জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অনার্স ২য় বর্ষের introduction to drama important brief questions এবং প্রশ্ন উত্তর। Subject: Introduction to Drama, Code: 221101। শিক্ষার্থীরা, কোর্সটিকার আজকের এ সাজেশনে তোমরা Part-A, Part-B এবং Part-C এর পূর্ণাঙ্গ সাজেশন পাবে। যার মধ্যে Part-A এর সবগুলো Brief Question তোমরা উত্তরসহ সংগ্রহ করতে পারবে।
introduction to drama important brief questions
King Oedipus
1. Whose honour the Athenian festival of tragedy was held?
Ans. The Athenian festival of tragedy was held in honour of Dionysus.
2. Who were the three tragedians of ancient Greece?
Ans. Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides were the three tragedians of ancient Greece.
3. Who is the tragic hero of Oedipus the King?
Ans. Oedipus, the king of Thebes, is the tragic hero of Oedipus the King.
4. Where is the setting of the play Oedipus the King?
Ans. Thebes is the setting of the play Oedipus the King.
5. What is the Greek title for the play Oedipus the King?
Ans. Oidipous Tyrannos is the Greek title for the play Oedipus the King.
6. What is the Latin title for the play Oedipus the King?
Ans. Oedipus Rex is the Latin title for the play Oedipus the King.
7. What is a prologue?
Ans. A prologue is the initial section of a play, which provides essential background for understanding the action of the play.
8. What is parode?
Ans. Parode is the first entrance of chorus on the stage. It provides further expositional background through singing.
9. What is exode?
Ans. Exode is the final section of play usually comes after the last stasimon.
10. What is a chorus in Greek Plays?
Ans. In Greek plays a Chorus is an integral part of a play and consists of a group of people who comment on the event through singing and dancing.
As You Like It
1. Who is Rosalind?
Ans. Rosalind is the heroine of As You Like It and the daughter of Duke Senior. She lives with her cousin Celia and Duke Frederick at the beginning of the play. After Duke Frederick banishes her, she disguises herself as a young man named Ganymede and flees to the Forest of Arden. She is in love with Orlando and marries him at the end of the play.
2. Who is Amiens?
Ans. Amiens is a lord attending on Duke Senior in the Forest of Arden. He sings some of the most beautiful songs that Shakespeare ever wrote.
3. Who is Duke Frederick?
Ans. Duke Frederick is the younger brother of Duke Senior. He usurped the position of his elder brother and banished him. At the end of the play, he is converted by a religious hermit, and, then, he chooses to lead a monastic life in the Forest of Arden.
4. Who is Celia?
Ans. Celia is the daughter of Duke Frederick and cousin of Rosalind. She leaves her home to join Rosalind in the Forest of Arden and later falls in love with Orlando’s brother Oliver, whom she marries at the end.
5. Who is Le Beau?
Ans. Le Beau is a courtier attending on Duke Frederick He represents the man-about-town. He speaks well but knows little. His speech, his dress, and his mannerisms are satirized is As You Like It.
6. Who is Touchstone?
Ans. Touchstone is a court fool and a clown. He often speaks the truth in the play. He leaves the court along with Rosalind and Celia. He falls in love with Audrey and marries her.
7. Who is Jaques de Boys?
Ans. Jaques de Boys is a younger brother of Oliver. Oliver favours him more than Orlando. He is sent to school to learn how to be a proper gentleman. At the end of the play, he appears onstage and reports that Duke Frederick has converted to a religious life.
8. Who is Orlando?
Ans. Orlando is a younger brother of Oliver and the hero of the play As You Like It. He falls in love with Rosalind but is forced by Oliver to flee to the Forest of Arden where he meets her disguised as Ganymede. She reveals herself to him at the end and to they are happily united. 16
9. Who is Sir Oliver Martext?
Ans. Sir Oliver Martext is a country clergyman. He almost joins Touchstone and Audrey in wedlock, but Touchstone is dissuaded at the last moment by Jaques.
10. Who is Corin?
Ans. Corin is an old shepherd. He is put the in charge of the sheep after Celia and Rosalind purchase the farm from his former master. He serves as a contrast to the pastoral lovers, Silvius and Phebe.
Arms and the Man
1. When was Shaw awarded Nobel Prize? What did he do with the prize money?
Ans. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925, but he gave away the prize money to start the Anglo-Swedish Literary Foundation.
