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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which dramatist is most closely associated with the emergence of modern European realistic drama through plays such as A Doll's House and Ghosts?
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Explanation:
• Henrik Ibsen is a central figure in the development of modern realistic drama.
• A Doll's House and Ghosts examine domestic life, social convention, gender and inherited consequences.
• Chekhov developed a different form of psychological and ensemble realism.
• Strindberg contributed strongly to naturalism and later expressionist experimentation.
• A Doll's House and Ghosts examine domestic life, social convention, gender and inherited consequences.
• Chekhov developed a different form of psychological and ensemble realism.
• Strindberg contributed strongly to naturalism and later expressionist experimentation.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
From whom does Nora secretly borrow money in A Doll's House?
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Explanation:
• Nora secretly borrows money from Nils Krogstad to finance the journey that saves Torvald's health.
• Because she cannot legally obtain the loan independently, she forges her father's signature.
• Krogstad later uses the secret to pressure Nora when his position at the bank is threatened.
• The loan connects domestic sacrifice with restrictive laws governing women.
• Because she cannot legally obtain the loan independently, she forges her father's signature.
• Krogstad later uses the secret to pressure Nora when his position at the bank is threatened.
• The loan connects domestic sacrifice with restrictive laws governing women.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Why does Nora arrange the journey to Italy in A Doll's House?
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Explanation:
• Nora arranges the journey because Torvald's health requires a warmer climate.
• She obtains the necessary money secretly and allows Torvald to believe that her father supplied it.
• Her action reveals courage and practical intelligence beneath her apparently childish role.
• The concealed sacrifice later becomes the source of the domestic crisis.
• She obtains the necessary money secretly and allows Torvald to believe that her father supplied it.
• Her action reveals courage and practical intelligence beneath her apparently childish role.
• The concealed sacrifice later becomes the source of the domestic crisis.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which dance does Nora rehearse before the costume party in A Doll's House?
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Explanation:
• Nora performs the tarantella while Torvald attempts to direct her movements.
• The increasingly frantic dance reflects her fear as Krogstad's letter threatens exposure.
• It also dramatises Torvald's desire to control Nora as an attractive spectacle.
• The scene turns physical performance into an expression of psychological crisis.
• The increasingly frantic dance reflects her fear as Krogstad's letter threatens exposure.
• It also dramatises Torvald's desire to control Nora as an attractive spectacle.
• The scene turns physical performance into an expression of psychological crisis.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
What does Nora's final departure most directly signify in A Doll's House?
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Explanation:
• Nora leaves because she believes that she must understand herself and society before continuing as wife or mother.
• She rejects the doll-like roles constructed first by her father and then by Torvald.
• The famous closing door marks a break with the conventional domestic resolution.
• Her departure made the play a landmark in debates about gender, marriage and individual freedom.
• She rejects the doll-like roles constructed first by her father and then by Torvald.
• The famous closing door marks a break with the conventional domestic resolution.
• Her departure made the play a landmark in debates about gender, marriage and individual freedom.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which relationship offers a contrast to the marriage of Nora and Torvald in A Doll's House?
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Explanation:
• Mrs Linde and Krogstad choose to rebuild a relationship through honesty and mutual need.
• Their reconciliation contrasts with the secrecy, performance and inequality within Nora's marriage.
• Mrs Linde insists that Krogstad's letter must remain so that the Helmers confront the truth.
• The subplot therefore reinforces the play's criticism of relationships founded on illusion.
• Their reconciliation contrasts with the secrecy, performance and inequality within Nora's marriage.
• Mrs Linde insists that Krogstad's letter must remain so that the Helmers confront the truth.
• The subplot therefore reinforces the play's criticism of relationships founded on illusion.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
In Ghosts, Oswald's illness is linked to the concealed conduct of
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Explanation:
• Oswald's illness is connected with the sexual misconduct of his father, Captain Alving.
• Mrs Alving had preserved her husband's respectable public image while concealing his behaviour.
• The revelation connects heredity with the destructive effects of social secrecy.
• Ibsen uses the family crisis to criticise inherited moral and institutional corruption.
• Mrs Alving had preserved her husband's respectable public image while concealing his behaviour.
• The revelation connects heredity with the destructive effects of social secrecy.
