(d) The Old Bachelor
Question’s Answer: The Old Bachelor
Valentine is a character in a play _________ of Congreve?
(a) The Way of The World
(b) Love for Love
(c) The Old Bachelor
(d) The Double Dealer
Question’s Answer: Love for Love
Which’ statement is correct about “The Way of the World”?
(a) Waitwell was disguised as Sir Rowland and he was to woo Foible
(b) Waitwell was disguised as Sir Rowland and he was to woo Lady Wishfort
(c) Mirabell disguised himself as Sir Rowland
(d) Sir Rowland was sincerely in love with Lady Wishfort
Question’s Answer: Waitwell was disguised as Sir Rowland and he was to woo Lady Wishfort
Who was instrumental in exposing the intrigue which Mirabel was playing upon Lady Wishfort?’
(a) Millamant
(b) Mrs. Marwood and Mr. Fainall
(c) Mrs. Fainall
(d) None of these
Question’s Answer: Mrs. Marwood and Mr. Fainall
Which characters in The Way of the World was sent to prison at the end of the play?
(a) Witwoud
(b) Mr. Fainall
(c) Mirabel
(d) Waitwell
Question’s Answer: Waitwell
Who is the old Bachelor in Congreve’s”The Old Bachelor”?
(a) Mirabel
(b) Witwoud
(c) Heartwell
(d) Fainall
Question’s Answer: Heartwell
Which statement is wrong?
(a) Fainall and Mrs. Fainall have been separated
(b) Mrs. Fainall had a love affair with Mirabell
(c) Fainall and Mrs. Fainall are not on good terms
(d) Mr. Fainall ill-treats Mrs.Fainall
Question’s Answer: Fainall and Mrs. Fainall have been separated
William Wycherley (Restoration Comedy)
In which play of Wycherley the character Manly appears?
(a) The Gentleman Dancing Master
(b) The Country Wife
(c) Love in a Wood
(d) The Plain Dealer
Question’s Answer: The Plain Dealer
Fidellia in Wycherley’s The Plain Dealer is in love with which of the
following characters?
(a) Mirabel
(b) Manly
(c) Fainal
(d) None of these
Question’s Answer: Manly
Who wrote the book the play The Country Wife?
(a) William Congreve
(b) William William Shakespeare
(c) William Wycherley
(d) Thomas Becket
Question’s Answer: William Wycherley
Which plays is a creation of William Wycherley?
(a) The Plain Dealer
(b) She Stoops to Conquer
(c) The Way of the World
(d) The Man of Mode
Question’s Answer: The Plain Dealer
In which play of Wycherley the character Blackacre appears?
(a) Love in a Wood
(b) The Country Wife
(c) The Plain Dealer
(d) The Gentleman Dancing Master
Question’s Answer: The Plain Dealer
In Wycherley’s The Plain Dealer who disguises as a boy to serve Manly?
(a) Blackacre
(b) Fidelia
(c) Millamant
(d) None of these
Question’s Answer: Fidelia
William Wycherley belongs to Which periods?
(a) Restoration Period
(b) Victorian Period
(c) Romantic Period
(d) Elizabethan Period
Question’s Answer: Restoration Period
Olivia is a character in which plays of Wycherley?
(a) The Gentleman Dancing Master
(b) The Country Wife
(c) Love in a Wood
(d) The Plain Dealer
Question’s Answer: The Plain Dealer
Which plays is not a creation of Farquhar?
(a) Love and a Bottle
(b) The Provoked Wife play
(c) The Recruiting Officer
(d) The Constant Couple
Question’s Answer: The Provoked Wife play
In Wycherley’s The Country Wife who proclaims himself to be an cunuch?
(a) Mirabel
(b) Mr. Horner
(c) Manly
(d) None of these
In Wycherley’s The Country Wife which character has happily married the country girl and brought her to London?
(a) Mr. Pinchwife
(b) Mr. Horner
(c) Mirabel
(d) None of these
Question’s Answer: Mr. Pinchwife
Which characters in Wycherley’s The Plain Dealer is the plain dealer?
(a) Mr. Pinchwife
(b) Fidelia
(c) Olivia
(d) Manly
Question’s Answer: Manly
George Farquhar belongs to Which periods?
(a) Restoration Period
(b) Victorian Period
(c) Romantic Period
(d) Elizabethan Period
Question’s Answer: Restoration Period
Which is the last written by Farquhar?
(a) Love and a Bottle
(b) The Constant Couple
(c) The Beaux Stratagem
(d) The Recruiting Officer
Question’s Answer: The Beaux Stratagem
Which plays is a creation of Farquhar?
(a) The Country Wife
(b) The Beaux Stratagem
(c) The Plain Dealer
(d) The Man of Mode
Question’s Answer: The Beaux Stratagem
Silvia is a character in Which plays of Farquhar?
(a) The Recruiting Officer
(b) The Constant Couple
(c) Love and a Bottle
(d) The Beaux Stratagem
Question’s Answer: The Recruiting Officer
George Etherage belongs to Which periods?
(a) Romantic Period
(b) Victorian Period
(c) Restoration Period
(d) Elizabethan Period
Question’s Answer: Restoration Period
Which plays is not a creation of John Vanbrugh?
(a) The Confederacy
(b) The Relapse
(c) The Provoked Wife
(d) The Man of Mode
Question’s Answer: The Man of Mode
Which can be said to be the first accomplished practitioner
of the Restoration Comedy of manners?
(a) William Congreve
(b) William Wycherley
(c) George Etherage
(d) None of these
Question’s Answer: George Etherage
Who wrote the book the play The Provoked Wife?
(a) William Wycherley
(b) William Congreve
(c) John Vanbrugh
(d) George Etherage
Question’s Answer: John Vanbrugh
Which is the first play written by George Etherage?
(a) She Would if She Could
(b) The Comical Revenge
(c) The Man of Mode
(d) The Silent Woman
Question’s Answer: The Comical Revenge
In which play of Etherage, the character Dorimant appears?
(a) The Silent Woman
(b) The Comical Revenge
(c) She Would if She Could
(d) The Man of Mode
Question’s Answer: The Man of Mode
In which play of Etherage, the character Harriet appears?
(a) The Man of Mode
(b) The Comical Revenge
(c) She Would if She Could
(d) None of these
Question’s Answer: The Man of Mode
In which play of Van brugh, Sir John and Lady Brute reveal their mutual antipathy?
(a) The Confederacy
(b) The Relapse
(c) The Provoked Wife
(d) Journey to London
Question’s Answer: The Provoked Wife
John Vanbrugh belongs to which periods?
(a) Romantic Period
(b) Restoration Period
(c) Victorian Period
(d) Elizabethan Period
Question’s Answer: Restoration Period
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