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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which event made the reopening of the English public theatres possible in 1660?
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Explanation:
• The monarchy was restored under Charles II in 1660.
• The change ended the Puritan prohibition that had closed the public theatres in 1642.
• Charles II encouraged theatrical activity and authorised patent companies.
• William III, the Licensing Act and the Glorious Revolution belong to later developments.
• The change ended the Puritan prohibition that had closed the public theatres in 1642.
• Charles II encouraged theatrical activity and authorised patent companies.
• William III, the Licensing Act and the Glorious Revolution belong to later developments.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which pair received royal authority to organise the principal patent theatre companies after the Restoration?
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Explanation:
• Thomas Killigrew and William Davenant received royal authority to establish the major patent companies.
• Killigrew led the King's Company, while Davenant led the Duke's Company.
• These companies dominated the licensed London stage after the Restoration.
• The other pairs consist chiefly of playwrights from later phases of Restoration and eighteenth-century drama.
• Killigrew led the King's Company, while Davenant led the Duke's Company.
• These companies dominated the licensed London stage after the Restoration.
• The other pairs consist chiefly of playwrights from later phases of Restoration and eighteenth-century drama.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which innovation distinguished the Restoration stage from the earlier public theatre of Shakespeare's time?
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Explanation:
• Professional women actors began appearing regularly on the English public stage after the Restoration.
• In Shakespeare's time, female roles had normally been performed by boys or young men.
• Restoration theatres also increasingly used indoor spaces, movable scenery and perspective staging.
• The period did not prohibit scenery or restrict performance to religious drama.
• In Shakespeare's time, female roles had normally been performed by boys or young men.
• Restoration theatres also increasingly used indoor spaces, movable scenery and perspective staging.
• The period did not prohibit scenery or restrict performance to religious drama.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Who is traditionally credited with being the first professional English actress to perform Desdemona after the Restoration?
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Explanation:
• Margaret Hughes is traditionally credited with playing Desdemona in 1660.
• The identification is often presented with caution because the surviving evidence is not completely conclusive.
• The entry of women into professional acting altered role construction, performance style and theatrical celebrity.
• Nell Gwyn, Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle became prominent Restoration actresses but are not traditionally assigned this first appearance.
• The identification is often presented with caution because the surviving evidence is not completely conclusive.
• The entry of women into professional acting altered role construction, performance style and theatrical celebrity.
• Nell Gwyn, Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle became prominent Restoration actresses but are not traditionally assigned this first appearance.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which description most accurately defines Restoration heroic drama?
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Explanation:
• Heroic drama presents exceptional protagonists caught between love, honour, war and political duty.
• It frequently uses elevated rhetoric, spectacular action and rhymed heroic couplets.
• John Dryden became the leading practitioner and theorist of the form.
• Sentimental comedy, medieval cycle drama and improvised farce belong to different traditions.
• It frequently uses elevated rhetoric, spectacular action and rhymed heroic couplets.
• John Dryden became the leading practitioner and theorist of the form.
• Sentimental comedy, medieval cycle drama and improvised farce belong to different traditions.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which play by John Dryden is a major example of Restoration heroic drama?
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Explanation:
• The Conquest of Granada is one of Dryden's best-known heroic dramas.
• Its protagonist Almanzor exemplifies the proud, martial and passionate heroic figure.
• The play uses elevated conflict and rhymed verse characteristic of the genre.
• The other options represent sentimental comedy, eighteenth-century comedy and comedy of manners.
• Its protagonist Almanzor exemplifies the proud, martial and passionate heroic figure.
• The play uses elevated conflict and rhymed verse characteristic of the genre.
• The other options represent sentimental comedy, eighteenth-century comedy and comedy of manners.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Comedy of manners primarily satirises
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Explanation:
• Comedy of manners exposes the artificial behaviour, sexual politics and social pretensions of fashionable society.
• Its dramatic energy depends heavily on wit, repartee, intrigue and the manipulation of reputation.
• Restoration examples often focus on courtly or urban elites.
• Medieval religion and Roman military life are not its defining subjects.
• Its dramatic energy depends heavily on wit, repartee, intrigue and the manipulation of reputation.
• Restoration examples often focus on courtly or urban elites.
• Medieval religion and Roman military life are not its defining subjects.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which comedy by George Etherege presents Dorimant and Sir Fopling Flutter?
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Explanation:
• The Man of Mode was written by George Etherege.
• Dorimant is a fashionable libertine, while Sir Fopling Flutter is an affected fop.
