Here are 82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature. This post is helpful for many exams related to English Literature.
Sure, here are 100 multiple choice questions on modern drama and their works in English literature:
1. Who wrote "Waiting for Godot"?
a) Samuel Beckett
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Harold Pinter
- Answer: a) Samuel Beckett
2. Which play is known for its exploration of the futility of human existence?
a) "The Glass Menagerie"
b) "The Birthday Party"
c) "The Zoo Story"
d) "Waiting for Godot"
- Answer: d) "Waiting for Godot"
3. "The Crucible" is a play by which American playwright?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur Miller
c) Edward Albee
d) Eugene O'Neill
- Answer: b) Arthur Miller
4. Who wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire"?
a) Eugene O'Neill
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tennessee Williams
d) Harold Pinter
- Answer: c) Tennessee Williams
5. In which play does the character of Blanche DuBois appear?
a) "Death of a Salesman"
b) "A Raisin in the Sun"
c) "A Streetcar Named Desire"
d) "Long Day's Journey into Night"
- Answer: c) "A Streetcar Named Desire"
6. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is a play by which playwright?
a) Edward Albee
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tennessee Williams
d) Harold Pinter
- Answer: a) Edward Albee
7. "Look Back in Anger" is a play by which British playwright?
a) Harold Pinter
b) John Osborne
c) Tom Stoppard
d) Caryl Churchill
- Answer: b) John Osborne
8. Which of the following is NOT a play by Harold Pinter?
a) "The Birthday Party"
b) "The Homecoming"
c) "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
d) "The Caretaker"
- Answer: c) "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
9. "The Glass Menagerie" is a semi-autobiographical play by which playwright?
a) Eugene O'Neill
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Edward Albee
- Answer: b) Tennessee Williams
10. "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" is a play by which playwright?
a) Tom Stoppard
b) Harold Pinter
c) Caryl Churchill
d) Edward Albee
- Answer: a) Tom Stoppard
11. Who wrote "The Birthday Party"?
a) Samuel Beckett
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Harold Pinter
d) Arthur Miller
- Answer: c) Harold Pinter
12. "The Homecoming" is a play by which British playwright?
a) Harold Pinter
b) John Osborne
c) Tom Stoppard
d) Caryl Churchill
- Answer: a) Harold Pinter
13. Which of the following plays is a satire on the American Dream?
a) "The Zoo Story"
b) "Death of a Salesman"
c) "A Streetcar Named Desire"
d) "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
- Answer: b) "Death of a Salesman"
14. "The Cherry Orchard" is a play by which Russian playwright?
a) Fyodor Dostoevsky
b) Anton Chekhov
c) Leo Tolstoy
d) Maxim Gorky
- Answer: b) Anton Chekhov
15. "Pygmalion" is a play by which Irish playwright?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Samuel Beckett
d) William Butler Yeats
- Answer: a) George Bernard Shaw
16. Who wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest"?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Samuel Beckett
d) William Butler Yeats
- Answer: b) Oscar Wilde
17. "Six Characters in Search of an Author" is a play by which Italian playwright?
a) Luigi Pirandello
b) Dario Fo
c) Federico GarcÃa Lorca
d) Eugène Ionesco
- Answer: a) Luigi Pirandello
18. Who wrote "The Master Builder"?
a) Henrik Ibsen
b) August Strindberg
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Luigi Pirandello
- Answer: a) Henrik Ibsen
19. "Long Day's Journey into Night" is a semi-autobiographical play by which American playwright?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur Miller
c) Eugene O'Neill
d) Edward Albee
- Answer: c) Eugene O'Neill
20. Who wrote "The Seagull"?
a) Anton Chekhov
b) Henrik Ibsen
c) August Strindberg
d) Luigi Pirandello
- Answer: a) Anton Chekhov
21. "Mother Courage and Her Children" is a play by which German playwright?
a) Friedrich Schiller
b) Bertolt Brecht
c) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
d) Heinrich von Kleist
- Answer: b) Bertolt Brecht
22. "No Exit" is a play by which French playwright?
a) Jean-Paul Sartre
b) Albert Camus
c) Eugène Ionesco
d) Jean Anouilh
- Answer: a) Jean-Paul Sartre
23. Who wrote "The Bald Soprano"?
a) Jean-Paul Sartre
b) Albert Camus
c) Eugène Ionesco
d) Jean Anouilh
- Answer: c) Eugène Ionesco
24. "The Iceman Cometh" is a play by which American playwright?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur Miller
c) Eugene O'Neill
d) Edward Albee
- Answer: c) Eugene O'Neill
25. Who wrote "The Wild Duck"?
a) Anton Chekhov
b) Henrik Ibsen
c) August Strindberg
d) Luigi Pirandello
- Answer: b) Henrik Ibsen
26. "The Lower Depths" is a play by which Russian playwright?
a) Fyodor Dostoevsky
b) Anton Chekhov
c) Leo Tolstoy
d) Maxim Gorky
- Answer: d) Maxim Gorky
27. "The Dance of Death" is a play by which Swedish playwright?