2. What is ‘the New Drama’?
Ans. ‘The New Drama’ is a type of drama which started at the end of the 19th century and which deals with realistic social issues instead of idealism of the traditional drama.
3. What is ‘New Theatre’?
Ans. It is a theatrical organisation which was established in London in 1891 in order to popularize the intellectual dramas of Ibsen and Shaw.
4. What is the importance of the year 1885 in Arms and the Man?
Ans. The year 1885 is important because the war between Serbia and Bulgaria took place in the year. The war started on Nov 14. and ended with the defeat of Serbia on Nov 19 at Slivnitza.
5. What is the Dragoman Pass?
Ans. It is a mountain pass in the west of Bulgaria. It provides an easy passage between Bulgaria and Serbia.
6. What is a Turkish ottoman?
Ans. It is a cushioned seat or sofa without back or arms. It was first used in Turkey.
7. How does Sergius become the hero of the hour and the idol of the regiment?
Ans. By defeating the Serbians at Slivnitza, Sergius becomes the hero of the hour and the idol of the regiment.
8. How does Sergius win the battle at Slivnitza?
Ans. Sergius wins the battle at Slivnitza by means of his cavalry attack. When Sergius attacks the Serbs with his cavalry soldiers, the machine gun of the Serbs suddenly stops functioning. So Sergius becomes able to defeat them.
9. What is an opera?
Ans. An opera is a type of drama in which the actors make their speeches in musical verse, not in prose. Thus an opera is a musical drama.
10. What kind of girl is Louka?
Ans. Louka is a spirited woman. She is proud, bold and haughty. Though a maid-servant, she has not the spirit of a servant.
Riders to the Sea
1. What is ‘oilskin’?
Ans. ‘Oilskin’ or oilcloth is a sheet dipped in oil and dried to be used as water-proof cover.
2. What does the spinning-wheel indicate?
Ans. It indicates that the women-folk of the Aran Islands used to supplement the family’s income by spinning thread at home.
3. What is ‘kneading’?
Ans. Kneading is the process of mixing flour with resins, eggs, milk etc. as mixture for making a cake.
4. What is Donegal?
Ans. Donegal is a country of north Ireland where the body of Michael is recovered.
5. Who is Michael?
Ans. Michael is the fifth son of Maurya. He was drowned in the sea and his dead body was recovered in Donegal.
6. What is a hooker? Why is the hooker tacking?
Ans. A hooker is a kind of small Irish sailing boat. ‘Tacking’ means moving in a zigzag manner in order to adjust its sail so as to come towards the island.
7. Why doesn’t Bartley want to miss the boat to Connemara?
Ans. Bartley does not want to miss the boat to Connemara because no boat will be available for two weeks or more for the trip to the fair where horses will be sold at high prices.
8. What will Bartley sell at Connemara?
Ans. Bartley will sell at Connemara two horses his red mare and Michael’s grey pony.
9. What was the colour of Michael’s horse and what colour was Bartley’s mare?
Ans. Michael’s horse was grey and Bartley’s mare was red.
10. How does Maurya rate the worth of a son?
Ans. Maurya rates the worth of a son above any amount of money. To her the worth of a son is more than the price of a hundred and thousand horses.
The Lion and the Jewel
1. Who is Wole Soyinka?
Ans. Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright and poet.
2. What is the full name of Wole Soyinka?
Ans. Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka.
3. When and where was Wole Soyinka born?
Ans. Wole Soyinka was born in the city of Abeokuta, Nigeria.
4. When was Wole Soyinka awarded Nobel Prize for literature?
Ans. He was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1986.
5. When did Wole Soyinka win. International Humanist Award?
Ans. He won International Humanist Award in 2014.
6. To whom did Soyinka dedicate his Nobel lecture?
Ans. Soyinka’s Nobel lecture entitled “This Past Must Address Its Present” was dedicated to the then still-imprisoned Nelson Mandela.
7. Who is the titular lion in The Lion and the Jewel?
Ans. The titular lion is Baroka.
8. Who is Baroka?
Ans. Baroka is the chief of the village of Ilujinle. He wants to keep things like the old ways. He is the Lion in the play The Lion and the Jewel.
9. Who is Lakunle?
Ans. Lakunle is the local schoolteacher who wants to marry Sidi, and westernize everyone.
10. Who is Sadiku?
Ans. Sadiku is Baroka’s first wife who is extra sneaky.
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