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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on Drama and Its Types

1. What is the primary purpose of a comedy?

a) To explore serious themes

b) To amuse the audience

c) To depict heroic grandeur

d) To focus on revenge

2. Which play is an example of a revenge tragedy?

a) The Tempest

b) Hamlet

c) As You Like It

d) The Indian Emperor

3. What is the distinguishing feature of a monodrama?

a) It is written in heroic couplets.

b) It involves a single character on stage.

c) It blends tragedy and comedy.

d) It presents a quest for vengeance.

4. Which form of drama is primarily intended for reading rather than


performance?

a) Closet drama

b) Comedy of manners

c) Morality play

d) Melodrama

5. What is the primary theme of a romantic comedy?

a) Love and its complications

b) Revenge and justice

c) Moral lessons
d) Supernatural events

6. What characterizes a heroic tragedy?

a) Focus on revenge and bloodshed

b) Grand themes and epic grandeur

c) Use of Biblical stories

d) Allegorical presentation of Christian life

7. Who is considered a pioneer of heroic tragedy?

a) Ben Jonson

b) John Dryden

c) William Shakespeare

d) Aristophanes

8. Which genre features characters behaving according to their


temperaments (humours)?

a) Comedy of manners

b) Comedy of humours

c) Romantic comedy

d) Melodrama

9. What is the purpose of a morality play?

a) To amuse the audience

b) To allegorically present an ideal Christian life

c) To explore court corruption

d) To portray absurdity

10. Which of the following is NOT a feature of a revenge tragedy?

a) Philosophical soliloquies

b) Secret murder

c) Focus on love stories

d) Disguise and intrigue


11. What is the tone of a typical comedy?

a) Playful

b) Tragic

c) Serious

d) Philosophical

12. Which play is an example of a tragi-comedy?

a) Every Man in His Humour

b) Winter's Tale

c) The Black Prince

d) Duchess of Malfi

13. What is the main focus of a melodrama?

a) Exposing societal vices

b) Dramatizing emotions and sensational events

c) Presenting a single character

d) Addressing Biblical stories

14. Which of the following is a characteristic of the Theatre of the


Absurd?

a) Focus on revenge and intrigue

b) Exploration of life's meaninglessness

c) Presentation of a Christian ideal

d) Love stories with happy endings

15. Which form of drama was popular during the Middle Ages and
depicted saints' lives?

a) Miracle play

b) Morality play

c) Interlude

d) Closet drama
16. What is the main characteristic of Restoration comedy?

a) Use of heroic couplets

b) Exploration of manners and societal norms

c) Focus on Biblical themes

d) Presentation of ghostly figures

17. Which genre is based on Biblical stories and performed during


the Middle Ages?

a) Mysterious play

b) Comedy of manners

c) Closet drama

d) Revenge tragedy

18. What does a tragi-comedy aim to depict?

a) Life's mixture of joy and sorrow

b) The downfall of a hero

c) Court corruption and tyranny

d) Lighthearted love stories

19. Which play is an example of a comedy of manners?

a) The Way of the World by William Congreve

b) Hamlet by William Shakespeare

c) Samson Agonistes by John Milton

d) Every Man in His Humour by Ben Jonson

20. What is the primary feature of romantic comedy?

a) Conflict between love and honour

b) Satirical representation of society

c) Love overcoming obstacles

d) Depiction of court intrigues

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