• The play is a major example of Restoration comedy of manners.
• Its characters expose the performance of elegance, desire and social reputation.
• Dorimant is a fashionable libertine, while Sir Fopling Flutter is an affected fop.
• The play is a major example of Restoration comedy of manners.
• Its characters expose the performance of elegance, desire and social reputation.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which character in The Man of Mode is a fashionable rake whose relationships drive much of the plot?
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Explanation:
• Dorimant is the central rake in The Man of Mode.
• He manipulates relationships while attempting to win Harriet.
• Horner appears in The Country Wife, Mirabell in The Way of the World and Young Marlow in She Stoops to Conquer.
• Dorimant represents the wit, mobility and moral ambiguity of Restoration high society.
• He manipulates relationships while attempting to win Harriet.
• Horner appears in The Country Wife, Mirabell in The Way of the World and Young Marlow in She Stoops to Conquer.
• Dorimant represents the wit, mobility and moral ambiguity of Restoration high society.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
What false claim allows Horner to gain private access to married women in The Country Wife?
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Explanation:
• Horner circulates the false report that he has become impotent after treatment abroad.
• Husbands consequently regard him as harmless and allow him access to their wives.
• The scheme exposes marital jealousy, sexual hypocrisy and the instability of reputation.
• His deception drives the central intrigue of Wycherley's comedy.
• Husbands consequently regard him as harmless and allow him access to their wives.
• The scheme exposes marital jealousy, sexual hypocrisy and the instability of reputation.
• His deception drives the central intrigue of Wycherley's comedy.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
In The Country Wife, the repeated references to china function chiefly as
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Explanation:
• The china episode uses suggestive language to conceal sexual activity behind polite conversation.
• The euphemism allows the characters and audience to understand different levels of meaning.
• It exemplifies the verbal wit and sexual innuendo of Restoration comedy.
• The scene is not primarily about royal politics, trade history or scholarship.
• The euphemism allows the characters and audience to understand different levels of meaning.
• It exemplifies the verbal wit and sexual innuendo of Restoration comedy.
• The scene is not primarily about royal politics, trade history or scholarship.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which character in The Country Wife attempts to isolate and control his inexperienced wife Margery?
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Explanation:
• Pinchwife is obsessively jealous and tries to prevent Margery from encountering fashionable London society.
• His attempts at control actually intensify her curiosity and help create opportunities for deception.
• The plot satirises possessive marriage and the failure of patriarchal surveillance.
• Horner is the rake who exploits Pinchwife's fear.
• His attempts at control actually intensify her curiosity and help create opportunities for deception.
• The plot satirises possessive marriage and the failure of patriarchal surveillance.
• Horner is the rake who exploits Pinchwife's fear.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which pair forms the central witty lovers in The Way of the World?
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Explanation:
• Mirabell and Millamant form the central romantic pair in The Way of the World.
• Their relationship combines attraction with negotiation over freedom, property and marital expectations.
• Their verbal intelligence distinguishes them from more conventional lovers.
• The other pairs belong to different Restoration or eighteenth-century comedies.
• Their relationship combines attraction with negotiation over freedom, property and marital expectations.
• Their verbal intelligence distinguishes them from more conventional lovers.
• The other pairs belong to different Restoration or eighteenth-century comedies.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
The proviso scene in The Way of the World is important because it
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Explanation:
• In the proviso scene, Mirabell and Millamant set out the conditions under which they will marry.
• Their negotiations address personal habits, independence, public behaviour and mutual expectations.
• The scene transforms marriage from a purely romantic conclusion into a social contract open to debate.
• It is one of Congreve's finest examples of balanced wit and verbal control.
• Their negotiations address personal habits, independence, public behaviour and mutual expectations.
• The scene transforms marriage from a purely romantic conclusion into a social contract open to debate.
• It is one of Congreve's finest examples of balanced wit and verbal control.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Who is the wealthy older woman whose consent is important to Mirabell's marriage plans in The Way of the World?
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Explanation:
• Lady Wishfort is Millamant's wealthy aunt and controls part of her niece's fortune.
• Mirabell attempts to secure her consent through an elaborate scheme involving a disguised servant.
• Her vanity and desire for marriage make her vulnerable to deception.
• Mrs Marwood and Mrs Fainall participate in the intrigue but do not occupy Lady Wishfort's position.
• Mirabell attempts to secure her consent through an elaborate scheme involving a disguised servant.
