Introduction to Drama Previous Year Questions Solution

আজ Introduction to Drama এর (2014-2019 )এই কয় সালের brief question এর solution দিয়ে দিলাম।

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Exam Year:2014

A. What is play within a play?

Ans:"A Play Within a Play" means a play that is being performed in the confines of another play.

B. What colour is the flower Oberon wants?

Ans:এটা আগের সিলেবাসের প্রশ্ন সম্ভবত।

C. Why was Delphi famous for?

Ans:Delphi was an importantancient Greek religious sanctuary sacred to the god Apollo.

D. What is Galway fair?

Ans:Galway fair is a fair where different kinds of commodities are sold.

E. What did the chorus say at the end of the play 'King Oedipus'?

Ans:"No man can be happy untill he dies happily".

F. What according to Raina, is 'higher love'?

Ans:It is a kind of spiritual love where there are no touch of sexual desire and anybody can't think anything ignoble.

G. What was written at the back of the photograph of Raina?

Ans:"Raina,to her Chocolate Cream Soldier : A Souvenir".

H. Who was "Dog faced witch"?

Ans:The Sphinx.

I. Who are the 'Riders' mentioned in the play 'Riders to the Sea'?

Ans:All the inhabitants of the Aran Islands.

J. What is the message of 'Riders to the Sea'?

Ans:"No man can be living forever and we must be satisfied if he/she gets a decent burial.

K. What are the two major emotions of tragedy?

Ans:Pity and fear.

L.

Ans: হয়তো আগের সিলেবাসের।

Exam Year:2015

A. What is the moral lesson in the play, " Oedipus Rex"?

Ans:"No man can be happy untill he dies happily".

B. What does Baroka forses about the village?

Ans: Baroka foresees that if the village is modernized, he will not be able to exercise his power and to satisfy his lust for any girl in the village.

C. What is Sphinx?

Ans:Sphinx is a mythological character whose head and brest is like a woman and body like a winged lion.

D. How old is Captain Bluntschli?

Ans:Captain Bluntschli is 34 years old.

E. Who was regarded as Touchstone's rival in love?

Ans: His own sword.

F. What is Caverly charge?

Ans:A cavalry charge is an attack by horse-soldiers.

G. Of which village Baroka was the village chief?

Ans:Ilujinle.

H. What is the theme of Amiens' song "Blow, blow thou winter wind"?

Ans:Hypocrisy and ingratitude of human beings.

I. " What an army!"-- Who says this?

Ans:Major Sergius Saranoff

J. Where did Michael buy the stick fir his mother?

Ans:Connemara.

K. Where was the infant Oedipus left?

Ans:Mount Cethairon.

L.Who were the surviving children of Maurya at the beginning of the play?

Ans: Stephen, Shawn, Patch, Sheamus, Michael and Burtley.

Exam Year:2016

A. Who was Teiresias?

Ans: Teiresias was a blind prophet.

B. Who was Duke Senior?

Ans: Duke Senior was the father of Rosalind.

C. Who was Raina's mother?

Ans:Catherine Petkoff.

D. Name the sons of Maurya who died in the sea?

Ans:Stephen, Shawn,Patch,Sheamus,Michael and Burtley.

E. Who are the characters in 'The Lion and the Jewel'?

Ans:Lakunle,Sidi,Baroka,Sadiku and Ailatu are the major characters.

F. What kind of play 'Riders to the Sea'?

Ans:It is a one-act play.

G. Whom did Oedipus send to the Oracle of Apollo?

Ans:Creon.

H. What is 'Professional' to Bluntschli?

Ans:Soldiering is "Professional" to Bluntschli.

I. Why did Orlando suffer at the hands of Oliver?

Ans:Because he was more popular,loveable than Oliver.

J. What gift was Oedipus' greatness?

Ans:To solve the riddle of Sphinx.

K. Who is Louka?

Ans:Louka is the maid servant of petkoff's family.

L. Who is an illiterate goat in 'The Lion and the Jewel'?

Ans:Sidi is the illiterate goat

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Exam Year:2017

A. What does the forest of Arden signyify?

Ans:Forest of Arden signifies pastoralism.

B. Whose daughter is Celia?

Ans:Celia is the daughter of Duke Frederick

C. Why does Duke Frederick banish Rosalind?

Ans:Because Rosalind is more popular than Celia.

D. What is Sphinx?

Ans:Sphinx is a mythological character whose head and brest is like a woman and body like a winged lion.

E. Why did Oedipus flee from Corinth?

Ans:Because he knew that once he will be the murderer of his father and marry his mother.

F. What punishment did Oedipus declare on the killer of Laius?

Ans:Banishment.

G. Where was the dead body of Michael found?

Ans:Donegal.

H. What is the background of Arms and the Man?

Ans:The historical war between Serbia and Bulgaria in 1885.

I. How does Maurya console herself at the end of the play?

Ans:"No man can be living forever and we must be satisfied if he/she gets a decent burial.

J. Why does Maurya want Bartley not to sail to Connemara?

Ans:Because she predicts that something is happening that is luminous and terrible.

K.

Ans:

L. Who is Sidi?

Ans:Sidi is a village girl who was very proud for her beauty.

Exam Year:2018

A.

Ans:Jocasata was the wife of Corinthian king Laius and the biological mother of King Oedipus.

B.

Ans:Oedipus sent Creon to the Oracle of Apollo.

C.

Ans:Oedipus blinded himself because he had done the most heinous act.

D.

Ans: Jaques is the younget brother of Oliver.

E.

Ans: On being asked by Duke Frederick, Rosalind and Celia try to dessuade Orlando from wrestling.

F.

Ans: In a fit of love sickness, Touchstone had broken his sword on a stone thinking it to be his Rival in love; he had kissed a wooden stick and cow's udder because his beloved had touched them with her hands.

G.

Ans: মনে হয় এখানে 'arms' দ্বারা 'hollowness of war'কে বুঝানো হয়েছে।

H. Ans: Raina does not want to let Bluntschli stay in her room because he has said something insulting about Sergius's cavalry charge.

I. Ans: The Galway fair is known for the trading of cattle or horses and other commodities of the people from around.

J. Ans: The 'Holy Water' is the water sanctified by prayer by priest. Such water was believed to be able to keep away evil spirits.

L. Ans: Sidi is the illiterate goat.

Exam Year:2019

A.The foster parents of Oedipus is King Polybus and Queen Merope.

B.Jocasta committed suicide by hanging.

C. Chorus means a group of people who comment on the event through singing and dancing.

D.Sir Rowland de Boys is the father of Oliver, Orlando and Jaques.

E.Rosalind's name in disguise is "Ganymede".

F." Sweet are the uses of adversity" the line says by Duke Senior.

G.Slivnitza is a Bulgarian town, about twenty miles north-west of Sophia,the capital of Bulgaria.

H."Bluntschli" is Chocolate Cream Soldier.

I.Bartley wants to go to Galway Fair to sell his red mare and Michael's grey pony.

J.Maurya consoles herself at the end of the play saying that "no man can be living forever and we must be satisfied in one's premature death, if he or she gets a decent burial"

K.'Sadiku' is near seventy.

L.Baroka foresees about the village that if the village is modernized he will not be able to show his power and to satisfy his lust for any girl in the village.

Compiled by :

Ripon Sen

Lecturer at EDNOUB Private Program.

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