Top 550+ Solved Social and Cultural History of Britain MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night also has a little
a. what you wish?
b. what you like?
c. what you will?
d. what you speak?
Q. Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well is called a
a. alow romantic comedy
b. a high romantic comedy
c. a problem comedy
d. a sentimental comedy
Q. Who has been called England’s “National Homer”?
a. thomas cranmer
b. john rogers
c. richard hakluyt
d. john wycliff
Q. Renaissance means…………
a. the revival of life
b. tthe revival of learning
c. the revival of science
d. the revival of essence
Q. The chief characteristic of the Renaissance was its………..
a. emphasis on traditionalism
b. emphasis on humanism
c. emphasis on classicism
d. emphasis on individual talent
Q. What was the name of Shakespeare’s father?
a. thomas shakespeare
b. joseph shakespeare
c. john shakespeare
d. jonathan shakespeare
Q. The private theatres in Elizabethan period were designed on the model of ………….
a. the greek theatres
b. the guild halls
c. the babylonian structures
d. the royal theatres
Q. In Elizabethan theatres there was a jester to dance between the acts ………
a. to tell the story
b. tto introduce the actors
c. to keep up the spirits of the audience
d. to examine audience’s responses
Q. In which of the following tragedies did Shakespeare act a part?
a. the device is an ass
b. the new inne
c. catiline
d. sejanus his fall
Q. Who is regarded as “the first great English Neolithic-Classicist”?
a. ben jonson
b. francis beaumont
c. thomas heywood
d. john webster
Q. When was the Tudor Dynasty brought to close?
a. by the death of henry i.
b. by the death of elizabeth in 1603.
c. by the death of james i.
d. by the dominance of civil war.
Q. Who amongst the following prose writers was appointed tutor to Queen Elizabeth and Latinsecretary to Queen Mary?
a. roger ascham
b. lord francis bacon
c. john lyly
d. richard hooker
Q. The Phrase Jacobean Drama is related to ……….
a. the drama of the age of james iv
b. the drama of the age of james i
c. the drama of the age of charles i
d. the drama of the age of elizabeth.
Q. Who is called the originator of the “Comedy of Manners”?
a. ben jonson
b. william congreve
c. richard hooker
d. john earle