• Ibsen uses the family crisis to criticise inherited moral and institutional corruption.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Why does Pastor Manders oppose insuring the orphanage in Ghosts?
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Explanation:
• Pastor Manders worries that insurance might expose him to religious criticism by appearing to distrust providence.
• The uninsured orphanage later burns down.
• His decision illustrates the danger of allowing public opinion and rigid convention to override practical judgement.
• Engstrand manipulates the disaster for his own advantage.
• The uninsured orphanage later burns down.
• His decision illustrates the danger of allowing public opinion and rigid convention to override practical judgement.
• Engstrand manipulates the disaster for his own advantage.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
The ghosts in the title of Ibsen's Ghosts most broadly represent
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Explanation:
• The title refers metaphorically to inherited beliefs, social conventions and concealed actions that persist in the present.
• Mrs Alving discovers that the past cannot be eliminated merely by hiding it.
• Oswald's condition gives the idea of inheritance a devastating physical form.
• The play does not depend on the appearance of literal supernatural ghosts.
• Mrs Alving discovers that the past cannot be eliminated merely by hiding it.
• Oswald's condition gives the idea of inheritance a devastating physical form.
• The play does not depend on the appearance of literal supernatural ghosts.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
A problem play is best described as a drama that
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Explanation:
• A problem play places a difficult social, ethical or political issue at the centre of its action.
• It encourages debate rather than supplying a simple moral answer.
• Ibsen's plays examine marriage, gender inequality, heredity, hypocrisy and institutional authority.
• The form helped make modern theatre a forum for social criticism.
• It encourages debate rather than supplying a simple moral answer.
• Ibsen's plays examine marriage, gender inequality, heredity, hypocrisy and institutional authority.
• The form helped make modern theatre a forum for social criticism.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which feature is most characteristic of theatrical realism?
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Explanation:
• Realism represents everyday environments, credible behaviour and social pressures.
• Dialogue tends to resemble ordinary speech more closely than elevated poetic declamation.
• Domestic spaces become sites where class, gender, money and power are tested.
• Realism does not eliminate symbolism or artistry, but it grounds them in plausible human situations.
• Dialogue tends to resemble ordinary speech more closely than elevated poetic declamation.
• Domestic spaces become sites where class, gender, money and power are tested.
• Realism does not eliminate symbolism or artistry, but it grounds them in plausible human situations.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Naturalism differs from general theatrical realism through its stronger emphasis on
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Explanation:
• Naturalism presents human behaviour as strongly conditioned by heredity, environment and social circumstances.
• It was influenced by scientific thought and the deterministic fiction of Émile Zola.
• Naturalistic drama often examines sexuality, class conflict, illness and destructive domestic pressure.
• It is generally more determinist and physiologically focused than broader realism.
• It was influenced by scientific thought and the deterministic fiction of Émile Zola.
• Naturalistic drama often examines sexuality, class conflict, illness and destructive domestic pressure.
• It is generally more determinist and physiologically focused than broader realism.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which play by August Strindberg is a major example of naturalistic drama?
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Explanation:
• Miss Julie is one of Strindberg's major naturalistic plays.
• It presents a destructive encounter between the aristocratic Julie and the servant Jean.
• Class, sexuality, gender, heredity and environment shape their struggle.
• The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard are by Chekhov, while The Wild Duck is by Ibsen.
• It presents a destructive encounter between the aristocratic Julie and the servant Jean.
• Class, sexuality, gender, heredity and environment shape their struggle.
• The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard are by Chekhov, while The Wild Duck is by Ibsen.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which statement best describes Strindberg's later movement beyond naturalism?
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Explanation:
• Strindberg's later drama moves toward symbolism, dream structure and fragmented psychological experience.
• Works such as A Dream Play influenced expressionism and other modernist theatrical forms.
• This development shows that his importance is not limited to naturalism.
• He continued to experiment with dramatic form rather than adopting one fixed model.
• Works such as A Dream Play influenced expressionism and other modernist theatrical forms.
• This development shows that his importance is not limited to naturalism.
• He continued to experiment with dramatic form rather than adopting one fixed model.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Who owns the estate at the beginning of The Cherry Orchard?
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Explanation:
• Lyubov Ranevskaya returns from Paris to her financially endangered family estate.
• Her emotional attachment to the orchard prevents her from responding effectively to the crisis.
