Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Model Test -3

Model Test – 3

ENGLISH

Subject Code: 231101

(Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama)

Time: 4 hours               Full marks-80

Part – A

Answer any ten questions:              1×10=10

• Why does Faustus sell his horse?
• Who is Helen?
• Who are the three witches?
• Who utters, “Fair is foul and foul is fair?” 
• Why does Lady Macbeth faint? 
• What was inscribed on the golden casket? 
• Why does Shylock hate Antonio? 
• What is the comedy of Humour?  
• What type of comedy is “Volpone’? 
• Who is Cariola? 
• What kind of play is “The Duchess of Malfi”? 
• What is apricot? 

Part – B

Answer any five questions:

Marks 4×5=20

2. What do Good Angel and Evil Angel allegorize in the life of Doctor Faustus? 
3. Describe the Helen episode in “Doctor Faustus.” 
4. Discuss the significance of the dagger scene in “Macbeth.” 
5. Describe the scene in which Macbeth was killed. 
6. Why does Shylock hate Antonio? 
7. How does Volpone earn money and gold? 
8. Good morning to the day, and next, my gold!

Open the shrine that I may see my saint.—Explain. 

9. What was the last piece of advice the Duchess gave to Cariola regarding her children? 

Part – C

Answer any five questions:

Marks 10×5-50

10. Consider ‘Doctor Faustus’ as a morality play. 
11. Comment on the inner conflict experienced by Faustus. 
12. Evaluate ‘Macbeth’ as a tragedy of overweening ambition. 
13. Narrate the trial scene of “The Merchant of Venice”. 
14. Analyze the role of Portia in the play “The Merchant of Venice.” 
15. Examine Volpone’ as a comedy of humour. 
16. Trace the development of the character of Mosca. 
17. Discuss ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ as a revenge tragedy. 

Solution to Part – A

1. Ans: Because he wants to walk on foot through the lovely green spot.
2. Ans: According to the Scholars, Helen of Troy, in Greek legend, is the most beautiful woman of Greece and the indirect cause of the Trojan War. 
3. Ans: Representing evil, darkness, chaos, and conflict, the Three Witches, also known as the Weird Sisters, plot against Macbeth using spells and prophecies. 
4. Ans: The Witches say, “Fair is foul and foul is fair.”
5. Ans: In an attempt to distract Macduff from her husband’s inadequate reasoning, Lady Macbeth pretends to faint.
6. Ans: “Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.”
7. Ans: Shylock hates Antonio because he is a Christian and lends money to people without charging excessive interest.
8. Ans: Comedy of Humour is a type of comedic play that explores the idea of characters being dominated by a particular “humour” or temperament.
9. Ans: Volpone is a comedy of humours.
10. Ans: Cariola is the Duchess’s maid and confidant.
11. Ans: The Duchess of Malfi is a tragedy.
12. Ans: Apricot is a fruit.