• Her vanity and desire for marriage make her vulnerable to deception.
• Mrs Marwood and Mrs Fainall participate in the intrigue but do not occupy Lady Wishfort's position.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which feature most clearly distinguishes sentimental comedy from Restoration comedy of manners?
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Explanation:
• Sentimental comedy emphasises benevolence, virtue, emotional suffering and the reform of morally mistaken characters.
• It seeks sympathetic tears and moral approval more often than satirical exposure.
• This tendency differs from the harder wit and sexual intrigue of much Restoration comedy.
• The form became influential during the eighteenth century.
• It seeks sympathetic tears and moral approval more often than satirical exposure.
• This tendency differs from the harder wit and sexual intrigue of much Restoration comedy.
• The form became influential during the eighteenth century.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements about the Restoration stage.
Statement I: Indoor theatres increasingly used movable scenery and perspective effects.
Statement II: Female roles continued to be performed exclusively by boys throughout the Restoration period.
Choose the correct answer.
Statement I: Indoor theatres increasingly used movable scenery and perspective effects.
Statement II: Female roles continued to be performed exclusively by boys throughout the Restoration period.
Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Restoration theatres adopted movable scenery, perspective design and indoor staging practices.
• Statement II is incorrect because women began performing female roles professionally after the reopening of the theatres.
• These innovations altered both visual spectacle and the representation of gender.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because women began performing female roles professionally after the reopening of the theatres.
• These innovations altered both visual spectacle and the representation of gender.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which of the following statements about sentimental comedy are correct?
1. It presents essentially virtuous characters in emotionally testing situations.
2. It often encourages sympathy and moral reflection.
3. Richard Steele's The Conscious Lovers is an important example.
4. It depends chiefly on explicit sexual intrigue and cynical wit.
1. It presents essentially virtuous characters in emotionally testing situations.
2. It often encourages sympathy and moral reflection.
3. Richard Steele's The Conscious Lovers is an important example.
4. It depends chiefly on explicit sexual intrigue and cynical wit.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because sentimental comedy often places virtuous characters under emotional pressure.
• Statement 2 is correct because the form seeks sympathy, moral reflection and benevolent feeling.
• Statement 3 is correct because Steele's The Conscious Lovers is a major example.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because explicit sexual intrigue and cynical wit are more characteristic of Restoration comedy of manners.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because the form seeks sympathy, moral reflection and benevolent feeling.
• Statement 3 is correct because Steele's The Conscious Lovers is a major example.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because explicit sexual intrigue and cynical wit are more characteristic of Restoration comedy of manners.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which play by Oliver Goldsmith was written as a reaction against excessive sentimentalism in comedy?
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Explanation:
• She Stoops to Conquer is Goldsmith's major comic response to sentimental comedy.
• It restores laughter, misunderstanding, social embarrassment and vigorous comic action.
• Goldsmith defended laughing comedy against works that relied too heavily on tears and moral seriousness.
• The Conscious Lovers is a sentimental comedy, while the other plays are by Sheridan and Congreve.
• It restores laughter, misunderstanding, social embarrassment and vigorous comic action.
• Goldsmith defended laughing comedy against works that relied too heavily on tears and moral seriousness.
• The Conscious Lovers is a sentimental comedy, while the other plays are by Sheridan and Congreve.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Assertion: Goldsmith and Sheridan helped revive laughing comedy in the later eighteenth century.
Reason: Their plays combine comic misunderstanding, social satire and theatrical wit rather than relying entirely on exemplary virtue and pathos.
Choose the correct answer.
Reason: Their plays combine comic misunderstanding, social satire and theatrical wit rather than relying entirely on exemplary virtue and pathos.
Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Goldsmith and Sheridan renewed traditions of energetic and satirical comedy.
• The Reason is correct because their plays use mistaken identity, verbal wit, exposure of affectation and comic intrigue.
• These techniques contrast with the stronger emotional and moral emphasis of sentimental comedy.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because their plays use mistaken identity, verbal wit, exposure of affectation and comic intrigue.
• These techniques contrast with the stronger emotional and moral emphasis of sentimental comedy.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which character in Sheridan's The Rivals is famous for misusing elaborate words?
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Explanation:
• Mrs Malaprop repeatedly substitutes inappropriate words that resemble the ones she intends to use.
• Her name gave rise to the term malapropism.
• The verbal errors expose pretension and create linguistic comedy.
• The other characters belong principally to The School for Scandal.
