Here are 50 multiple-choice questions with four options each on Renaissance drama in English literature with answers. (Important for NET, SET, PGT, TGT, PG ENTRANCES AND CUET) 


Note: Some of the plays mentioned are collaborative works or have uncertain authorship, but the answers provided are the most widely accepted attributions.


Renaissance drama, emerging in the 15th and 16th centuries, showcased humanism's influence. Works like Shakespeare's plays explored complex characters, themes, and emotions. The era witnessed a flourishing of theater, blending classical elements with innovation, leaving a lasting impact on dramatic literature.
1. Who is considered the father of English drama during the Renaissance?
   a) Christopher Marlowe
   b) William Shakespeare
   c) Ben Jonson
   d) Thomas Kyd

   **Answer: a) Christopher Marlowe**

2. Which play by Christopher Marlowe is known for its tragic protagonist, Dr. Faustus?
   a) Tamburlaine
   b) The Jew of Malta
   c) Edward II
   d) Doctor Faustus

   **Answer: d) Doctor Faustus**

3. In Shakespeare's plays, what is the term for a humorous character who provides comic relief?
   a) Tragic hero
   b) Foil
   c) Clown
   d) Antagonist

   **Answer: c) Clown**

4. Which play by Shakespeare explores the theme of political ambition and betrayal?
   a) Othello
   b) Macbeth
   c) Hamlet
   d) King Lear

   **Answer: b) Macbeth**

5. Who wrote the play "The Alchemist," a satirical comedy that mocks alchemy and social pretensions?
   a) John Webster
   b) Thomas Middleton
   c) Ben Jonson
   d) Thomas Dekker

   **Answer: c) Ben Jonson**

6. Which Renaissance playwright is known for the revenge tragedy "The Spanish Tragedy"?
   a) Christopher Marlowe
   b) Thomas Kyd
   c) John Webster
   d) Ben Jonson

   **Answer: b) Thomas Kyd**

7. What is the term for the poetic form often used in Shakespeare's plays, characterized by 14 lines and iambic pentameter?
   a) Sonnet
   b) Blank verse
   c) Rhymed couplet
   d) Stanza

   **Answer: b) Blank verse**

8. In "A Midsummer Night's Dream," who is the king of the fairies?
   a) Oberon
   b) Puck
   c) Titania
   d) Bottom

   **Answer: a) Oberon**

9. Which play by Shakespeare features the character Shylock, a Jewish moneylender?
   a) The Merchant of Venice
   b) Measure for Measure
   c) Twelfth Night
   d) As You Like It

   **Answer: a) The Merchant of Venice**

10. What is the term for the final resolution or outcome of a play, particularly a comedy?
    a) Exposition
    b) Climax
    c) Denouement
    d) Catastrophe

    **Answer: c) Denouement**

11. Who is the central character in Christopher Marlowe's play "Tamburlaine the Great"?
    a) Tamburlaine
    b) Faustus
    c) Barabas
    d) Edward II

    **Answer: a) Tamburlaine**

12. In which play by Shakespeare does the character Iago manipulate others to bring about tragic events?
    a) Othello
    b) King Lear
    c) Julius Caesar
    d) Romeo and Juliet

    **Answer: a) Othello**

13. Which Renaissance playwright is known for the dark and violent tragedy "The Duchess of Malfi"?
    a) Christopher Marlowe
    b) John Webster
    c) Ben Jonson
    d) Thomas Kyd

    **Answer: b) John Webster**

14. What is the term for the technique in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, revealing inner feelings to the audience?
    a) Monologue
    b) Soliloquy
    c) Dialogue
    d) Aside

    **Answer: b) Soliloquy**

15. Which play by Shakespeare features the famous line, "To be or not to be, that is the question"?
    a) Macbeth
    b) Hamlet
    c) King Lear
    d) Julius Caesar

    **Answer: b) Hamlet**

16. What is the term for a play that ends with the main characters restored to order and harmony?
    a) Tragedy
    b) Comedy
    c) History
    d) Romance

