Exam Based Questions, William Congreve’s The Way of the World

Exam Based Questions, William Congreve’s The Way of the World

William Congreve’s The Way of the World

1. The Way of the World is best described as a: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2019)

A) Tragedy

B) Restoration comedy

C) Romantic play

D) Sentimental drama

Ans: B) Restoration comedy

2. Who wrote The Way of the World? (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2019)

A) Richard Sheridan

B) William Wycherley

C) William Congreve

D) John Dryden

Ans: C) William Congreve

3. The central lovers in The Way of the World are: (SET 2020, UGC NET 2020)

A) Mirabell and Mrs. Marwood

B) Mirabell and Millamant

C) Witwoud and Millamant

D) Fainall and Lady Wishfort

Ans: B) Mirabell and Millamant

4. Lady Wishfort is: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) Mirabell’s mother

B) Millamant’s servant

C) Millamant’s aunt

D) Mirabell’s sister

Ans: C) Millamant’s aunt

5. Mirabell wants to marry Millamant mainly to: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) Gain her beauty

B) Secure her fortune

C) Take revenge on Fainall

D) Escape Lady Wishfort

Ans: B) Secure her fortune

6. The 'proviso scene' in The Way of the World is significant for: (UGC NET 2020, SET 2018)

A) A legal trial

B) Conditions of marriage between Mirabell and Millamant

C) Lady Wishfort’s surrender

D) A scandal revelation

Ans: B) Conditions of marriage between Mirabell and Millamant

7. Fainall’s true nature is revealed as: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2019)

A) Loyal and kind

B) Honest and humble

C) Deceitful and manipulative

D) Devoted and brave

Ans: C) Deceitful and manipulative

8. Who is Mrs. Fainall in the play? (SET 2019, UGC NET 2020)

A) Mirabell’s cousin

B) Lady Wishfort’s daughter

C) Millamant’s sister

D) Mirabell’s wife

Ans: B) Lady Wishfort’s daughter

9. Which character had an affair with Mirabell before the play begins? (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2020)

A) Mrs. Marwood

B) Mrs. Fainall

C) Millamant

D) Lady Wishfort

Ans: B) Mrs. Fainall

10. Mrs. Marwood is best described as: (SET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Naive and simple

B) Honest and wise

C) Jealous and vengeful

D) Gentle and pious

Ans: C) Jealous and vengeful

11. Who plots to blackmail Lady Wishfort? (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Mirabell

B) Fainall and Mrs. Marwood

C) Witwoud and Petulant

D) Millamant

Ans: B) Fainall and Mrs. Marwood

12. The play The Way of the World was published in: (SET 2018, UGC NET 2022)

A) 1677

B) 1695

C) 1700

D) 1705

Ans: C) 1700

13. The full inheritance of Millamant depends on: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2020)

A) Her marriage to Mirabell with Lady Wishfort’s approval

B) Her father's will

C) Her marriage to Fainall

D) A legal dispute

Ans: A) Her marriage to Mirabell with Lady Wishfort’s approval

14. Witwoud is portrayed as: (SET 2019, PGTRB 2020)

A) Brave and chivalrous

B) A fop and a fool

C) A stern nobleman

D) A country gentleman

Ans: B) A fop and a fool

15. Petulant’s character represents: (UGC NET 2020, SET 2018)

A) Rural wisdom

B) Moral integrity

C) City foppishness and vanity

D) Courtly honor

Ans: C) City foppishness and vanity

16. Mirabell devises a scheme to: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) Marry Millamant in secret

B) Deceive Fainall

C) Win Lady Wishfort’s consent by tricking her

D) Leave London

Ans: C) Win Lady Wishfort’s consent by tricking her

17. The play opens in: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2019)

A) A park

B) A drawing-room

C) Lady Wishfort’s garden

D) A coffee house

Ans: D) A coffee house

18. Congreve uses satire mainly to criticize: (SET 2020, UGC NET 2020)

A) The Church

B) The countryside

C) The vanity and hypocrisy of high society

D) Military power

Ans: C) The vanity and hypocrisy of high society

19. Lady Wishfort wants to marry: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) Fainall

B) Sir Rowland (disguised)

C) Mirabell

D) Petulant

Ans: B) Sir Rowland (disguised)

20. Sir Rowland is actually: (SET 2018, PGTRB 2019)

A) Mirabell in disguise

B) Foible’s husband

C) Mirabell’s servant Waitwell in disguise

D) A suitor from the country

Ans: C) Mirabell’s servant Waitwell in disguise

21. Foible is the maid of: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Millamant

B) Mrs. Fainall

C) Lady Wishfort

D) Mrs. Marwood

Ans: C) Lady Wishfort

22. Mrs. Marwood’s main motivation is: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2019)

A) Money

B) Jealousy of Millamant

C) Social reform

D) To expose Mirabell

Ans: B) Jealousy of Millamant

23. The Way of the World is often considered the last great: (UGC NET 2022, SET 2019)

A) Elizabethan play

B) Jacobean tragedy

C) Restoration comedy

D) Comedy of errors

Ans: C) Restoration comedy

24. Millamant’s intelligence is displayed in: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) Her resistance to marriage

