Top 50+ Solved Preface to the Plays of Shakespeare MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Dennis and Rymer think Shakespeare’s Romans are not sufficiently
a. Brave
b. Roman
c. Strong
d. Loyal
Q. A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to
a. Adventurers
b. Farmers
c. Sailors
d. Travellers
Q. Shakespeare had no regard to the unities of
a. action and place
b. time and action
c. time and place
d. action and theme
Q. For Johnson, in Shakespeare’s works, even when the agency is supernatural thedialogue is level with ___.
a. Tragedy
b. Life
c. Nature
d. Character
Q. This, therefore is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the __ of life.
a. Reflection
b. Contemplation
c. Mirror
d. Study
Q. Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in onemind, but in one __.
a. Composition
b. Narration
c. Genre
d. Action
Q. The end of writing is to instruct, the end of poetry is to instruct by __.
a. Writing
b. Composition
c. Pleasing
d. Passion
Q. An action which ended happily to the principal persons is a __.
a. Comedy
b. Tragedy
c. History
d. Tragi- comedy
Q. Tragedy was not in those times a poem of more general dignity or elevation than __.
a. History
b. Tragi-comedy
c. Comedy
d. Drama
Q. According to Dr. Johnson, authors are rated by their best when they are _____.
a. In their prime
b. Matured
c. Old
d. Dead