• Gayev is her brother, while Lopakhin proposes a practical plan to save the property.
• The estate's sale reflects wider historical changes in Russian society.
• Her emotional attachment to the orchard prevents her from responding effectively to the crisis.
• Gayev is her brother, while Lopakhin proposes a practical plan to save the property.
• The estate's sale reflects wider historical changes in Russian society.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Who purchases the cherry orchard at the auction?
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Explanation:
• Lopakhin purchases the estate and cherry orchard at auction.
• He is the son of former serfs who served Ranevskaya's family.
• His purchase marks a reversal of class power and the rise of a commercially active social group.
• His triumph is mixed with emotional discomfort and historical irony.
• He is the son of former serfs who served Ranevskaya's family.
• His purchase marks a reversal of class power and the rise of a commercially active social group.
• His triumph is mixed with emotional discomfort and historical irony.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which character is accidentally left behind in the deserted house at the end of The Cherry Orchard?
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Explanation:
• Firs, the elderly servant, is forgotten and locked inside the empty house.
• His abandonment symbolises the disappearance of the old social order.
• The distant sound of axes cutting the orchard accompanies the conclusion.
• Chekhov avoids a conventional climactic resolution and ends with absence, memory and historical change.
• His abandonment symbolises the disappearance of the old social order.
• The distant sound of axes cutting the orchard accompanies the conclusion.
• Chekhov avoids a conventional climactic resolution and ends with absence, memory and historical change.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
The cherry orchard most plausibly functions as a symbol of
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Explanation:
• The orchard represents beauty, childhood memory and the cultural identity of Ranevskaya's family.
• It is also linked with an aristocratic estate system shaped by serf labour.
• Its destruction signals economic modernisation and the end of an older social order.
• The symbol remains complex because it combines emotional loss with historical change.
• It is also linked with an aristocratic estate system shaped by serf labour.
• Its destruction signals economic modernisation and the end of an older social order.
• The symbol remains complex because it combines emotional loss with historical change.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which concept is especially important to Chekhov's dramatic technique?
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Explanation:
• Chekhovian dialogue often appears casual while concealing emotional conflict, frustrated desire and social anxiety.
• This underlying level of meaning is commonly described as subtext.
• Characters may speak past one another rather than openly stating their deepest needs.
• The technique contributed greatly to modern acting and directing practices.
• This underlying level of meaning is commonly described as subtext.
• Characters may speak past one another rather than openly stating their deepest needs.
• The technique contributed greatly to modern acting and directing practices.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Consider the following statements about A Doll's House.
Statement I: The play exposes the unequal legal and emotional structure of the Helmers' marriage.
Statement II: Torvald's response to Krogstad's first letter confirms Nora's belief that he will nobly sacrifice himself for her.
Choose the correct answer.
Statement I: The play exposes the unequal legal and emotional structure of the Helmers' marriage.
Statement II: Torvald's response to Krogstad's first letter confirms Nora's belief that he will nobly sacrifice himself for her.
Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Nora lacks equal legal power and is treated by Torvald as a dependent possession.
• Statement II is incorrect because Torvald reacts chiefly with fear for his reputation and condemns Nora.
• His response destroys Nora's belief that he would perform a heroic sacrifice for her.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because Torvald reacts chiefly with fear for his reputation and condemns Nora.
• His response destroys Nora's belief that he would perform a heroic sacrifice for her.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which of the following statements about The Cherry Orchard are correct?
1. Lopakhin proposes dividing the estate into summer cottages.
2. Ranevskaya repeatedly fails to act decisively about the debt.
3. The sale of the orchard reflects social and economic change.
4. The play ends with every character celebrating a restored aristocratic order.
1. Lopakhin proposes dividing the estate into summer cottages.
2. Ranevskaya repeatedly fails to act decisively about the debt.
3. The sale of the orchard reflects social and economic change.
4. The play ends with every character celebrating a restored aristocratic order.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Lopakhin recommends leasing the land for summer cottages.
• Statement 2 is correct because Ranevskaya remains emotionally attached to the estate and avoids practical decisions.
• Statement 3 is correct because Lopakhin's purchase represents changing class and economic relations.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because the aristocratic estate is lost and the household disperses.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because Ranevskaya remains emotionally attached to the estate and avoids practical decisions.
