TGT English 2024 Unit-1

In Shakespeare’s Othello, which character is emblematic of jealousy and manipulation?

• Iago
• Cassio
• Desdemona

Macbeth is often cited as a cautionary tale against:

• Ambition
• Love
• Ignorance
• Foolishness

Twelfth Night explores themes of:

• Gender identity and love
• War and peace
• Kingship and power
• Justice and law

The Forest of Arden in As You Like It serves as a:

• Place of danger
• Pastoral setting for reflection and transformation
• Battlefield
• Royal court

George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man challenges:

• Romantic notions of war
• The institution of marriage
• Class hierarchy
• Religious beliefs

Riders to the Sea by J M Synge is set in:

• Ireland
• England
• Scotland
• Wales

Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq is a historical play about:

• A king’s idealism turning into despotism
• The British colonization of India
• The Mughal empire
• The Indian independence movement

The term ‘soliloquy’ is best exemplified in which of these plays?

• Othello
• Arms and the Man
• Riders to the Sea
• Tughlaq

Which character in Twelfth Night is used to critique the excesses of melancholy?

• Sir Toby Belch
• Malvolio
• Viola
• Feste

The theme of ‘appearance vs. reality’ is most prominent in which Shakespeare play?

• Othello
• Macbeth
• Twelfth Night
• As You Like It