Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Elizabethan Literature - Literary Genres - Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

 

Literary Genres

Objective Type Questions (Multiple Choice):


1. Who is the tragic hero in Macbeth?

a) Banquo
b
) Duncan
c
) Macbeth
d
) Malcolm


2. What is Macbeths tragic flaw?

a) Indecision
b
) Ambition
c
) Jealousy
d
) Cowardice


3. Who wrote The Tempest?

a) Marlowe
b
) Ben Jonson
c
) Shakespeare
d
) Kyd


4. Tragedy ends in

a) Marriage
b
) Reconciliation
c
) The downfall or death of the hero
d
) None of these


5. Comedy often ends in

a) Death
b
) Tragedy
c
) Marriage or happiness
d
) War


6. Which of the following is a Tragi-Comedy?

a) Hamlet
b
) The Tempest
c
) Othello
d
) Richard III


7. Tragi-Comedy blends

a) Tragedy and Comedy
b
) Romance and Satire
c
) Mystery and Horror
d
) Farce and Masque


8. Which of these plays deals with mistaken identity?

a) Macbeth
b
) Twelfth Night
c
) King Lear
d
) Hamlet


9. Catharsis is a concept associated with

a) Comedy
b
) Tragedy
c
) Masque
d
) Chronicle Play


10. Which playwright popularized the Tragic genre in Elizabethan theatre?

a) Ben Jonson
b
) Christopher Marlowe
c
) Shakespeare
d
) Kyd


11. In a Tragi-Comedy, the hero usually

a) Dies
b
) Lives happily
c
) Goes to war
d
) None of the above


12. What genre is As You Like It?

a) Tragedy
b
) Comedy
c
) Chronicle Play
d
) Masque


13. The Merchant of Venice is best classified as

a) Tragedy
b
) Comedy
c
) Tragi-Comedy
d
) Farce


14. Who kills Macbeth?

a) Banquo
b
) Macduff
c
) Duncan
d
) Lady Macbeth


15. A key theme of Tragedy is

a) Triumph of love
b
) Fate and downfall
c
) Comedy of errors
d
) Romantic love


16. Who is the hero of Othello?

a) Iago
b
) Othello
c
) Cassio
d
) Desdemona


17. Tragi-Comedies avoid the

a) Death of the main characters
b
) Use of humor
c
) Use of serious themes
d
) Comic relief


18. Which genre was often accompanied by music and dance in court performances?

a) Tragi-Comedy
b
) Masque
c
) Chronicle Play
d
) Tragedy


19. Volpone by Ben Jonson is

a) A Tragedy
b
) A Comedy
c
) A Masque
d
) An Allegory


20. Which genre evokes pity and fear?

a) Tragedy
b
) Comedy
c
) Farce
d
) Masque


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Dr. Noojilla Srinivas

Lecturer in English, Government College (Autonomous),

Rajahmundry

Phone: 7981862200

 


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