Brief Question Exam 2013
a) What blunder did Miss Prism Commit?
Ans: Not going back to her employers to report the loss of the child.
b) What is the revelation of Lady Bracknell?
Ans: Jack is the son of Bracknell’s late sister and Algernon’s elder brother.
c) What type of play is ‘The Importance of Being Earnest?
Ans: Comedy of manners.
d) What was the original title of the play ‘Waiting for Godot’?
Ans: “En Attendant Godot”.
e) What does Estragon symbolize?
Ans: The simplistic side of human nature.
f) What does the word “Godot” refer?
Ans: The Biblical image of God.
g) When was Harold Pinter awarded the Nobel Prize?
Ans: In 2005.
h) Why did Davies quarrel in the Cafe?
Ans: Because Scotchman ordered him to take the bucket of rubbish outside but it was not his duty.
i) How does Davies react to the offer of the job of a Caretaker?
Ans: Davies expresses unwillingness.
j) Why does Jimmy in ‘Look Back in Anger’ hate Sundays?
Ans: Because of the fixed activities and routine life.
k) How, according to Jimmy, is Alison’s passion for him?
Ans: Alison just tries to devour him as the python devours its prey.
l) What is Alison’s realization of female domination?
Ans: If a woman tries to dominate her husband, she will be discarded.
Brief Question Exam 2014
a) Whom do girls never marry according to Algernon?
Ans: Girls never marry those men who flirt with them.
b) What is Jack’s income?
Ans: Between 7 and 8 thousand pounds per year.
c) What was the ending of Miss Prism’s novel?
Ans: Happy ending.
d) What does Pozzo’s blindness signify?
Ans: His carelessness to his cruelty.
e) What does Vladimir give Estragon to eat when he feels hungry?
Ans: A carrot.
f) How does Pozzo address Lucky?
Ans: As ‘pig’ and ‘hog’.
g) What was the cause of Aston’s brain damage?
Ans: Electric shock therapy.
h) Why did Davies leave his wife?
Ans: Because she washed her undergarments in a saucepan used for cooking vegetables.
i) Why does Davies refuse the shoes offered by Aston?
Ans: Because the shoes do not fit in.
j) Who helped Jimmy to start a sweet stall?
Ans: Mrs. Tanner.
k) Who is Helena Charles?
Ans: An actress and intimate friend of Alison.
l) How does Jimmy mock Alison’s father?
Ans: Jimmy says that her father was very happy in imperialist India, but he is leading a life of regret after he has lost the benefits.
Brief Question Exam 2015
a) What is Bunburying?
Ans: Bunburying means claiming an appointment to see a fictitious person to avoid one’s duty.
b) What is the name of Algernon’s butler?
Ans: Lane.
c) Who is called ‘Pusillanimous’?
Ans: Alison’s brother Nigel.
d) What is the name of Alison’s father?
Ans: Colonel Redfern.
e) What name does Davies use as his identity?
Ans: Bernard Jenkins.
f) What does Lucky symbolize?
Ans: Slavery.
g) What is a comedy of manners?
Ans: It is a type of drama that expresses the manners and social code of a sophisticated society.
h) Where and how did Jack’s brother die?
Ans: Jack’s brother died of severe chill In Paris.
i) Who is the antagonist in the play “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
Ans: Lady Bracknell.
j) What is the subject of the song sung by Vladimir?
Ans: The subject of the song sung by Vladimir is a dog, it steals a piece of bread from a kitchen and its death at the hand of the cook.
k) What does Estragon try to do sitting on the mound?
Ans: Trying to take off his boot.
l) What is the Great West Road?
Ans: The main road that leads from London to the south-west of the British Isles.
Brief Question Exam 2016
a) What type of play is “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
Ans: Comedy of manners.
b) Who are the tramps in Waiting for Godot?
Ans: Estragon (Gogo) and Vladimir (Didi).
c) When was Harold Pinter awarded Nobel Prize?
Ans: In 2005.
d) How many characters are presented in “The Caretaker”?
Ans: Three characters like Mick, Davies, and Aston.
e) Who is Helena Charles?
Ans: An actress and intimate friend of Alison.
f) What do Jimmy and Alison call each other?
Ans: Squirrel and Bear.
g) Who is Miss Prism?
Ans: A middle-aged woman and Cecily’s governess.
h) How does Pozzo address Lucky?
Ans: As ‘pig’ and ‘hog’.
i) Who utters the words “nothing to be done” at the opening of Waiting for Godot?
Ans: Estragon.
j) Who helped Jimmy to start a sweet stall?
Ans: Mrs. Tanner
k) How is Aston disturbed by Davies from going to sleep?
Ans: By the snorting in the sleeping.
l) In what way has Jack a double identity?
Ans: In London City, Jack is Earnest and, in the countryside, Jack is himself.
Brief Question Exam 2017
a) Where is the first scene of the ‘Look Back in Anger’ set?