a) August Strindberg
b) Henrik
Ibsen
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Luigi Pirandello
- Answer: a) August Strindberg
28. Who wrote "Miss Julie"?
a) Henrik Ibsen
b) August Strindberg
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Luigi Pirandello
- Answer: b) August Strindberg
29. "Hedda Gabler" is a play by which Norwegian playwright?
a) Henrik Ibsen
b) August Strindberg
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Luigi Pirandello
- Answer: a) Henrik Ibsen
30. Who wrote "The Playboy of the Western World"?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Samuel Beckett
d) J.M. Synge
- Answer: d) J.M. Synge
31. "The Hairy Ape" is a play by which American playwright?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur Miller
c) Eugene O'Neill
d) Edward Albee
- Answer: c) Eugene O'Neill
32. Who wrote "Strange Interlude"?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur Miller
c) Eugene O'Neill
d) Edward Albee
- Answer: c) Eugene O'Neill
33. "The Children's Hour" is a play by which American playwright?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur Miller
c) Lillian Hellman
d) Edward Albee
- Answer: c) Lillian Hellman
34. Who wrote "The Good Woman of Setzuan"?
a) Bertolt Brecht
b) Friedrich Schiller
c) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
d) Heinrich von Kleist
- Answer: a) Bertolt Brecht
35. "The Visit" is a play by which Swiss playwright?
a) Friedrich Dürrenmatt
b) Max Frisch
c) Thomas Bernhard
d) Elfriede Jelinek
- Answer: a) Friedrich Dürrenmatt
36. Who wrote "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui"?
a) Bertolt Brecht
b) Friedrich Schiller
c) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
d) Heinrich von Kleist
- Answer: a) Bertolt Brecht
37. "Endgame" is a play by which Irish playwright?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Samuel Beckett
d) William Butler Yeats
- Answer: c) Samuel Beckett
38. Who wrote "Krapp's Last Tape"?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Samuel Beckett
d) William Butler Yeats
- Answer: c) Samuel Beckett
39. "The Plough and the Stars" is a play by which Irish playwright?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Samuel Beckett
d) Sean O'Casey
- Answer: d) Sean O'Casey
40. Who wrote "Juno and the Paycock"?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Samuel Beckett
d) Sean O'Casey
- Answer: d) Sean O'Casey
41. "Major Barbara" is a play by which Irish playwright?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Samuel Beckett
d) Sean O'Casey
- Answer: a) George Bernard Shaw
42. Who wrote "Man and Superman"?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Samuel Beckett
d) Sean O'Casey
- Answer: a) George Bernard Shaw
43. "The Duchess of Malfi" is a play by which English playwright?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Christopher Marlowe
c) Ben Jonson
d) John Webster
- Answer: d) John Webster
44. Who wrote "The Alchemist"?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Christopher Marlowe
c) Ben Jonson
d) John Webster
- Answer: c) Ben Jonson
45. "Volpone" is a play by which English playwright?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Christopher Marlowe
c) Ben Jonson
d) John Webster
- Answer: c) Ben Jonson
46. Who wrote "Doctor Faustus"?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Christopher Marlowe
c) Ben Jonson
d) John Webster
- Answer: b) Christopher Marlowe
47. "The Rover" is a play by which English playwright?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Christopher Marlowe
c) Aphra Behn
d) John Dryden
- Answer: c) Aphra Behn
48. Who wrote "Tartuffe"?
a) Molière
b) Jean Racine
c) Pierre Corneille
d) Voltaire
- Answer: a) Molière
49. "The School for Scandal" is a play by which English playwright?
a) Richard Brinsley Sheridan
b) Oliver Goldsmith
c) John Vanbrugh
d) William Wycherley
- Answer: a) Richard Brinsley Sheridan
50. Who wrote "She Stoops to Conquer"?
a) Richard Brinsley Sheridan
b) Oliver Goldsmith
c) John Vanbrugh
d) William Wycherley
- Answer: b) Oliver Goldsmith
51. "The Way of the World" is a play by which English playwright?
a) Richard Brinsley Sheridan
b) Oliver Goldsmith
c) William Congreve
d) George Farquhar
- Answer: c) William Congreve
52. Who wrote "The Beaux' Stratagem"?
a) Richard Brinsley Sheridan
b) Oliver Goldsmith
c) John Vanbrugh
d) George Farquhar
- Answer: d) George Farquhar
53. "Candida" is a play by which Irish playwright?
a) George Bernard Shaw
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Samuel Beckett
d) Sean O'Casey
- Answer: a) George Bernard Shaw
54. Who wrote "The Rover"?
a) Aphra Behn
b) William Wycherley
c) John Dryden
d) Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Answer: a) Aphra Behn
55. "The Rover" is known for its exploration of:
a) Political corruption
b) Sexual politics
c) Class conflict
d) Religious hypocrisy
- Answer: b) Sexual politics
56.
