Exam Based Questions, Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy

Thomas Kyd’s

Spanish Tragedy

1. "The Spanish Tragedy is primarily considered the first major: (UGC NET 2019, PGTRB 2021)

A) Romantic comedy

B) Revenge tragedy

C) Pastoral play

D) Heroic drama

Ans: B) Revenge tragedy

2. "The Spanish Tragedy* was written in: (PGTRB 2020, SET 2021)

A) 1572

B) 1587

C) 1592

D) 1601

Ans: B) 1587

3. "Who is the protagonist of The Spanish Tragedy? (UGC NET 2020)

A) Horatio

B) Hieronimo

C) Bel-imperia

D) Lorenzo

Ans: B) Hieronimo

4. "Which character is murdered first in The Spanish Tragedy? (PGTRB 2019)

A) Hieronimo

B) Lorenzo

C) Horatio

D) Don Andrea

Ans: D) Don Andrea

5. "Which ghost appears in the opening scene of The Spanish Tragedy? (UGC NET 2018, SET)

A) Horatio’s ghost

B) Revenge personified and Don Andrea’s ghost

C) Hieronimo’s ghost

D) King of Spain’s ghost

Ans: B) Revenge personified and Don Andrea’s ghost

6. "What is the function of the character ‘Revenge’ in the play? (PGTRB 2020)

A) Comic relief

B) Political adviser

C) Chorus and fate figure

D) Innocent victim

Ans: C) Chorus and fate figure

7. "Horatio is murdered by: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Balthazar and Lorenzo

B) Hieronimo and Bel-imperia

C) King of Spain and the Viceroy

D) Don Andrea and Revenge

Ans: A) Balthazar and Lorenzo

8. "What genre convention does The Spanish Tragedy establish? (UGC NET 2019)

A) Romantic lyricism

B) Senecan revenge play

C) Morality allegory

D) Restoration heroic drama

Ans: B) Senecan revenge play

9. "Who is Bel-imperia in the play? (PGTRB 2018)

A) The Queen of Spain

B) Sister of Lorenzo and lover of Horatio

C) Daughter of the Viceroy

D) A maid in Hieronimo’s house

Ans: B) Sister of Lorenzo and lover of Horatio

10. "The play-within-a-play in The Spanish Tragedy is used to: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Provide comic entertainment

B) Reveal the King’s secrets

C) Execute the final revenge

D) Marry Bel-imperia and Balthazar

Ans: C) Execute the final revenge

11. "Hieronimo delays his revenge because: (PGTRB 2019)

A) He is afraid of the King

B) He lacks evidence

C) He wants legal justice first

D) Bel-imperia stops him

Ans: C) He wants legal justice first

12. "The subplot with Pedringano serves mainly to: (UGC NET 2020)

A) Foreshadow betrayal and murder

B) Provide political commentary

C) Offer comic relief only

D) End the play

Ans: A) Foreshadow betrayal and murder

13. "Hieronimo’s final act of revenge takes place during: (PGTRB 2020)

A) A wedding

B) A play performance

C) A court trial

D) A funeral

Ans: B) A play performance

14. "How does Hieronimo die? (UGC NET 2018, PGTRB 2021)

A) He is executed by the King

B) He stabs himself

C) He is poisoned

D) He is drowned

Ans: B) He stabs himself

15. "What is the role of the Ghost of Don Andrea in the play? (UGC NET 2019)

A) To accuse Hieronimo

B) To narrate and witness revenge

C) To help Lorenzo escape

D) To judge the court

Ans: B) To narrate and witness revenge

16. "What classical influence is visible in The Spanish Tragedy? (SET 2021)

A) Virgilian epic

B) Senecan tragedy

C) Homeric simile

D) Plautine comedy

Ans: B) Senecan tragedy

17. "The Spanish Tragedy* influenced which Shakespearean play the most? (UGC NET 2020)

A) Hamlet

B) Macbeth

C) Othello

D) Julius Caesar

Ans: A) Hamlet

18. "Hieronimo famously bites out his own: (PGTRB 2020)

A) Tongue

B) Lip

C) Finger

D) Ear

Ans: A) Tongue

19. "The murder of Horatio takes place in: (UGC NET 2018)

A) The garden/arbor

B) The palace hall

C) The battlefield

D) The King’s bedroom

Ans: A) The garden/arbor

20. "Which element makes The Spanish Tragedy a proto-Elizabethan revenge play? (UGC NET 2019, PGTRB 2021)

A) Use of supernatural chorus and bloody revenge

B) Entirely comic episodes

C) Focus on royal marriages

D) Absence of soliloquies

Ans: A) Use of supernatural chorus and bloody revenge

21. "Hieronimo’s famous lament occurs after he discovers: (PGTRB 2018)

A) The King’s betrayal

B) His son Horatio’s body hanged in the arbor

C) The letter from Bel-imperia

D) Lorenzo’s corpse

Ans: B) His son Horatio’s body hanged in the arbor

22. "The Spanish Tragedy* concludes with: (UGC NET 2020)

A) A wedding ceremony

B) A bloody massacre and chorus of Revenge

C) A duel between Hieronimo and Lorenzo

D) A political truce

Ans: B) A bloody massacre and chorus of Revenge

23. "Thomas Kyd’s play contributed to the popularity of: (UGC NET 2019)

A) Morality plays

B) Chronicle plays

C) Domestic tragedies

D) Revenge tragedies

Ans: D) Revenge tragedies

24. "Which literary device frames the entire play? (PGTRB 2020)

A) Frame narrative with Ghost and Revenge as chorus

B) Allegorical morality scene

C) Court masque interlude

D) Historical prologue by the King

Ans: A) Frame narrative with Ghost and Revenge as chorus

25. "Bel-imperia plays a key role in revenge by: (UGC NET 2021)

A) Writing a secret letter to Hieronimo

B) Poisoning Lorenzo

C) Killing Balthazar herself during the play-within-a-play

D) Both A and C

Ans: D) Both A and C