• Statement 3 is correct because Lopakhin's purchase represents changing class and economic relations.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because the aristocratic estate is lost and the household disperses.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 3 only.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Assertion: Modern realistic drama often locates large social conflicts within the household.
Reason: Marriage, inheritance, work, sexuality and class relations become visible through domestic interaction.
Choose the correct answer.
Reason: Marriage, inheritance, work, sexuality and class relations become visible through domestic interaction.
Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the modern domestic interior becomes a concentrated arena of social conflict.
• The Reason is correct because family relationships reveal legal inequality, economic dependence, class mobility and sexual regulation.
• Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov connect private crisis with wider historical structures.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because family relationships reveal legal inequality, economic dependence, class mobility and sexual regulation.
• Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov connect private crisis with wider historical structures.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Henrik Ibsen
2. Anton Chekhov
3. August Strindberg
4. Émile Zola
List II
P. Naturalist theory
Q. Miss Julie
R. Ghosts
S. The Cherry Orchard
Choose the correct code.
List I
1. Henrik Ibsen
2. Anton Chekhov
3. August Strindberg
4. Émile Zola
List II
P. Naturalist theory
Q. Miss Julie
R. Ghosts
S. The Cherry Orchard
Choose the correct code.
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Explanation:
• Henrik Ibsen matches R because he wrote Ghosts.
• Anton Chekhov matches S because he wrote The Cherry Orchard.
• August Strindberg matches Q because he wrote Miss Julie.
• Émile Zola matches P because his theories strongly influenced literary and theatrical naturalism.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-R, 2-S, 3-Q, 4-P.
• Anton Chekhov matches S because he wrote The Cherry Orchard.
• August Strindberg matches Q because he wrote Miss Julie.
• Émile Zola matches P because his theories strongly influenced literary and theatrical naturalism.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-R, 2-S, 3-Q, 4-P.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Arrange the following plays in chronological order of first publication or performance.
1. The Cherry Orchard
2. A Doll's House
3. Miss Julie
4. Ghosts
1. The Cherry Orchard
2. A Doll's House
3. Miss Julie
4. Ghosts
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A Doll's House was published and first performed in 1879.
• Ghosts was published in 1881 and first staged in 1882.
• Miss Julie was written in 1888 and first performed in 1889.
• The Cherry Orchard was first performed in 1904.
• The correct sequence is 2, 4, 3, 1.
• Ghosts was published in 1881 and first staged in 1882.
• Miss Julie was written in 1888 and first performed in 1889.
• The Cherry Orchard was first performed in 1904.
• The correct sequence is 2, 4, 3, 1.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which comparison among Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Ibsen often builds drama through the gradual disclosure of secrets that expose social and domestic structures.
• Strindberg's naturalistic works intensify conflicts involving class, sexuality, gender and psychological power.
• Chekhov distributes attention across ensembles and allows decisive historical change to occur through subtext, delay and offstage events.
• These differences helped expand the possibilities of modern dramatic structure.
• Strindberg's naturalistic works intensify conflicts involving class, sexuality, gender and psychological power.
• Chekhov distributes attention across ensembles and allows decisive historical change to occur through subtext, delay and offstage events.
• These differences helped expand the possibilities of modern dramatic structure.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Henrik Ibsen సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. Nils Krogstad సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. To improve Torvald's failing health సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Tarantella సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. Her rejection of the roles imposed on her and her decision to seek self-education సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Mrs Linde and Krogstad సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Captain Alving సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. He fears that insurance would suggest insufficient faith in divine protection. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. dead ideas, inherited conventions and past actions that continue to control the living సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. examines a controversial social or moral issue without offering an easy resolution సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Plausible domestic settings, recognisable speech and socially conditioned conflict సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. the determining influence of heredity, environment and material conditions సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Miss Julie సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. He increasingly used dream logic, symbolism and unstable psychological reality. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Lyubov Ranevskaya సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Lopakhin సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Firs సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. beauty and memory tied to an obsolete social order సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. Subtext, through which ordinary speech conceals deeper feelings and tensions సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. 1-R, 2-S, 3-Q, 4-P సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. 2, 4, 3, 1 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. Ibsen often structures social problems through revelation, Strindberg intensifies conflict through naturalistic and psychological struggle, and Chekhov disperses crisis through ensemble action and subtext. సమాధానం: A.