B) Her witty dialogue and conditions in the proviso scene

C) Her hatred of Lady Wishfort

D) Her silence in society

Ans: B) Her witty dialogue and conditions in the proviso scene

25. Waitwell is married to: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Millamant

B) Foible

C) Mrs. Marwood

D) Lady Wishfort

Ans: B) Foible

26. The dominant tone of The Way of the World is: (SET 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) Tragic

B) Romantic

C) Witty and ironic

D) Angry and aggressive

Ans: C) Witty and ironic

27. Which character tries to blackmail Lady Wishfort using a supposed affair? (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2020)

A) Mirabell

B) Petulant

C) Fainall

D) Witwoud

Ans: C) Fainall

28. Mirabell’s virtue is highlighted when he: (UGC NET 2021, SET 2018)

A) Exposes Millamant

B) Reveals Fainall’s plot and saves Lady Wishfort

C) Marries Mrs. Marwood

D) Runs away from London

Ans: B) Reveals Fainall’s plot and saves Lady Wishfort

29. What is Lady Wishfort most obsessed with? (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2020)

A) Politics

B) Gossip

C) Her appearance and reputation

D) Her health

Ans: C) Her appearance and reputation

30. Mirabell’s strategy is helped most by: (UGC NET 2020, SET 2020)

A) Millamant’s inheritance

B) Waitwell and Foible’s loyalty

C) Fainall’s anger

D) Mrs. Fainall’s silence

Ans: B) Waitwell and Foible’s loyalty

31. The play ends with: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2022)

A) Fainall’s triumph

B) Mirabell and Millamant’s union

C) Lady Wishfort’s death

D) Millamant choosing Petulant

Ans: B) Mirabell and Millamant’s union

32. The name “Mirabell” suggests: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Truth

B) Wonder and beauty

C) Sorrow

D) War

Ans: B) Wonder and beauty

33. Which act features the famous proviso scene? (SET 2020, UGC NET 2022)

A) Act I

B) Act II

C) Act IV

D) Act V

Ans: C) Act IV

34. Congreve’s language is notable for: (UGC NET 2019, PGTRB 2021)

A) Simple and direct expression

B) Harsh legalisms

C) Refined wit and polished elegance

D) Rustic dialects

Ans: C) Refined wit and polished elegance

35. Foible is key to: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2020)

A) Spreading scandal

B) Revealing Fainall

C) Mirabell’s marriage plan

D) Winning Petulant’s love

Ans: C) Mirabell’s marriage plan

36. The play criticizes: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2019)

A) Romantic idealism

B) Aristocratic corruption and marriage market

C) Democracy

D) Historical wars

Ans: B) Aristocratic corruption and marriage market

37. Mirabell’s cleverness is shown by: (SET 2018, UGC NET 2020)

A) His public speeches

B) His disguise as a doctor

C) His manipulation of the inheritance scheme

D) His political role

Ans: C) His manipulation of the inheritance scheme

38. The title The Way of the World refers to: (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2022)

A) The changing seasons

B) Nature’s law

C) Social hypocrisy and human behavior

D) Travel adventures

Ans: C) Social hypocrisy and human behavior

39. Millamant’s witty speech represents: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Romantic sorrow

B) Woman’s intellect and independence

C) Rural simplicity

D) Humble gratitude

Ans: B) Woman’s intellect and independence

40. Mrs. Fainall supports Mirabell because: (PGTRB 2021, SET 2019)

A) She is jealous of Millamant

B) She is his ex-lover and a loyal friend

C) She wants to marry Fainall

D) She hates Foible

Ans: B) She is his ex-lover and a loyal friend

41. The role of Foible and Waitwell adds: (UGC NET 2022, PGTRB 2020)

A) Horror

B) Heroism

C) Comic intrigue

D) Musical background

Ans: C) Comic intrigue

42. The subplot with Fainall serves to: (UGC NET 2020, SET 2018)

A) Increase romantic drama

B) Create comic relief

C) Highlight moral failure and hypocrisy

D) Introduce military themes

Ans: C) Highlight moral failure and hypocrisy

43. The character of Lady Wishfort satirizes: (PGTRB 2021, UGC NET 2021)

A) Elderly men

B) Vanity and aging aristocrats

C) Servant loyalty

D) Poetic inspiration

Ans: B) Vanity and aging aristocrats