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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which dramatist is most closely associated with the Comedy of Humours?
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Explanation:
• Ben Jonson is most closely associated with the Comedy of Humours.
• His comedies often organise characters around a dominant disposition or obsession.
• Every Man in His Humour is the clearest title associated with this dramatic method.
• Middleton, Webster and Marston were important Jacobean dramatists, but the term is especially linked with Jonson.
• His comedies often organise characters around a dominant disposition or obsession.
• Every Man in His Humour is the clearest title associated with this dramatic method.
• Middleton, Webster and Marston were important Jacobean dramatists, but the term is especially linked with Jonson.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
In early modern physiological theory, a humour was believed to be
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Explanation:
• Classical and Renaissance physiology identified four bodily humours: blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile.
• An imbalance was believed to produce a dominant temperament or behavioural tendency.
• Jonson converts this medical and psychological idea into a principle of comic characterisation.
• A humour is therefore not simply a joke or a stage device.
• An imbalance was believed to produce a dominant temperament or behavioural tendency.
• Jonson converts this medical and psychological idea into a principle of comic characterisation.
• A humour is therefore not simply a joke or a stage device.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which play by Ben Jonson introduced the character Kitely?
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Explanation:
• Kitely appears in Every Man in His Humour.
• He is dominated by jealousy and suspicion regarding his wife.
• His obsessive temperament illustrates Jonson's humour-based characterisation.
• The other plays contain different social worlds and comic intrigues.
• He is dominated by jealousy and suspicion regarding his wife.
• His obsessive temperament illustrates Jonson's humour-based characterisation.
• The other plays contain different social worlds and comic intrigues.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which character in Every Man in His Humour is known for boasting about military exploits?
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Explanation:
• Captain Bobadill is the braggart soldier of Every Man in His Humour.
• He boasts extravagantly about courage and military skill but is exposed as cowardly.
• The figure draws on the classical miles gloriosus tradition.
• His theatrical self-display makes him a social type as well as an individual comic character.
• He boasts extravagantly about courage and military skill but is exposed as cowardly.
• The figure draws on the classical miles gloriosus tradition.
• His theatrical self-display makes him a social type as well as an individual comic character.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Volpone's name literally means
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Explanation:
• Volpone is the Italian word for fox.
• The name suggests cunning, predation and deceptive intelligence.
• Jonson gives several characters animal names that reflect their moral and social behaviour.
• Mosca means fly, while Voltore and Corvino evoke the vulture and raven.
• The name suggests cunning, predation and deceptive intelligence.
• Jonson gives several characters animal names that reflect their moral and social behaviour.
• Mosca means fly, while Voltore and Corvino evoke the vulture and raven.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
What false condition does Volpone pretend to suffer from?
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Explanation:
• Volpone pretends to be mortally ill and near death.
• His supposed heirs bring gifts in the hope of being named in his will.
• The deception exposes their greed while enriching and entertaining Volpone.
• The feigned illness is the central device of the legacy-hunting plot.
• His supposed heirs bring gifts in the hope of being named in his will.
• The deception exposes their greed while enriching and entertaining Volpone.
• The feigned illness is the central device of the legacy-hunting plot.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Who serves as Volpone's chief accomplice in deceiving the legacy hunters?
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Explanation:
• Mosca, whose name means fly, is Volpone's parasite and chief manipulator.
• He flatters each legacy hunter and promises that person a privileged place in Volpone's will.
• His improvisational skill drives much of the plot.
• Mosca eventually attempts to convert deception into independent power.
• He flatters each legacy hunter and promises that person a privileged place in Volpone's will.
• His improvisational skill drives much of the plot.
• Mosca eventually attempts to convert deception into independent power.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which character in Volpone is willing to disinherit his own son in pursuit of Volpone's fortune?
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Explanation:
• Corbaccio is the aged miser who hopes to inherit Volpone's wealth.
• Mosca persuades him to disinherit his son Bonario and name Volpone as heir.
• The act reveals how greed destroys natural family obligations.
• Corvino and Voltore display different forms of corruption.
• Mosca persuades him to disinherit his son Bonario and name Volpone as heir.
• The act reveals how greed destroys natural family obligations.
• Corvino and Voltore display different forms of corruption.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
In Volpone, Corvino attempts to offer which character to Volpone?
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Explanation:
• Corvino offers his wife Celia to Volpone after being persuaded that this may secure the inheritance.
