1. Essay of Dramatic Poesy is the creation of
(A) Congreve
(B) Alexander Pope (English poet)
(C) William Shakespeare
(D) Dryden
2. 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
3. The plays of William Congreve are known as
(A) Comedy of humours
(B) Comedy of errors
(C) Farce
(D) Comedy of manners
4. William Congreve was a
(A) Gothic novelist
(B) Restoration dramatist
(C) Jacobean dramatist
(D) Augustan satirist
5. 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
6. In Congreve’s The Way of the World, Millamant is loved by
(A) Mr. Fainall
(B) Mirabel
(C) Witwoud
(D) Petulant
7. Millamant appears in which comedy of Congreve?
(A) The Old Bachelor
(B) The Way of the World
(C) Love for Love
(D) The Country Wife
8. 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
9. Which statement 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
10. In The Way of the World, Mirabel is making pretensions of love towards
(A) Lady Wishfort
(B) Millamant
(C) Mrs. Fainall
(D) Mrs. Marwood
11. Which book 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
12. 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
13. Which statement is correct?
(A) Etherage is a character in a Congreve play
(B) Etherage is a dramatist novelist of the Restoration
(C) Etherage is a Restoration
(D) Etherage is a contemporary of T.S. Eliot
14. Waitwell had secretly been joyfully wedded to which of the following?
(A) Mrs. Fainall
(B) Foible
(C) Lady Wishfort
(D) Marwood
15. 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
16. Fondlewife is a character in which play of Congreve?
(A) The Way of the World
(B) Love for Love
(C) The Double Dealer
(D) The Old Bachelor
17. Valentine is a character in which play of Congreve?
(A) The Way of the World
(B) Love for Love
(C) The Old Bachelor
(D) The Double Dealer
18. 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
19. 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
20. Which character 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
21. Who is the Old Bachelor in Congreve’s The Old Bachelor?
(A) Mirabel
(B) Witwoud
(C) Heartwell
(D) Fainall
22. 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