Exam Based Questions, Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer

Exam Based Questions, Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer

Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer

1. The subtitle of She Stoops to Conquer is: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2019)

A) A Tragedy of Errors

B) The Mistakes of a Night

C) A Comedy of Courtiers

D) The Gentleman’s Folly

Ans: B) The Mistakes of a Night

2. The genre of She Stoops to Conquer is: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) Tragedy

B) Sentimental comedy

C) Farce

D) Comedy of manners

Ans: D) Comedy of manners

3. Who is the author of She Stoops to Conquer? (SET 2019, PGTRB 2020)

A) Richard Sheridan

B) William Congreve

C) Oliver Goldsmith

D) William Wycherley

Ans: C) Oliver Goldsmith

4. The play is primarily set in: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) London

B) A school

C) Mr. Hardcastle’s country house

D) A court

Ans: C) Mr. Hardcastle’s country house

5. The “stooping” in the title refers to: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2020)

A) A woman’s defeat

B) A woman’s disguise to win love

C) A servant’s loyalty

D) A nobleman’s fall

Ans: B) A woman’s disguise to win love

6. Kate Hardcastle pretends to be: (PGTRB 2021, SET 2020)

A) A noble lady

B) A servant

C) A teacher

D) A dancer

Ans: B) A servant

7. The central male protagonist in the play is: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2022)

A) Tony Lumpkin

B) Mr. Hardcastle

C) Marlow

D) Hastings

Ans: C) Marlow

8. Marlow’s personality is marked by: (PGTRB 2019, SET 2018)

A) Confidence with all women

B) Shyness around ladies of class but boldness with lower-class women

C) Arrogance throughout

D) Total silence

Ans: B) Shyness around ladies of class but boldness with lower-class women

9. Tony Lumpkin is the son of: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2020)

A) Mr. Hardcastle

B) Mrs. Hardcastle

C) Sir Charles Marlow

D) Hastings

Ans: B) Mrs. Hardcastle

10. Who misleads Marlow and Hastings by telling them that Hardcastle’s house is an inn? (UGC NET 2020, SET 2019)

A) Diggory

B) Kate

C) Tony Lumpkin

D) Constance

Ans: C) Tony Lumpkin

11. Mr. Hardcastle is expecting Marlow as: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2022)

A) A guest

B) A student

C) A servant

D) A horse trainer

Ans: A) A guest

12. Mrs. Hardcastle wants her son Tony to marry: (UGC NET 2019, SET 2020)

A) Kate

B) A London girl

C) Constance Neville

D) Nobody

Ans: C) Constance Neville

13. Tony Lumpkin helps Constance and Hastings to: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2021)

A) Eliminate Marlow

B) Escape with the jewels

C) Expose Mr. Hardcastle

D) Escape to France

Ans: B) Escape with the jewels

14. The jewels in the play symbolize: (UGC NET 2022, SET 2018)

A) Power

B) Identity

C) Wealth and inheritance

D) Punishment

Ans: C) Wealth and inheritance

15. Who finally reveals the truth to Sir Charles Marlow? (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) Mrs. Hardcastle

B) Hastings

C) Kate

D) Mr. Hardcastle

Ans: C) Kate

16. Sir Charles Marlow is: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2022)

A) Marlow’s uncle

B) Marlow’s father

C) Kate’s cousin

D) Tony’s uncle

Ans: B) Marlow’s father

17. Tony Lumpkin is best described as: (SET 2020, UGC NET 2019)

A) A noble suitor

B) A cunning trickster

C) A shy romantic

D) A brave soldier

Ans: B) A cunning trickster

18. The play ends with: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2021)

A) Marlow and Kate marrying

B) Tony marrying Constance

C) Mr. Hardcastle moving to London

D) Mrs. Hardcastle running away

Ans: A) Marlow and Kate marrying

19. Goldsmith wrote this play as a reaction against: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Shakespearean drama

B) Restoration comedy

C) Sentimental comedy

D) Medieval mystery plays

Ans: C) Sentimental comedy

20. Who is Diggory in the play? (SET 2018, PGTRB 2021)

A) A farmer

B) A servant of Mr. Hardcastle

C) A London merchant

D) A judge

Ans: B) A servant of Mr. Hardcastle

21. Kate wins Marlow’s love by: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Pretending to be noble

B) Speaking French

C) Dressing as a barmaid and conversing freely

D) Arguing about politics

Ans: C) Dressing as a barmaid and conversing freely

22. Marlow is embarrassed when he learns: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2022)

A) That Hardcastle’s house is not an inn

B) That Kate is not a servant

C) That Tony is not his brother

D) That Constance is engaged

Ans: B) That Kate is not a servant

23. Tony is legally entitled to his inheritance when: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) He turns 25

B) His mother permits

C) He is proven educated

D) He reaches legal age, which he already has

Ans: D) He reaches legal age, which he already has

24. Mrs. Hardcastle’s obsession is with: (UGC NET 2020, SET 2019)

A) Religion

B) Books

C) Fashion and London society

D) Farming

Ans: C) Fashion and London society

25. Who ultimately supports the match between Kate and Marlow? (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2021)