• His action reveals the extreme moral corruption produced by greed.
• Celia resists Volpone and is defended by Bonario.
• Dol Common belongs to The Alchemist rather than Volpone.
• His action reveals the extreme moral corruption produced by greed.
• Celia resists Volpone and is defended by Bonario.
• Dol Common belongs to The Alchemist rather than Volpone.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which three characters form the central fraudulent partnership in The Alchemist?
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Explanation:
• Face, Subtle and Dol Common form the central confederacy in The Alchemist.
• They exploit Lovewit's absence by converting his house into a centre of fraud.
• Each assumes different roles to deceive a succession of gulls.
• Their partnership is unstable because each seeks a larger share of the profits.
• They exploit Lovewit's absence by converting his house into a centre of fraud.
• Each assumes different roles to deceive a succession of gulls.
• Their partnership is unstable because each seeks a larger share of the profits.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
What is Face's actual position in Lovewit's household?
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Explanation:
• Face is Lovewit's servant and caretaker of the house during his master's absence.
• He adopts multiple identities while participating in the fraudulent schemes.
• His control of the house gives the conspirators their operational base.
• His servant status becomes crucial when Lovewit unexpectedly returns.
• He adopts multiple identities while participating in the fraudulent schemes.
• His control of the house gives the conspirators their operational base.
• His servant status becomes crucial when Lovewit unexpectedly returns.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which gull in The Alchemist seeks the philosopher's stone in order to multiply wealth?
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Explanation:
• Sir Epicure Mammon dreams of obtaining the philosopher's stone.
• He imagines limitless gold, luxury, sensual pleasure and power.
• His extravagant fantasies make him a major example of Jonsonian greed and overreaching desire.
• The supposed alchemical project exposes the credulity of those who seek effortless wealth.
• He imagines limitless gold, luxury, sensual pleasure and power.
• His extravagant fantasies make him a major example of Jonsonian greed and overreaching desire.
• The supposed alchemical project exposes the credulity of those who seek effortless wealth.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which group is satirised through Ananias and Tribulation Wholesome in The Alchemist?
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Explanation:
• Ananias and Tribulation Wholesome represent hypocritical or compromised Puritan zeal.
• They condemn worldly corruption while seeking financial advantage from the supposed philosopher's stone.
• Jonson exposes the tension between their religious language and material desire.
• Their scenes form part of the play's broader satire on credulity and greed.
• They condemn worldly corruption while seeking financial advantage from the supposed philosopher's stone.
• Jonson exposes the tension between their religious language and material desire.
• Their scenes form part of the play's broader satire on credulity and greed.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Bartholomew Fair is set primarily during
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Explanation:
• Bartholomew Fair is set amid the crowded annual fair at Smithfield in London.
• The setting allows Jonson to bring together merchants, performers, officials, Puritans, thieves and pleasure seekers.
• The fair becomes a miniature image of urban society.
• Its bustle supports the play's episodic city-comedy structure.
• The setting allows Jonson to bring together merchants, performers, officials, Puritans, thieves and pleasure seekers.
• The fair becomes a miniature image of urban society.
• Its bustle supports the play's episodic city-comedy structure.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which character in Bartholomew Fair is a Puritan who attempts to condemn the fair but becomes entangled in its disorder?
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Explanation:
• Zeal-of-the-Land Busy is a Puritan preacher who attacks the fair's entertainments and commerce.
• His moral certainty is undercut by appetite, hypocrisy and involvement in the very world he condemns.
• Jonson satirises rigid zeal without presenting the fair itself as morally innocent.
• Busy is eventually humiliated during the puppet-show episode.
• His moral certainty is undercut by appetite, hypocrisy and involvement in the very world he condemns.
• Jonson satirises rigid zeal without presenting the fair itself as morally innocent.
• Busy is eventually humiliated during the puppet-show episode.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which feature most clearly identifies Jonson's city comedy?
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Explanation:
• Jonsonian city comedy represents contemporary urban life, especially London and its social networks.
• It uses merchants, gulls, parasites, projectors, householders and confidence tricksters as recognisable types.
• Money, appetite, deception and social mobility commonly drive the action.
• The form differs from pastoral, epic and medieval biblical drama.
• It uses merchants, gulls, parasites, projectors, householders and confidence tricksters as recognisable types.