Ans: Jimmy’s one-room flat.
b) Who is Colonel Redfern?
Ans: Alison’s father.
c) What does the tree represent in the play ‘Waiting for Godot?
Ans: The tree represents hope.
d) Why did Algernon create the imaginary friend, Bunbury?
Ans: To escape from his responsibility.
e) How does Dr. Chausble try to be witty?
Ans: Dr. Chasuble speaks that he would hang upon her lips of Miss Prism if he were worthy of being her pupil.
f) Whom do girls never marry according to Algernon?
Ans: Girls never marry those men who flirt with them.
g) What was the original title of the play ‘Waiting for Godot’?
Ans: “En attendant Godot”.
h) Name the main characters of the play ‘Waiting for Godot’?
Ans: Estragon, Vladimir, Pozzo, Lucky, and the Boy.
i) How is the hope of the tramps deferred?
Ans: They continually wait for Godot who never arrives.
j) Why was Davies expelled from the house of Aston and D. Mick?
Ans: Davies tried to divide the two brothers.
k) Why did Davies quarrel in the Cafe?
Ans: Because Scotchman ordered him to take the bucket of rubbish outside but it was not his duty.
l) What is Sidcup?
Ans: A medium-sized town fourteen miles south of London.
Brief Question Exam 2018
a) In what way has Jack a double identity?
Ans: In London City, Jack is Earnest and, in the countryside, Jack is himself.
b) What is the significance of the Pozzo-Lucky relationship
Ans: Master and slave.
c) Who helped Jimmy to start a sweet stall?
Ans: Mrs. Tanner.
d) Who is called ‘Pusillanimous’?
Ans: Alison’s brother Nigel.
e) what is existentialism?
Ans: It is a form of philosophical inquiry that expresses the problems of human existence and emphasizes thoughts, feelings, and experiences of acting.
f) What makes Mick angry with Davies?
Ans: Because Davies speaks rudely of Aston’s illness.
g) What do the two tramps symbolize?
Ans: The poor and misfortunate people of the world.
h) Why does Jimmy in ‘Look Back in Anger’ hate Sundays?
Ans: Because of the fixed activities and routine life.
i) How is Aston disturbed by Davies from going to sleep?
Ans: By the snorting in the sleeping.
j) How does Pozzo address Lucky?
Ans: As ‘pig’ and ‘hog’.
k) Who is Miss Prism?
Ans: A middle-aged woman and Cecily’s governess.
l) Who is Helena Charles?
Ans: An actress and intimate friend of Alison.
Brief Question Exam 2019
a) What is the nickname of Algernon?
Ans: Jack.
b) Why is time meaningless to Estragon?
Ans: Time is meaningless to Estragon because he has shed human qualities and live in the meaninglessness, emptiness of nothingness and such men are not at all particular about time.
c) What is Sidcup?
Ans: A medium-sized town fourteen miles south of London.
d) Who is Mrs. Tanner?
Ans: Mother of Hugh Tanner.
e) Why does Jack Worthing visit London city frequently?
Ans: To escape from his responsibility.
f) Which country does Pozzo belong to?
Ans: Italy.
g) Why does Mick call Davies ‘a wild animal’?
Ans: Because Davies calls Aston a madman.
h) What was the profession of Colonel Redfern?
Ans: A commander of the Army.
i) What is the significance of ‘Cucumber sandwiches”?
Ans: It depicts the affectation and overindulgence prevalent in upper-class society.
j) What was the original title of the play ‘Waiting for Godot’?
Ans: “En Attendant Godot”.
k) How was Aston’s brain damaged?
Ans: By electric shock therapy.
l) What does Jimmy’s constant smoking signify?
Ans: Jimmy has attempted to fit into social roles and expectations that have made him miserable and angry.
Brief Question Exam 2020
a) Who is Jack Worthing?
Ans: The protagonist of the play “The Important of Being Earnest”.
b) How does Mick chase Davies?
Ans: Mick chases Davies with the vacuum cleaner.
c) What is a nuthouse?
Ans: A nuthouse is an asylum house.
d) What is the word ‘adieu’ used for?
Ans: Goodbye.
e) Who are Markby and Makby?
Ans: Cecily’s family solicitors.
f) Identify Gorgon.
Ans: In early classical art, the Gorgon is portrayed as a winged female creature; its hair consists of snakes, round-faced, flat-nosed, with tongues lolling out and with large projecting teeth.
g) What is confirmation?
Ans: Confirmation is a religious ceremony.
h) What is the Rhone?
Ans: The Rhone is a major river in France and Switzerland.
i) Name the main characters of the play ‘Waiting for Godot’?
Ans: Estragon, Vladimir, Pozzo, Lucky, and the Boy.
j) Why does Vladimir kick Pozzo?
Ans: To make him shut up.
k) What makes Jimmy angry frequently?
Ans: His father’s miserable life before death was so shocking and unforgettable that he gets angry frequently.
l) What is Cliff’s surname?
Ans: Lewis.
