1. Which work is a creation of Oliver Goldsmith?
(A) The Alchemist
(B) The Vicar of Wakefield
(C) The Apple Cart
(D) The Rivals
2. Sir William Thornhill (alias Mir Burchel) figures in which of the following?
(A) She Stoops to Conquer
(B) The Vicar of Wakefield
(C) Amelia
(D) None of these
3. Dr. Primrose is a character in the novel
(A) Robinson Crusoe
(B) Pamela
(C) Moll Flanders
(D) The Vicar of Wakefield
4. Which novel is regarded as a “novel of the family and of the home”?
(A) Pamela
(B) Ulysses, a Novel by James Joyce
(C) Tom Jones
(D) The Vicar of Wakefield
5. Which work is not a creation of Oliver Goldsmith?
(A) The Good Natur’d Man
(B) The Old Bachelor
(C) The Traveller
(D) She Stoops to Conquer
6. She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith was inspired by
(A) Farquhar’s Beaux Stratagem
(B) Sheridan’s The Rivals
(C) Congreve’s The Way of the World
(D) Richard Steele’s Tender Husband
7. She Stoops to Conquer has the following full title:
(A) She Stoops to Conquer or The Mistakes of an Evening
(B) She Stoops to Conquer or The Mistakes of a Morning
(C) She Stoops to Conquer or The Mistakes of a Night
(D) She Stoops to Conquer or The Mistakes of a Noon
8. Oliver Goldsmith belongs to which century?
(A) 18th century
(B) 17th century
(C) 19th century
(D) 20th century
9. In the title of the play She Stoops to Conquer, “She” stands for
(A) Miss Kate Hardcastle
(B) Mrs. Hardcastle
(C) Miss Neville
(D) None of these
10. In She Stoops to Conquer, Mr. Hardcastle’s old friend was
(A) Diggory
(B) Sir Charles Marlowe
(C) Hastings
(D) Tony Lumpkin
11. Why is the title She Stoops to Conquer very suitable?
(A) Miss Hardcastle is prepared to do anything to possess Marlowe
(B) Miss Hardcastle supplied very low quality wine to Marlowe
(C) Miss Hardcastle debases herself to fight against Marlowe
(D) Miss Hardcastle stoops to be a barmaid to conquer Marlowe
12. In Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer, who is Tony Lumpkin?
(A) The son of Mrs. Hardcastle and her first husband
(B) The son of Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle
(C) The son of Mr. Hardcastle
(D) The son of Mrs. Hardcastle
13. Who is the character in She Stoops to Conquer who adores everything old?
(A) Hastings
(B) Tony Lumpkin
(C) Mr. Hardcastle
(D) Marlowe
14. In She Stoops to Conquer, Mrs. Hardcastle wanted Tony Lumpkin to marry
(A) Miss Neville
(B) Kate
(C) The barmaid
(D) The village girl
15. Sir Charles Marlowe has proposed a match between young Marlowe and
(A) Miss Neville
(B) Mrs. Hardcastle
(C) Kate Hardcastle
(D) None of these
16. Which statement is correct about Oliver Goldsmith?
(A) Promoted sentimental comedy in English literature
(B) Gave a hard blow to sentimental comedy
(C) His plays are full of pathos and preaching
(D) His comedies deal mainly with sex
17. “The Mistakes of a Night” is the subtitle of
(A) The Rivals
(B) She Stoops to Conquer
(C) Evelina
(D) None of these
18. What year did Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith release?
(A) 1890
(B) 1772
(C) 1774
(D) 1773
19. Which character in She Stoops to Conquer always plays mischievous tricks?
(A) Marlowe
(B) Hastings
(C) Mr. Hardcastle
(D) Tony Lumpkin
20. The essay The Present State of Polite Learning was written by
(A) Oliver Goldsmith
(B) Gosson
(C) Addison
(D) Collier
21. Oliver Goldsmith’s periodical Bee started in
(A) 1762
(B) 1881
(C) 1759
(D) 1756
22. She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by
(A) Butler
(B) Oliver Goldsmith
(C) Eliot
(D) Austen
23. The History of Rome by Oliver Goldsmith was released in
(A) 1769
(B) 1768
(C) 1800
(D) 1791
24. What is the relationship between Hastings and Marlowe in She Stoops to Conquer?
(A) Friends
(B) Brothers
(C) Father and son
(D) Uncle and nephew
25. In She Stoops to Conquer, she is to conquer whom?
(A) Tony Lumpkin
(B) Marlowe
(C) Hastings
(D) Mr. Hardcastle
26. What kind of work is The Vicar of Wakefield?
(A) Novel
(B) Romance
(C) Essay
(D) Play
27. The Good-Natured Man was produced in
(A) 1768
(B) 1802
(C) 1762
(D) 1774
28. The Vicar of Wakefield was written in 1762 and published in
(A) 1776
(B) 1790
(C) 1770
(D) 1778
29. Whose essays were originally published as Chinese Letters?
(A) Addison
(B) Steele
(C) Oliver Goldsmith
(D) Johnson
30. Oliver Goldsmith used the ____ in his The Deserted Village
(A) Blank verse
(B) Heroic couplet
(C) Sonnet form
(D) None of these