Fortinbras is a character in the play:

A. Othello
B. Hamlet
C. King Lear
D. None of these

Answer

B. Hamlet

Who wrote the preface to Shakespeare:

A. Sir Philip Sydney
B. Dryden
C. Dr Johnson
D. None of these

Answer

C. Dr Johnson

The ‘Tragic Flaw’ is also called:

A. Catharsis
B. Catastrophe
C. Hamartia
D. None of these

Answer

C. Hamartia

The Winter’s Tale is Shakespeare

A. Dramatic monologue
B. Comedy
C. Tragedy
D. None of these

Answer

A. Dramatic monologue

Who is believed to be suffering from Oedipus Complex:

A. Oedipus
B. Hamlet
C. Macbeth
D. None of these

Answer

A. Oedipus

Whose comedies are called ‘Comedies of Mask’:

A. Ben Johnson’s
B. Bernard Shaw’s
C. Shakespeare’s
D. None of these

Answer

B. Bernard Shaw’s

Who belongs to the theatre of Absurd?

A. Oscar Wilde
B. Beckett
C. Ibsen
D. None of these

Answer

B. Beckett

Which of the novels of Hemingway is called Hemingway’s Waste Land?

A. The Old Man and the Sea
B. Farewell to Arms
C. For Whom the Bell Tolls
D. None of these

Answer

D. None of these

Poetry is defined as a ‘Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling’ by:

A. Shelley
B. Coleridge
C. Wordsworth
D. None of these

Answer

C. Wordsworth