    **Answer: b) Comedy**

17. Which Renaissance playwright wrote the tragic play "The White Devil"?
    a) Thomas Middleton
    b) John Webster
    c) Ben Jonson
    d) Christopher Marlowe

    **Answer: b) John Webster**

18. What is the term for a recurring theme, subject, or idea in a work of literature?
    a) Motif
    b) Theme
    c) Allegory
    d) Symbol

    **Answer: a) Motif**

19. In which play by Shakespeare does the character Portia disguise herself as a legal authority to save Antonio?
    a) The Taming of the Shrew
    b) Much Ado About Nothing
    c) Measure for Measure
    d) The Merchant of Venice

    **Answer: d) The Merchant of Venice**

20. Which Renaissance playwright is known for the comedy "Volpone"?
    a) Ben Jonson
    b) Christopher Marlowe
    c) Thomas Dekker
    d) John Webster

    **Answer: a) Ben Jonson**

21. In "Romeo and Juliet," which two families are feuding, leading to the tragedy?
    a) Montague and Capulet
    b) Macbeth and Duncan
    c) Hamlet and Claudius
    d) Othello and Iago

    **Answer: a) Montague and Capulet**

22. Who wrote the play "The Roaring Girl," a city comedy that challenges gender roles and stereotypes?
    a) Thomas Middleton
    b) Ben Jonson
    c) John Webster
    d) Thomas Dekker

    **Answer: d) Thomas Dekker**

23. Which play by Christopher Marlowe is based on the life of the conqueror Tamburlaine?
    a) Doctor Faustus
    b) The Jew of Malta
    c) Edward II
    d) Tamburlaine the Great

    **Answer: d) Tamburlaine the Great**

24. What is the term for a brief and often humorous statement or comment in a play?
    a) Soliloquy
    b) Monologue
    c) Pun
    d) Aside

    **Answer: d) Aside**

25. In "The Tempest," who is the rightful Duke of Milan, overthrown by his brother Antonio?
    a) Prospero
    b) Miranda
    c) Ariel
    d) Caliban

    **Answer: a) Prospero**

26. Which play by Ben Jonson satirizes the greed and corruption in London society?
    a) The Alchemist
    b) Volpone
    c) Every Man in His Humour
    d) Bartholomew Fair

    **Answer: b) Volpone**

27. What is the term for a play that presents a series of loosely connected scenes rather than a unified plot?
    a) Comedy
    b) Tragedy
    c) Chronicle play
    d) Masque

    **Answer: c) Chronicle play**

28. Which play by Shakespeare features the character Malvolio, who falls victim to a prank involving a fake letter?
    a) Twelfth Night
    b) Much Ado About Nothing
    c) As You Like It
    d) A Midsummer Night's Dream

    **Answer: a) Twelfth Night**

29. In "Hamlet," who is Hamlet's love interest and Ophelia's brother?
    a) Laertes
    b) Horatio
    c) Polonius
    d) Claudius

    **Answer: a) Laertes**

30. Which Renaissance playwright is known for the play "The Shoemaker's Holiday," a city comedy celebrating the middle class?
    a) Thomas Middleton
    b) John Webster
    c) Thomas Dekker
    d) Ben Jonson

    **Answer: c) Thomas Dekker**

31. Which play by Christopher Marlowe features the line "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships"?
    a) Tamburlaine the Great
    b) Doctor Faustus
    c) Dido, Queen of Carthage
    d) Edward II

    **Answer: b) Doctor Faustus**

32. Who is the protagonist in Ben Jonson's play "Every Man in His Humour"?
    a) Captain Bobadil
    b) Kitely
    c) Justice Clement
    d) Master Stephen

    **Answer: b) Kitely**

33. In "As You Like It," what is the name of the forest where many of the characters seek refuge?
    a) Sherwood Forest
    b) Arden Forest
    c) Windsor Forest
    d) Black Forest

    **Answer: b) Arden Forest**

34. Which Shakespearean play is often considered a "problem play" due to its ambiguous genre and themes?
    a) Measure for Measure
    b) The Winter's Tale
    c) Troilus and Cressida
    d) All's Well That Ends Well

