Who is the author of the play “Hamlet”?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) George Bernard Shaw
d) Arthur Miller
Answer: a) William Shakespeare
In which play does the character Macbeth appear?
a) Romeo and Juliet
b) Othello
c) Macbeth
d) The Tempest
Answer: c) Macbeth
Which of the following plays is written by Harold Pinter?
a) The Importance of Being Earnest
b) Death of a Salesman
c) The Birthday Party
d) An Inspector Calls
Answer: c) The Birthday Party
In “A Streetcar Named Desire,” who utters the famous line, “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers?
a) Blanche DuBois
b) Stanley Kowalski
c) Stella Kowalski
d) Mitch
Answer: a) Blanche DuBois
Who is the protagonist of the play “The Crucible”?
a) John Proctor
b) Abigail Williams
c) Reverend Hale
d) Elizabeth Proctor
Answer: a) John Proctor
Which Shakespearean play features the character Othello?
a) Much Ado About Nothing
b) Twelfth Night
c) Othello
d) King Lear
Answer: c) Othello
Who is the author of the play “The Importance of Being Earnest?
a) Oscar Wilde
b) George Bernard Shaw
c) Samuel Beckett
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: a) Oscar Wilde
The character Lady Macbeth is married to which title character in the play “Macbeth”?
a) King Duncan
b) Banquo
c) Macduff
d) Macbeth
Answer: d) Macbeth
Who wrote the play “Waiting for Godot”?
a) Samuel Beckett
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tom Stoppard
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: a) Samuel Beckett
In the play “An Inspector Calls,” what is the inspector’s name?
a) Inspector Smith
b) Inspector Goole
c) Inspector Brown
d) Inspector Johnson
Answer: b) Inspector Goole
Which play by Arthur Miller centers around the Salem witch trials?
a) Death of a Salesman
b) The Crucible
c) A View from the Bridge
d) All My Sons
Answer: b) The Crucible
Who is the tragic hero in Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”?
a) Othello
b) Macbeth
c) Hamlet
d) Romeo
Answer: c) Hamlet
In “Romeo and Juliet,” who is Juliet’s cousin that Tybalt kills?
a) Paris
b) Mercutio
c) Benvolio
d) Friar Laurence
Answer: b) Mercutio
Who is the author of the play “Pygmalion”?
a) Harold Pinter
b) George Bernard Shaw
c) Oscar Wilde
d) Tom Stoppard
Answer: b) George Bernard Shaw
In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who is the King of the Fairies?
a) Oberon
b) Puck
c) Titania
d) Bottom
Answer: a) Oberon
Which play by Tennessee Williams features the character Stanley Kowalski?
a) The Glass Menagerie
b) A Streetcar Named Desire
c) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
d) Sweet Bird of Youth
Answer: b) A Streetcar Named Desire
Who is the author of the play “Arcadia”?
a) Tom Stoppard
b) Samuel Beckett
c) Harold Pinter
d) Arthur Miller
Answer: a) Tom Stoppard
In the play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” what is the relationship between George and Martha?
a) Siblings
b) Colleagues
c) Married
d) Friends
Answer: c) Married
Who wrote the play “Journey’s End”?
a) Harold Pinter
b) R. C. Sherriff
c) Noël Coward
d) Alan Ayckbourn
Answer: b) R. C. Sherriff
In “The Tempest,” who is the rightful Duke of Milan?
a) Caliban
b) Ariel
c) Prospero
d) Alonso
Answer: c) Prospero
Who is the playwright of the play “The Homecoming”?
a) Harold Pinter
b) Edward Albee
c) Tom Stoppard
d) Samuel Beckett
Answer: a) Harold Pinter
In “An Inspector Calls,” which family is being questioned by the inspector for their involvement in Eva Smith’s death?
a) The Birling family
b) The Smith family
c) The Johnson family
d) The Goole family
Answer: a) The Birling family
Who wrote the play “Look Back in Anger”?
a) John Osborne
b) Harold Pinter
c) David Mamet
d) Alan Bennett
Answer: a) John Osborne
In “The Importance of Being Earnest,” who adopts the pseudonym “Ernest” to win Gwendolen’s heart?
a) Algernon
b) Jack
c) Lady Bracknell
d) Cecily
Answer: b) Jack
Who is the author of the play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”?
a) Tom Stoppard
b) Samuel Beckett
c) Harold Pinter
d) David Mamet
Answer: a) Tom Stoppard
In “Antigone,” who is the ruler of Thebes?
