William Shakespeare, Previous Year Bried Question with Answer PDF (M.A. Final in English)
- M.A. Final Year
- Separtment of English
- Subject: William Shakespeare
- Subject Code:311103
- Prepared by Mofizur Rahman
- 2014 to 2019
Brief Questions-2014:
a) Who becomes the King of Denmark at the end of the play “Hamlet”?Ans. Fortinbras
b) When and where does the play ‘Othello’ open?
Ans. Othello opens late at night in a Venetian street outside the house of Senator Branbanio.
c) Who are the suitors of Cordelia in King Lear?
Ans. The Duke of Burgundy and the King of France.
d) Who remains alive in the last scene of the drama ‘Hamlet’?
Ans. Horatio.
e) Why is Cassio grief striken?
Ans. Having lost his lieutenantship and being disgraced by Othello.
f) What is the name of the hungman in measure for measure?
Ans. Abhorson.
g) What was the ambition of Caesar?
Ans. To be the absolute king of his country with ultimate power and withe the Senate completely
subservient to him.
h) What was Edmond’s plan against Edgar in King Lear?
Ans. Edmound’s plan against Edgar that he wants to deprive him from his father’s property by
writing a false letter in which Edgar would kill his father and occupy his property for themselves.
i) What prevented Isabella to become a nun?*
Ans. Her Willings to marry is unlikely,since she wanted to be a nun.
j) What do you mean by the term ‘The Tempest’?
Ans. Violent strom.
k) What is Othello- syndrome?
Ans. Jealousy in love.
l) What is the second mistake of Brutus?*
Ans. Brutus agrees to let Marc Antony speak in Caesar’s funeral.
Brief Questions-2015
a) What is comic relief?Ans. A humourous incident,nelion, or remark that relieves emotional tension.
b) What is the name of the play within the play in Hamlet?
Ans. Murder of Gonazo.
c) What is aside?
Ans. The words spoken by an actor directly in the audience,but not heard by the other characters
on stage.
d) How does Antonio conspire against Prospero?
Ans. Taking the advantage of his position as the administrator of the dukedom,Antonio conspired
with Alonso, to dethrone Prospero.
e) What is the prime tragic flaw of Othello?*
Ans. Jealousy.
f) What is the literal meaning of the title “Meadure for Measure”?
Ans. It means ‘justice for justice ' that is when a person commits a crime he or she should be made
to pay.
g) Why do Othello and Desdemona fall in love each other?
Ans. Desdemona fell in love with Othello for the danger he passed and he fell in love with her
because he understands her danger.
h) Why was Claudio given death sentence?
Ans. On the charge of have made a girl, Juliet, pregnant without having married her.
i) How does King Lear curse Goneril?
Ans. By expressing a wish that she should become barren and that even if she does bear a child, the
child should live to be a source of perverse and unnatural torment to her.
j) What is the setting of the play ‘The Tempest’?
Ans. It takes place at the Mediterranean sea,in the coast of Italy.
k) Why does the King of France accept Cordelia as his bride?
Ans. The King of France declares that although Cordelia is dowerless,she seems richer to him than
before because she is virtuous.So,he agrees to marry her and take her back to France.
l) What led Brutus to commit socide?
Ans. By certain of defeat, Brutus motivates one after another of his man to kill him but they all
refuse.At last Strato unwillingly permission to hold Brutus’s sword with which he fatally wounds
himself.
Brief Questions-2016
a) When and where was Shakespeare born?Ans. Shakespeare was born on April 23,1564 in the village of Stratford -on_-Avon in the country of
Warwickshire in England.
b) What was the original title of the play “Othello”?
Ans. Othello,the Moor of Venice.
c) Why is Kent in the stocks?
Ans. Kent is put a letter in the stocks under orders of the Duke of Cornwall,because he was engaged
himself in abusing and frighting Osward.
d) How are Caliban and Ariel different?
Ans. Ariel,made of air and fire,is a sylph,on the other hand, Caliban is a missphan monster.
e) Whose severed head is shown to Angelo?
Ans. The prisoner,Ragozine’s head.
f) What holiday are the Roman masses celebrating at the time of Caesar’s return?
Ans. The feast of Lupercal,which was celebrated on 15 February.
g) In what sense are Fortinbras and Hamlet contrasted?
Ans. Fortinbras,Prince of Norway,is a man of decisive action,on the other hand, Hamlet,Prince of
Denmark,is a man of inaction.
h) Whom does Isabella call a ‘Virgin violater’?
Ans. Angelo
i) How does Lear comport his daughter Cordelia in the prison?
Ans. By saying that they will both live together in the prison and sing like birds in a cage.
j) What does Ariel do for Gonzalo?
Ans. He prevents Gonzalo from being killed while asleep by Antonio and Sebastian,by singing in his
ear and waking him.
k) Who says “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”?
