Major Barbara - George Bernard Shaw Set 2

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This set of Drama 2 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Major Barbara - George Bernard Shaw Set 2

Q1 | In Major Barbara, how old is Lady Britomart Undershaft
  • 44
  • 47
  • 49
  • In her fifties
Q2 | Lady Britomart and her children lives in Wilton Crescent in the city of
  • Southamthon
  • London
  • West Ham
  • Birmingham
Q3 | Who does Adolphus Cusins believe is responsible for providing Barbara?
  • Himself
  • Lady Britomart
  • Mr. Undershaft
  • Stephen Undershaft
Q4 | The Salvation Army only takes what type of people
  • Bad people that need to be saved
  • Religious people
  • Hard workers
  • Good people who are out of work
Q5 | What is the primary reason Mr. Undershaft does not want Stephen to inherit the business?
  • Stephen is too young
  • Stephen is skittish
  • Stephen is not a foundling
  • Stephen is incompetent
Q6 | What changed Barbara’s opinion on the source of power?
  • Seeing the success of his father
  • Seeing how easily a soul could be bought
  • Seeing the success of the Salvation Army
  • Seeing how easily a soul could be saved
Q7 | According to Undershaft, what is the most destructive and worst of all crimes?
  • Lying
  • Thieving
  • Poverty
  • Laziness
Q8 | Barbara symbolically leaves the Salvation Army when she ______ and hands it to herfather.
  • Breaks her sword
  • Removes her badge of office
  • Rips up her enlistment form
  • Removes her whistle
Q9 | Why did Cusins join the Salvation Army?
  • To help the poor
  • To save souls
  • To be in the band
  • To be with Barbara
Q10 | Torvald accuses Nora of
  • Being lazy
  • Being too generous
  • Being wasteful
  • Being forgetful
Q11 | Krogstad had sullied his reputation at the bank by
  • Being flirtatious
  • Being rude to customers
  • Forging signatures
  • Being late at work all the time
Q12 | Krogstad tried to blackmail Nora because she
  • Had a secret lover that he knew about
  • Was his mistress even now
  • She was very flirtatious
  • She had forged her father’s signature
Q13 | The amount of time that Nora had before her secret was revealed to her husband was
  • 30 hours
  • 31 hours
  • 32 hours
  • 33 hours
Q14 | Nora left the dollhouse mainly because
  • She was tired of the way her husband treated her
  • She did not love her husband anymore
  • She wanted to learn how to live life for herself
  • She was in love with Dr Rank
Q15 | Whose signature did Nora forge to borrow money?
  • Torvald Helmer
  • Her father
  • Dr. Rank
  • Korgstad
Q16 | How much money did Nora borrow for her husband's treatment?
  • Twelve hundred dollars
  • Ten thousand dollars
  • Fifteen hundred dollars
  • Fourteen hundred dollars
Q17 | How many children do Torvald and Nora have?
  • one
  • two
  • three
  • four
Q18 | What does Nora expect Torvald to do when he learns about the forgery?
  • Divorce her
  • Take the blame himself
  • Report her to the police
  • Act as if nothing happened
Q19 | What is the last thing the audience of A Doll's House hears?
  • The sound of a door slamming
  • The sound of laughter
  • The sound of children crying
  • The sound of a gun shot
Q20 | Which of the following phrases is not used by Torvald Helmer as terms of endearment and condescension for Nora?
  • little skylark
  • little squirrel
  • little featherbrain
  • sweet kitten
Q21 | Why does Torvald never take his wife Nora seriously?
  • Because she has a sweet tooth and cannot be trusted
  • Because he thinks her childlike and calls her his doll
  • Because Nora like to twitter about and sing
  • None of the above
Q22 | When Dr. Rank sees Nils Krogstad, he characterized him as
  • Angry and bitter
  • Full of lies
  • Unhelpful and a nuisance
  • Morally diseased
Q23 | When Christine Linde goes to meet with Nora, she tells her that she had been widowed for the past
  • Three years
  • Two years
  • Five years
  • Seven years
Q24 | What is the significance of the title of the play A Doll’s House?
  • The Helmer’s children symbolised dolls
  • Torvald was a famous dollmaker
  • The Helmer’s house is small and represents the children
  • Nora is a doll that is being owned and played with
Q25 | What kind of relationship did Krogstad and Christine have years earlier?
  • They were enemies
  • They were engaged
  • They were friends
  • They were married