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SALANIO

And so will I.

LORENZO

Meet me and Gratiano
At Gratiano's lodging some hour hence.

SALARINO

'Tis good we do so.

Exeunt SALARINO and SALANIO

What does the line 'Exeunt Salarino and Salanio' indicate?

 

  1. Aside

  2. Soliloquy

  3. Stage Direction

  4. Monologue


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The line indicates that the characters are going to exit the stage. Hence, it's a stage direction. So, option C is correct and the others are not.

ALL

The weird sisters, hand in hand,
Posters of the sea and land,
Thus do go about, about:
Thrice to thine and thrice to mine
And thrice again, to make up nine.
Peace! the charm's wound up.

Enter MACBETH and BANQUO

MACBETH

So foul and fair a day I have not seen.

BANQUO

How far is't call'd to Forres? What are these
So wither'd and so wild in their attire,
That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth,
And yet are on't? Live you? or are you aught
That man may question? You seem to understand me,
By each at once her chappy finger laying
Upon her skinny lips: you should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so.

What does the line 'Enter Macbeth and Banquo' indicate?

 

  1. Aside

  2. Soliloquy

  3. Stage Direction

  4. Monologue


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The line 'Enter Macbeth and Banquo' indicates that the characters are about to enter the scene of the play. Hence, it's a stage direction. So, option C is correct.

SCENE VII. Macbeth's castle.

Hautboys and torches. Enter a Sewer, and divers Servants with dishes and service, and pass over the stage. Then enter MACBETH

MACBETH

If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly: if the assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch
With his surcease success; that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
We'ld jump the life to come. But in these cases
We still have judgment here; that we but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice
To our own lips. 

What does the line 'Enter a Sewer, and divers Servants with dishes and service, and pass over the stage. Then enter MACBETH' indicate?

 

  1. Soliloquy

  2. Aside

  3. Monologue

  4. Stage Direction


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The line suggests that the characters are about to enter the scene of the play. Hence, it's a stage direction. SO, option D is correct and the others are not.

SCENE V. Inverness. Macbeth's castle.

Enter LADY MACBETH, reading a letter

LADY MACBETH

'They met me in the day of success: and I have
learned by the perfectest report, they have more in
them than mortal knowledge. When I burned in desire
to question them further, they made themselves air,
into which they vanished. Whiles I stood rapt in
the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who
all-hailed me 'Thane of Cawdor;' by which title,
before, these weird sisters saluted me, and referred
me to the coming on of time, with 'Hail, king that
shalt be!' This have I thought good to deliver
thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou
mightst not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being
ignorant of what greatness is promised thee. Lay it
to thy heart, and farewell.'
Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be
What thou art promised: yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great;
Art not without ambition, but without
The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly,
That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false,
And yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'ldst have, great Glamis,
That which cries 'Thus thou must do, if thou have it;
And that which rather thou dost fear to do
Than wishest should be undone.' Hie thee hither,
That I may pour my spirits in thine ear;
And chastise with the valour of my tongue
All that impedes thee from the golden round,
Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem
To have thee crown'd withal.

What does the line 'Enter Lady Macbeth, reading a letter' mean?

 

  1. Epiphany

  2. Prologue

  3. Stage Directiion

  4. Epilogue


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The line indicates that the characters are about to enter the scene of the play. Hence, it'a a stage direction. So, Option C is correct.

Fill in the blank with the best possible option:

In a farce, we often find_________________________ .

  1. use of blank verse

  2. use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense

  3. the fall of a good man

  4. a brutal death


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option A is incorrect as Blank verse is poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines.
Option B is correct as absurdity of nonsense means extremely foolish, unreasonable and not taken seriously sort of a thing which is what farce abounds in.
Option C is incorrect because tragedy entails the downfall of a good man.
Option D is incorrect because we do not find such bleak, morbid or dark scenes in a farce.

SCENE I. Court of Macbeth's castle.

Enter BANQUO, and FLEANCE bearing a torch before him

BANQUO

How goes the night, boy?

FLEANCE

The moon is down; I have not heard the clock.

What does the line 'Enter Banquo and Fleance bearing a torch before him' indicate?

 

  1. Prologue

  2. Epilogue

  3. Stage Direction

  4. Aside


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The line indicates that the characters are about to enter the scene of the play. Hence, it is a stage direction. So, option C is correct and the other options are not.

State whether the statement is True of False:

Although a farce may appear only to be funny, they often contain deeper implications on account of the use of satirical elements.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

State whether the statement is True or False:

The basic purpose of a farcical comedy is to evoke laughter.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Fill in the blank with the best suitable option:

Farces have been written for _____________ .

  1. Intellectual gatherings

  2. Poetry Sessions

  3. Psychoanalytical readings

  4. Stage and Films


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Farce is a light-hearted comedy with unreasonable nonsense meant to entertain audience galore. So, it's obviously meant for stage and films where actors can present the play and make it popular. It's not to cater to any intellectual round-table meet or for poetry sessions or analytical study. Hence, Option D is correct and the other options are not.

BANQUO

Thanks, sir: the like to you!

Exeunt BANQUO and FLEANCE

MACBETH

Go bid thy mistress, when my drink is ready,
She strike upon the bell. Get thee to bed.

What does the line 'Exeunt Banquo and Fleance' indicate?

 

  1. Aside

  2. Stage Direction

  3. Epilogue

  4. Soliloquy


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The line indicates that the characters are about to exit the stage. Hence, it's a stage direction. So, option B is correct.