"A Doll's House" is a play by which Norwegian playwright?
a) Henrik Ibsen
b) August Strindberg
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Luigi Pirandello
- Answer: a) Henrik Ibsen
57. Who wrote "Ghosts"?
a) Henrik Ibsen
b) August Strindberg
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Luigi Pirandello
- Answer: a) Henrik Ibsen
58. "Ghosts" is known for its exploration of:
a) Family secrets
b) The supernatural
c) Social injustice
d) Political corruption
- Answer: a) Family secrets
59. "The Master Builder" is a play by which Norwegian playwright?
a) Henrik Ibsen
b) August Strindberg
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Luigi Pirandello
- Answer: a) Henrik Ibsen
60. Who wrote "The Father"?
a) August Strindberg
b) Henrik Ibsen
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Luigi Pirandello
- Answer: a) August Strindberg
61. "The Father" is known for its exploration of:
a) Parent-child relationships
b) Gender roles
c) Class conflict
d) Existential despair
- Answer: b) Gender roles
62. "A Doll's House" is known for its portrayal of:
a) A woman's struggle for independence
b) Political revolution
c) Religious dogma
d) Economic disparity
- Answer: a) A woman's struggle for independence
63. "Hedda Gabler" is known for its exploration of:
a) Marital discord
b) Social class
c) Psychological manipulation
d) Existential angst
- Answer: c) Psychological manipulation
64. "The Cherry Orchard" is known for its portrayal of:
a) The decline of the aristocracy
b) Industrialization
c) Revolutionary fervor
d) Rural life
- Answer: a) The decline of the aristocracy
65. "The Wild Duck" is known for its exploration of:
a) Family secrets
b) Political corruption
c) Environmental conservation
d) Technological advancement
- Answer: a) Family secrets
66. "The Lower Depths" is known for its portrayal of:
a) Poverty and despair
b) Romantic love
c) Intellectual debate
d) Social activism
- Answer: a) Poverty and despair
67. "Miss Julie" is known for its exploration of:
a) Class conflict
b) Romantic love
c) Existential angst
d) Political revolution
- Answer: a) Class conflict
68. "The Glass Menagerie" is known for its portrayal of:
a) Family dysfunction
b) Political corruption
c) Economic disparity
d) Psychological warfare
- Answer: a) Family dysfunction
69. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is known for its exploration of:
a) Marital discord
b) Political revolution
c) Religious dogma
d) Economic disparity
- Answer: a) Marital discord
70. "Look Back in Anger" is known for its portrayal of:
a) The Angry Young Man
b) Social conformity
c) Political corruption
d) Existential despair
- Answer: a) The Angry Young Man
71. "The Crucible" is known for its exploration of:
a) McCarthyism
b) The Salem Witch Trials
c) The French Revolution
d) The Russian Revolution
- Answer: b) The Salem Witch Trials
72. "Death of a Salesman" is known for its portrayal of:
a) The American Dream
b) Political revolution
c) Family secrets
d) Religious dogma
- Answer: a) The American Dream
73. "A Streetcar Named Desire" is known for its exploration of:
a) Desire and decay
b) Social conformity
c) Existential angst
d) Political revolution
- Answer: a) Desire and decay
74. "Waiting for Godot" is known for its portrayal of:
a) The absurdity of human existence
b) The search for meaning
c) Political revolution
d) Religious dogma
- Answer: a) The absurdity of human existence
75. "Six Characters in Search of an Author" is known for its exploration of:
a) The nature of reality
b) The decline of the aristocracy
c) The search for identity
d) The futility of human existence
- Answer: a) The nature of reality
76. "No Exit" is known for its portrayal of:
a) Hell as other people
b) The search for redemption
c) The decline of the aristocracy
d) The absurdity of human existence
- Answer: a) Hell as other people
77. "The Bald Soprano" is known for its exploration of:
a) The breakdown of communication
b) The decline of the aristocracy
c) The nature of reality
d) The search for meaning
- Answer: a) The breakdown of communication
78. "The Iceman Cometh" is known for its portrayal of:
a) The search for redemption
b) The decline of the aristocracy
c) The futility of human existence
d) The nature of reality
- Answer: c) The futility of human existence
79. "Endgame" is known for its exploration of:
a) The absurdity of human existence
b) The decline of the aristocracy
c) The nature of reality
d) The search for meaning
- Answer: a) The absurdity of human existence
80. "Krapp's Last Tape" is known for its portrayal of:
a) Memory and nostalgia
b) The decline of the aristocracy
c) The search for redemption
d) The futility of human existence
- Answer: a) Memory and nostalgia
81. "The Plough and the Stars" is known for its exploration of:
a) The Easter Rising
b) The decline of the aristocracy
c) The search for meaning
d) The nature of reality
- Answer: a) The Easter Rising
82. "Juno and the Paycock" is known for its portrayal of:
a) The struggles of the Irish working class
b) The decline of the aristocracy
c) The search for redemption
d) The nature of reality
- Answer: a) The struggles of the Irish working class
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82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
82 Important MCQs on Modern Drama in English Literature
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