• Money, appetite, deception and social mobility commonly drive the action.
• The form differs from pastoral, epic and medieval biblical drama.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements about Jonson's Comedy of Humours.
Statement I: A character may be dominated by one excessive disposition or obsession.
Statement II: Jonson's humour characters are always psychologically realistic in the modern naturalistic sense.
Choose the correct answer.
Statement I: A character may be dominated by one excessive disposition or obsession.
Statement II: Jonson's humour characters are always psychologically realistic in the modern naturalistic sense.
Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Jonson often builds comic characters around a ruling passion, affectation or obsession.
• Statement II is incorrect because these figures are deliberately stylised and exaggerated rather than consistently naturalistic.
• Their simplified dominance allows the audience to recognise and judge social folly.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because these figures are deliberately stylised and exaggerated rather than consistently naturalistic.
• Their simplified dominance allows the audience to recognise and judge social folly.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which of the following statements about Volpone are correct?
1. Volpone accumulates gifts by pretending to be near death.
2. Mosca manipulates the legacy hunters.
3. Celia willingly joins Volpone's deception.
4. The final judgement punishes both Volpone and Mosca.
1. Volpone accumulates gifts by pretending to be near death.
2. Mosca manipulates the legacy hunters.
3. Celia willingly joins Volpone's deception.
4. The final judgement punishes both Volpone and Mosca.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Volpone feigns terminal illness to attract costly gifts.
• Statement 2 is correct because Mosca promises each legacy hunter a favourable inheritance.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Celia resists Volpone's attempted seduction and does not join the scheme.
• Statement 4 is correct because the final court scene imposes severe punishments on both principal deceivers.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because Mosca promises each legacy hunter a favourable inheritance.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Celia resists Volpone's attempted seduction and does not join the scheme.
• Statement 4 is correct because the final court scene imposes severe punishments on both principal deceivers.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Assertion: The Alchemist can be interpreted as a satire on desire rather than merely a comedy about professional criminals.
Reason: Each victim's private fantasy helps the conspirators design a specialised deception.
Choose the correct answer.
Reason: Each victim's private fantasy helps the conspirators design a specialised deception.
Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the play examines the greed, vanity, lust, ambition and superstition of the gulls.
• The Reason is correct because the fraud succeeds by adapting itself to each victim's particular desire.
• Mammon wants limitless luxury, Dapper wants gambling success and Drugger wants commercial advantage.
• The Reason directly explains why the play's satire extends beyond the criminals.
• The Reason is correct because the fraud succeeds by adapting itself to each victim's particular desire.
• Mammon wants limitless luxury, Dapper wants gambling success and Drugger wants commercial advantage.
• The Reason directly explains why the play's satire extends beyond the criminals.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Volpone
2. Mosca
3. Sir Epicure Mammon
4. Zeal-of-the-Land Busy
List II
P. Puritan critic of the fair
Q. Parasite and manipulator
R. Seeker of alchemical wealth
S. Fox-like counterfeit invalid
Choose the correct code.
List I
1. Volpone
2. Mosca
3. Sir Epicure Mammon
4. Zeal-of-the-Land Busy
List II
P. Puritan critic of the fair
Q. Parasite and manipulator
R. Seeker of alchemical wealth
S. Fox-like counterfeit invalid
Choose the correct code.
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Explanation:
• Volpone matches S because he is the fox-like deceiver who pretends to be dying.
• Mosca matches Q because he is the parasite who manipulates the legacy hunters.
• Sir Epicure Mammon matches R because he seeks unlimited wealth through alchemy.
• Zeal-of-the-Land Busy matches P because he is the Puritan critic of Bartholomew Fair.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-S, 2-Q, 3-R, 4-P.
• Mosca matches Q because he is the parasite who manipulates the legacy hunters.
• Sir Epicure Mammon matches R because he seeks unlimited wealth through alchemy.
• Zeal-of-the-Land Busy matches P because he is the Puritan critic of Bartholomew Fair.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-S, 2-Q, 3-R, 4-P.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Arrange the following Ben Jonson plays in chronological order of first performance.
1. Bartholomew Fair
2. Volpone
3. Every Man in His Humour
4. The Alchemist
1. Bartholomew Fair
2. Volpone
3. Every Man in His Humour
4. The Alchemist
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Every Man in His Humour was first performed in 1598.
• Volpone followed in 1606.