a) Antigone
b) Ismene
c) Creon
d) Oedipus
Answer: c) Creon
Who is the author of the play “The Cherry Orchard”?
a) Anton Chekhov
b) George Bernard Shaw
c) Eugene O’Neill
d) Henrik Ibsen
Answer: a) Anton Chekhov
In “As You Like It,” which character says the famous line, “All the world’s a stage”?
a) Rosalind
b) Orlando
c) Touchstone
d) Jaques
Answer: d) Jaques
Who wrote the play “The Weir”?
a) Conor McPherson
b) J. B. Priestley
c) Samuel Beckett
d) Tom Stoppard
Answer: a) Conor McPherson
In “King Lear,” who is the loyal nobleman who helps Lear despite being banished?
a) Kent
b) Gloucester
c) Edmund
d) Edgar
Answer: a) Kent
Who is the author of the play “The Birthday Party”?
a) Harold Pinter
b) Samuel Beckett
c) Tom Stoppard
d) Anton Chekhov
Answer: a) Harold Pinter
In “The Glass Menagerie,” who is the overbearing mother of Tom and Laura?
a) Amanda
b) Laura
c) Tom
d) Jim
Answer: a) Amanda
Who is the protagonist of the play “Long Day’s Journey into Night”?
a) Edmund Tyrone
b) James Tyrone
c) Mary Tyrone
d) Jamie Tyrone
Answer: b) James Tyrone
Who wrote the play “The Deep Blue Sea”?
a) Noël Coward
b) Arthur Miller
c) Harold Pinter
d) Terence Rattigan
Answer: d) Terence Rattigan
In “The Importance of Being Earnest,” who is Algernon’s aunt?
a) Gwendolen
b) Cecily
c) Lady Bracknell
d) Miss Prism
Answer: c) Lady Bracknell
Who is the author of the play “Jerusalem”?
a) Jez Butterworth
b) Caryl Churchill
c) David Mamet
d) Martin McDonagh
Answer: a) Jez Butterworth
In “Doctor Faustus,” who makes a pact with the devil to gain supernatural powers?
a) Macbeth
b) Doctor Faustus
c) Othello
d) Romeo
Answer: b) Doctor Faustus
Who is the author of the play “The History Boys?
a) Tom Stoppard
b) Harold Pinter
c) Alan Bennett
d) Samuel Beckett
Answer: c) Alan Bennett
In “A View from the Bridge,” which character falls in love with his niece, Catherine?
a) Eddie Carbone
b) Alfieri
c) Beatrice
d) Marco
Answer: a) Eddie Carbone
Who is the author of the play “The Seagull”?
a) Anton Chekhov
b) Henrik Ibsen
c) August Strindberg
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: a) Anton Chekhov
In “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” what is the name of the young couple invited to George and Martha’s home?
a) Nick and Honey
b) Sam and Laura
c) Michael and Emily
d) Tom and Daisy
Answer: a) Nick and Honey
Who wrote the play “Skylight”?
a) Caryl Churchill
b) David Hare
c) Alan Ayckbourn
d) Harold Pinter
Answer: b) David Hare
In “The Mousetrap,” what is the name of the guesthouse owned by Mollie and Giles Ralston?
a) Monkswell Manor
b) The Three Chimneys
c) Rose Cottage
d) The Bell Inn
Answer: a) Monkswell Manor
Who is the author of the play “Volpone”?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Ben Jonson
c) William Congreve
d) Thomas Middleton
Answer: b) Ben Jonson
In “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” what is the name of the patriarch of the family?
a) Big Daddy
b) Brick
c) Maggie
d) Gooper
Answer: a) Big Daddy
Who is the author of the play “Translations”?
a) Brian Friel
b) Jez Butterworth
c) Harold Pinter
d) Alan Bennett
Answer: a) Brian Friel
In “The History Boys,” which teacher employs unorthodox methods to prepare his students for exams?
a) Irwin
b) Hector
c) Mrs. Lintott
d) Headmaster
Answer: a) Irwin
Who wrote the play “Amadeus”?
a) Alan Bennett
b) Peter Shaffer
c) Tom Stoppard
d) Harold Pinter
Answer: b) Peter Shaffer
In “The Birthday Party,” who is the mysterious character that arrives uninvited?
a) Stanley
b) Goldberg
c) Lulu
d) McCann
Answer: d) McCann
Who is the author of the play “Top Girls”?
a) Caryl Churchill
b) David Mamet
c) Harold Pinter
d) Samuel Beckett
Answer: a) Caryl Churchill