    **Answer: c) Troilus and Cressida**

35. Who wrote the tragedy "The Revenger's Tragedy," which explores themes of revenge and moral corruption?
    a) John Webster
    b) Thomas Middleton
    c) Cyril Tourneur
    d) Thomas Kyd

    **Answer: c) Cyril Tourneur**

36. In "A Midsummer Night's Dream," what is the name of the mischievous fairy who causes confusion with a love potion?
    a) Oberon
    b) Puck
    c) Titania
    d) Cobweb

    **Answer: b) Puck**

37. Which Renaissance playwright is known for the play "The Changeling," a dark tragedy involving murder and deceit?
    a) Thomas Middleton
    b) John Ford
    c) John Webster
    d) Ben Jonson

    **Answer: a) Thomas Middleton**

38. What is the term for a play that presents the downfall of a noble protagonist due to a tragic flaw?
    a) Comedy
    b) History play
    c) Tragedy
    d) Morality play

    **Answer: c) Tragedy**

39. Who is the villainous character in Shakespeare's "Othello" who manipulates Othello into jealousy?
    a) Iago
    b) Cassio
    c) Desdemona
    d) Roderigo

    **Answer: a) Iago**

40. Which play by Christopher Marlowe is based on the life of the historical figure Tamerlane?
    a) Doctor Faustus
    b) Tamburlaine the Great
    c) Dido, Queen of Carthage
    d) Edward II

    **Answer: b) Tamburlaine the Great**

41. Who is credited with writing the play "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay," a comedy that blends science and magic?
    a) Christopher Marlowe
    b) John Lyly
    c) Robert Greene
    d) George Peele

    **Answer: c) Robert Greene**

42. Which University Wit wrote the prose romance "Euphues," known for its elaborate and ornate style?
    a) Thomas Nashe
    b) John Lyly
    c) Robert Greene
    d) Thomas Lodge

    **Answer: b) John Lyly**

43. In which play by Christopher Marlowe does the protagonist, Barabas, enact a series of revenge plots?
    a) Doctor Faustus
    b) Tamburlaine the Great
    c) The Jew of Malta
    d) Edward II

    **Answer: c) The Jew of Malta**

44. Who wrote the play "Arden of Faversham," a domestic tragedy based on a real murder case?
    a) Thomas Kyd
    b) Thomas Middleton
    c) Anonymous (collaborative work)
    d) George Peele

    **Answer: c) Anonymous (collaborative work)**

45. Which University Wit is associated with the play "Endymion," known for its pastoral and mythological themes?
    a) John Lyly
    b) Thomas Nashe
    c) Thomas Kyd
    d) Robert Greene

    **Answer: a) John Lyly**

46. In "The Spanish Tragedy," who seeks revenge for the death of his son, Horatio?
    a) Kyd
    b) Hieronimo
    c) Bel-imperia
    d) Lorenzo

    **Answer: b) Hieronimo**

47. Who wrote the play "Locrine," a historical drama focusing on the legendary origins of the British monarchy?
    a) Thomas Kyd
    b) Christopher Marlowe
    c) John Lyly
    d) Anonymous (collaborative work)

    **Answer: d) Anonymous (collaborative work)**

48. Which University Wit is known for the pastoral comedy "The Lady of May" and the play "The Looking Glass for London and England"?
    a) John Lyly
    b) Robert Greene
    c) Thomas Lodge
    d) Thomas Nashe

    **Answer: b) Robert Greene**

49. In "The Shoemaker's Holiday," who disguises himself as a Dutch shoemaker to pursue his love interest?
    a) Hammon
    b) Simon Eyre
    c) Rowland Lacy
    d) Hans

    **Answer: c) Rowland Lacy**

50. Which University Wit is associated with the play "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay," known for its use of magic and supernatural elements?
    a) Thomas Kyd
    b) Christopher Marlowe
    c) Robert Greene
    d) George Peele

    **Answer: c) Robert Greene**



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