• The Alchemist was first performed in 1610.
• Bartholomew Fair was first performed in 1614.
• The correct sequence is 3, 2, 4, 1.
• Volpone followed in 1606.
• The Alchemist was first performed in 1610.
• Bartholomew Fair was first performed in 1614.
• The correct sequence is 3, 2, 4, 1.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• The pair Sir Epicure Mammon — advocate of modest self-denial is incorrect.
• Mammon imagines extravagant wealth, luxury, sexual pleasure and power through the philosopher's stone.
• Captain Bobadill is a braggart soldier, Mosca is a manipulative parasite and Busy is a satirised Puritan.
• Each figure exemplifies Jonson's technique of exposing a dominant appetite or affectation.
• Mammon imagines extravagant wealth, luxury, sexual pleasure and power through the philosopher's stone.
• Captain Bobadill is a braggart soldier, Mosca is a manipulative parasite and Busy is a satirised Puritan.
• Each figure exemplifies Jonson's technique of exposing a dominant appetite or affectation.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which comparison between Volpone and The Alchemist is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Volpone's central scheme depends on pretending to be near death and encouraging gifts from would-be heirs.
• The Alchemist multiplies frauds by promising alchemy, gambling luck, commercial success or social transformation.
• Both plays examine greed and self-deception, but their comic mechanisms differ.
• Neither play rewards all deceivers at the end.
• The Alchemist multiplies frauds by promising alchemy, gambling luck, commercial success or social transformation.
• Both plays examine greed and self-deception, but their comic mechanisms differ.
• Neither play rewards all deceivers at the end.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which statement best describes Jonson's use of classical influence?
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Explanation:
• Jonson drew on classical comedy, satire, rhetorical discipline and ideas about decorum and structure.
• He adapted these resources to contemporary London, its professions, appetites and schemes.
• His social types often recall figures from Plautus and Terence while remaining rooted in Jacobean life.
• Classical influence therefore strengthens rather than prevents social criticism.
• He adapted these resources to contemporary London, its professions, appetites and schemes.
• His social types often recall figures from Plautus and Terence while remaining rooted in Jacobean life.
• Classical influence therefore strengthens rather than prevents social criticism.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which combination correctly identifies features of Jonsonian dramatic technique?
1. Carefully patterned intrigue
2. Satirical exposure of dominant appetites
3. Dense use of social and professional types
4. Frequent movement toward punitive exposure rather than purely romantic reconciliation
1. Carefully patterned intrigue
2. Satirical exposure of dominant appetites
3. Dense use of social and professional types
4. Frequent movement toward punitive exposure rather than purely romantic reconciliation
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Jonson constructs tightly organised plots of deception, counter-deception and discovery.
• Statement 2 is correct because greed, vanity, lust and hypocrisy become objects of satirical judgement.
• Statement 3 is correct because his urban comedies bring together recognisable social and professional types.
• Statement 4 is correct because endings often expose and punish folly rather than relying primarily on marriage.
• Therefore, all four statements are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because greed, vanity, lust and hypocrisy become objects of satirical judgement.
• Statement 3 is correct because his urban comedies bring together recognisable social and professional types.
• Statement 4 is correct because endings often expose and punish folly rather than relying primarily on marriage.
• Therefore, all four statements are correct.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Ben Jonson సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. one of four bodily fluids influencing temperament సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Every Man in His Humour సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Captain Bobadill సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. fox సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: D. Fatal illness సమాధానం: D.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: A. Mosca సమాధానం: A.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: C. Corbaccio సమాధానం: C.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: B. Celia సమాధానం: B.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: A. Face, Subtle and Dol Common సమాధానం: A.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: D. Servant సమాధానం: D.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: C. Sir Epicure Mammon సమాధానం: C.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Puritan religious zealots సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: C. a London fair at Smithfield సమాధానం: C.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: D. Zeal-of-the-Land Busy సమాధానం: D.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. Urban settings populated by recognisable social and professional types సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. 1-S, 2-Q, 3-R, 4-P సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. 3, 2, 4, 1 సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: C. Sir Epicure Mammon — advocate of modest self-denial సమాధానం: C.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. Volpone uses a false deathbed to attract legacy hunters, while The Alchemist uses multiple fraudulent promises to exploit different desires. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. He combines classical ideas of type, structure and satire with the social world of early modern London. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 సమాధానం: D.