Introduction To Restoration Drama (17th Century)
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The Drama in England after 1660, called the Restoration Drama, showed entirely new trends on account of the long break with the past because in 1642 the theatres were closed by the authority of the parliament which was dominated by Puritans and so no good plays were written from 1642 till the Restoration (coming back of monarchy in England with the accession of Charles-II to the throne) in 1660 when the theatres were re-opened. All the MCQS on Restoration drama are published according to the new study syllabus for academic year 2021-22.
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MCQs on Restoration Drama [Questions and Answers]
✒ Restoration Drama Characteristics:
Q1. After 1660 the drama in England called:
- The Puritan Drama
- The Elizabethan Drama
- The Restoration Drama
Q2. Restoration Drama was greatly affected by the spirit of the new age which was deficient in:
- imagination and emotional approach to life
- poetic feeling
- both a and b
Q3. During Restoration, the common people still under the influence of which movement?
- Realism
- Puritanism
- Humanism
Q4. The most popular form of drama during Restoration was:
- Comedy of Manners
- Satire
- Tragedy
Q5. Which portrayed the sophisticated life of the dominant class of society- its gaiety, foppery, insolence and intrigue during Restoration?
- Tragedy
- Comedy of Manners
- Satire
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Q6. The general tone of Restoration’s Comedy of Manners drama was most aptly described by:
- Shakespeare
- Ben Jonson
- P.B Shelley
Q7. Which period was specialized in “Heroic Tragedy”, ended happily and virtue was always rewarded?
- Puritan Period
- Restoration Period
- Both a and b
✒ William Congreve, the Restoration Dramatist Characteristics:
Q8. The most gifted among all the Restoration dramatists was:
- William Shakespeare
- William Congreve
- Ben Jonson
Q9. Who wrote all his best plays before he was thirty years of age?
- William Congreve (1670-1720)
- John Dryden (1631-1700)
- Both a and b
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Q10. William Congreve well-known comedies are:
- Wild Gallant (1663) ,Love in a Tub (1664)
- Love for Love (1695), The Way of the World (1700)
- None
Q11. On account of the remarkable style, who is put at the head of the Restoration drama?
- William Blake
- William Shakespeare
- William Congreve
✒ John Dryden, The Writer of Heroic Tragedy :
Q12. The chief protagonist and writer of heroic tragedy was:
- Dryden
- Ben Jonson
- Thomas Norton
Q13. Under which leadership, the heroic tragedy dominated the stage from 1660 to 1678?
- John Bunyan
- John Dryden
- John Tillotson
Q14. Dryden heroic tragedy play was/were:
- Tyrannic Love
- The Conquest of Granada
- Both a and b
Q15. The play “All for Love” (1678), was written by:
- Congreve
- Milton
- Dryden
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Q16. How Dryden turns himself away from the conventions of the heroic tragedy?
- He does not give a happy ending to this play
- Ended happily
- None
Q17. The comedies, Wild Gallant, Etheredge’s The Comical Revenge or Love in a Tub, Wycherley’s The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer were written by:
- Viscount Halifax
- Thomas Sprat
- John Dryden