• Her name gave rise to the term malapropism.
• The verbal errors expose pretension and create linguistic comedy.
• The other characters belong principally to The School for Scandal.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. William Wycherley
2. William Congreve
3. Oliver Goldsmith
4. Richard Sheridan
List II
P. The School for Scandal
Q. The Country Wife
R. She Stoops to Conquer
S. The Way of the World
Choose the correct code.
List I
1. William Wycherley
2. William Congreve
3. Oliver Goldsmith
4. Richard Sheridan
List II
P. The School for Scandal
Q. The Country Wife
R. She Stoops to Conquer
S. The Way of the World
Choose the correct code.
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Explanation:
• William Wycherley matches Q because he wrote The Country Wife.
• William Congreve matches S because he wrote The Way of the World.
• Oliver Goldsmith matches R because he wrote She Stoops to Conquer.
• Richard Sheridan matches P because he wrote The School for Scandal.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-Q, 2-S, 3-R, 4-P.
• William Congreve matches S because he wrote The Way of the World.
• Oliver Goldsmith matches R because he wrote She Stoops to Conquer.
• Richard Sheridan matches P because he wrote The School for Scandal.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-Q, 2-S, 3-R, 4-P.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Arrange the following plays in chronological order of first performance.
1. The School for Scandal
2. The Country Wife
3. The Way of the World
4. She Stoops to Conquer
1. The School for Scandal
2. The Country Wife
3. The Way of the World
4. She Stoops to Conquer
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Explanation:
• The Country Wife was first performed in 1675.
• The Way of the World followed in 1700.
• She Stoops to Conquer was first performed in 1773.
• The School for Scandal was first performed in 1777.
• The correct sequence is 2, 3, 4, 1.
• The Way of the World followed in 1700.
• She Stoops to Conquer was first performed in 1773.
• The School for Scandal was first performed in 1777.
• The correct sequence is 2, 3, 4, 1.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• The pair The School for Scandal — the tragic fall of a heroic conqueror is incorrect.
• Sheridan's play is a social comedy exposing gossip, hypocrisy, reputation and deceptive appearances.
• The Man of Mode, The Country Wife and The Way of the World are correctly matched with their characters or central intrigues.
• Heroic conquest belongs to heroic drama rather than Sheridan's comedy.
• Sheridan's play is a social comedy exposing gossip, hypocrisy, reputation and deceptive appearances.
• The Man of Mode, The Country Wife and The Way of the World are correctly matched with their characters or central intrigues.
• Heroic conquest belongs to heroic drama rather than Sheridan's comedy.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which statement best explains the historical movement from Restoration comedy of manners to eighteenth-century sentimental and laughing comedy?
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Explanation:
• Restoration comedy of manners emphasised fashionable intrigue, sexual politics and verbal wit.
• Sentimental comedy redirected attention toward virtue, benevolence, emotional trial and moral reform.
• Goldsmith and Sheridan reacted against excessive sentimentalism by renewing laughter, misunderstanding and social satire.
• The development was a change of comic emphasis rather than the disappearance of comedy.
• Sentimental comedy redirected attention toward virtue, benevolence, emotional trial and moral reform.
• Goldsmith and Sheridan reacted against excessive sentimentalism by renewing laughter, misunderstanding and social satire.
• The development was a change of comic emphasis rather than the disappearance of comedy.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. The restoration of Charles II సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. Thomas Killigrew and William Davenant సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. The regular appearance of professional women actors సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Margaret Hughes సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. A grand tragedy of love, honour and conflict, often written in rhymed heroic couplets సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. The Conquest of Granada సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. the affectations, sexual intrigues and verbal codes of fashionable society సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. The Man of Mode సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Dorimant సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. He spreads the rumour that he is sexually impotent. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. a sexual euphemism within Horner's deception సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. Pinchwife సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Mirabell and Millamant సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. allows the lovers to negotiate the conditions of their marriage సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Lady Wishfort సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Its emphasis on virtue, emotion, repentance and moral reform సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. She Stoops to Conquer సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: C. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: C.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: B. Mrs Malaprop సమాధానం: B.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: D. 1-Q, 2-S, 3-R, 4-P సమాధానం: D.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: A. 2, 3, 4, 1 సమాధానం: A.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. The School for Scandal — the tragic fall of a heroic conqueror సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: B. Sentimental comedy emphasised virtue and feeling, while Goldsmith and Sheridan later restored stronger laughter, wit and social exposure. సమాధానం: B.