William Congreve – Previous Year UGC-NET English Literature Quiz
1. Which of the following are the major themes in William Congreve’s The Way of the World?
2. In the epilogue to Congreve’s Way of the World there is a warning:
Others there are whose malice we’d prevent,
Such, who watch plays, with scurrilous intent
To mark out who by characters are meant.
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These, with false glosses feed their own ill – nature,
And turn to libel, what was meant a satire.
Such, who watch plays, with scurrilous intent
To mark out who by characters are meant.
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These, with false glosses feed their own ill – nature,
And turn to libel, what was meant a satire.
What does this warning mean?
3. In William Congreve’s The Way of the World Fainall is Lady Wishfort’s
4. Which of the following plays is not written by Congreve?
5. Congreve’s The Way of the World ends with:
6. The Restoration comedy, The Double Dealer was written by
7. What is common to the following writers? Identify the correct description below:
William Congreve
George Etherege
William Wycherley
Thomas Otway
8. Where does Act I Scene 1 of William Congreve’s Way of the World open?
9. The following are two lists of dramatists and their plays. Match them:
(Dramatists):
I. George Etherege
II. William Wycherley
III. John Vanbrugh
IV. William Congreve
(Plays):
1. The Country Wife
2. The Man of Mode
3. The Double Dealer
4. The Provok’d Wife
The correct combination is: I II III IV
10. “Heav’n has no rage, like love to hatred turn’d / Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn’d.” Identify the text in which the above quote occurs:
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11. Whom does Mirabell deceive into believing that he loves her in The Way of the World?
12. In William Congreve’s The Way of the World identify the speaker of the line: “One’s cruelty is one’s power, and when one parts with one’s cruelty, one parts with one’s power.”
13. In 1692 William Congreve published Incognita, a work of fiction which is dubbed a ‘novel’ on its title-page. What is the sub-title?
14. Which of the following statements is true of The Way of the World?
15. Jeremy Collier’s A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage attacked among others.
16. In Restoration comedy, character names often reveal character traits. What trait does the name Sir Wilfull Witwoud reveal?
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