A) Tony

B) Sir Charles

C) Mrs. Hardcastle

D) Constance

Ans: B) Sir Charles

26. Goldsmith’s intention in writing the play was to: (UGC NET 2020, SET 2019)

A) Preach morality

B) Revive laugh-out-loud comedy

C) Write a political satire

D) Support aristocracy

Ans: B) Revive laugh-out-loud comedy

27. The play was first staged in: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2022)

A) 1745

B) 1773

C) 1750

D) 1780

Ans: B) 1773

28. Tony’s character brings: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2019)

A) Seriousness

B) Comedy and mischief

C) Horror

D) Religion

Ans: B) Comedy and mischief

29. Kate’s role challenges the norms of: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) Passive femininity

B) Political commentary

C) Royal lineage

D) Religious obedience

Ans: A) Passive femininity

30. The play uses which dramatic technique repeatedly? (UGC NET 2020, SET 2018)

A) Dramatic monologue

B) Breaking the fourth wall

C) Mistaken identity and disguise

D) Soliloquy

Ans: C) Mistaken identity and disguise

31. Mrs. Hardcastle is made to believe she is traveling to: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) France

B) A friend’s house

C) Aunt Pedigree’s home

D) A forest

Ans: C) Aunt Pedigree’s home

32. The element of comedy is enhanced through: (UGC NET 2020, SET 2019)

A) Long speeches

B) Moral preaching

C) Situational irony and dramatic misunderstanding

D) Ghost appearances

Ans: C) Situational irony and dramatic misunderstanding

33. Constance Neville wishes to marry: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2021)

A) Marlow

B) Diggory

C) Hastings

D) Tony

Ans: C) Hastings

34. Mrs. Hardcastle's attempts to control Tony are: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2022)

A) Successful

B) Violent

C) Ultimately futile

D) Mutually agreed

Ans: C) Ultimately futile

35. The play’s central theme is: (UGC NET 2022, SET 2020)

A) Class oppression

B) War

C) Love through mischief and disguise

D) Nature and environment

Ans: C) Love through mischief and disguise

36. Tony’s forged letter leads to: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2020)

A) Legal case

B) Hastings’ arrest

C) Mrs. Hardcastle’s confusion

D) Kate’s exposure

Ans: C) Mrs. Hardcastle’s confusion

37. The play criticizes: (UGC NET 2021, SET 2019)

A) Patriotism

B) The hypocrisy of social classes

C) Law courts

D) Poets

Ans: B) The hypocrisy of social classes

38. Tony refuses to marry Constance because: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) He loves someone else

B) He is already married

C) He finds her tiresome and doesn’t want to be forced

D) She is poor

Ans: C) He finds her tiresome and doesn’t want to be forced

39. Hastings initially plans to elope with Constance because: (UGC NET 2020, SET 2018)

A) He is afraid of Mr. Hardcastle

B) He fears opposition from Mrs. Hardcastle

C) He doesn’t want to marry her

D) She insists

Ans: B) He fears opposition from Mrs. Hardcastle

40. Kate’s intelligence and charm are shown in her: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2021)

A) Silent resistance

B) Physical strength

C) Clever manipulation of Marlow’s perception

D) Love for Diggory

Ans: C) Clever manipulation of Marlow’s perception

41. Oliver Goldsmith believed comedy should: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Teach strict moral lessons

B) Make people cry

C) Provoke laughter and expose social follies

D) Show heroic deaths

Ans: C) Provoke laughter and expose social follies

42. The title She Stoops to Conquer suggests: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) Submission leads to victory

B) Nobility falls

C) War strategy

D) Women should be silent

Ans: A) Submission leads to victory

43. The comedy in the play arises mainly from: (UGC NET 2021, SET 2020)

A) Political debates

B) Romantic despair

C) Misunderstandings and disguises

D) Ghostly events

Ans: C) Misunderstandings and disguises

44. Constance is the niece of: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2020)

A) Mr. Hardcastle

B) Mrs. Hardcastle

C) Sir Charles

D) Tony

Ans: B) Mrs. Hardcastle

45. Tony’s letter trick causes Mrs. Hardcastle to: (UGC NET 2021, SET 2019)

A) Discover Tony’s secret marriage

B) Leave the house

C) Panic and believe she is being robbed

D) Lose her fortune

Ans: C) Panic and believe she is being robbed

46. Goldsmith mocks: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) The military

B) Social snobbery and over-refinement

C) Farming techniques

D) Poetic forms

Ans: B) Social snobbery and over-refinement