Ans. Marcellus
l) How did Caesar become the ruler of Rome?
Ans. A crushing defeat upon the two sons of Pompey and become the undisputed ruler and
administrator of Italy,with the Roman Senate assisting him in the task.
Brief Questions-2017
a) Who is Fortinbras?Ans. The young prince of Norway.
b) When and where does Lear meet Cordelia for the second time?
Ans. One of Lear’s man travelled across to France and told Cordelia about her father’s
suffering,then Cordelia rushed to meet king Lear.
c) Who informs Hamlet of the appearance of the ghost?
Ans. Horatio.
d) Who was Cordelia’s husband?*
Ans. The King of France.
e) Why does Goneril commit socide?
Ans. Goneril kills herself because her teachary is revealed to Albany.
f) What does Prospero tell Miranda about the shipwreck?
Ans. Prospero tells Miranda that it’s time she learned who she is and where she comes from.
g) What is the name of Calbian’s mother?
Ans. Sycorax.
h) Which place does Isabella meet to the Duke?
Ans. In a garden.
i) Who said, “I am more sinned against than sinning”?
Ans. King Lear.
j) How does Polonius die?
Ans. Hamlet draws his sword and stabs it through the tapestry killing the unseen Polonius.
k) What is Othello’s tragic flaw?
Ans. Jealousy.
l) What is prevented Isabella from becoming a nun?
Ans. Her Willings to marry is unlikely,since she wanted to be a nun.
Brief Questions -2018
a) What is the setting of the play, Hamlet?Ans. The royal castle at Elsinore on the rocky sea-washed Danish coast during winter.
b) What is ‘The Mouse Trap’?
Ans. When Claudius questions Hamlet about the name of the play-within-plaay,he answers that the
name is ‘The Mouse Trap’.
c) Who are the suitors of Cordelia?*
Ans. The Duke of Burgundy and the King of France.
d) Who is the bastard son of Gloucester?
Ans. Edmound.
e) Who is Mistress Overdone?
Ans. Mistress Overdone is a madam.
f) Who raises strom in the sea and how?
Ans. Prospero raises strom in the sea with the help of his magical power.
g) Why did Othello go to Cypras from Venice?
Ans. Othello is sent to Cypras from Venice in order to protect island from the Turks.
h) How did Desdemona fall in love with Othello?
Ans. Desdemona fell in love with Othello’s bravery and surviving many sorrows and tribulations.
i) Why is Claudio imprisoned?*
Ans. Claudio is imprisoned for forcination with a girl called Juliet who has become pagnent.
j) Who is appointed ‘The deputy of the Duke Vincentio?
Ans. Duke Vincentio appoints Lord Angelo.
k) What type of comedy is ‘Measure for Measure’?
Ans. Dark comedy
l) What is Brutus’s most glaring mistake as the leader of conspitors?
Ans. Brutus agrees to let Marc Antony speak in Caesar’s funeral.
Brief Questions -2019
a) What does Ceaser say when he falls to death?Ans. Ceasers last words,”Eu TU Brute?”, meaning “You too,Brutus”in Latin.Suetonius recorded his
final words as the Greek “Kai su,tekon?” or “You too my child?”
b) What is the cause of Brutas’s mental conflic
Ans. Brutas is mentally broken between his loyality to Ceasar as friend and his duty to the Roman
people to save from Ceasar’s tyranny.
c) What is the play within play in ‘Hamlet’?
Ans. The play-within-plaay in Hamlet is called both The Murder of Gonzalo and the Mousetrap.
d) Why was Claudio imprisoned?
Ans. Claudio was imprisoned for forcination with a girl called Juliet who has become pagnent.
e) How does Issabela threaten Angelo?
Ans. To expose his wicked design if he does not sign an immediate pardon for her brother.
f) What is the main theme of “Measure for Measure”?
Ans. Measure is the temperance of justice with mercy.
g) How does Lear curse Goneril?
Ans. By expressing a wish that she should become barren and that even if she does bear a child, the
child should live to be a source of perverse and unnatural torment to her.
h) What is meant by the sentence “Ripeness is all”?
Ans. Men must endure there going hence, even as their coming hither.
i) How did Gonzalo help Prospero in his calamity?
Ans. Gonzalo helped Prospero and Miranda escape Milan.He filled their low boat with food,clothing
and opened books on the magic arts.
j) How does Caliban use the laguange taught by Prospero?
Ans. Prospero,as a mark of his kindness taught Caliban in his own language but now the best use he
can make of it to curse Prospero.
k) Who is called a woman of the world in “Othello”?
Ans. Emilia.
l) Why does Roderigo intend to commit suicide?
Ans. Failing to win Desdemona’s love,Roderigo in a hopeless and frustrated mood intends to commit by drowning.
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