Contexts of World Plays

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GRE Subject Test: Literature in English › Contexts of World Plays

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Which of the following works is set in ancient Thebes?

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Which of the following works is set in ancient Thebes?

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NORA: Hide the Christmas Tree carefully, Helen. Be sure the children do not see it until this evening, when it is dressed. (To the PORTER, taking out her purse.) How much?

PORTER: Sixpence.

NORA: There is a shilling. No, keep the change. (The PORTER thanks her, and goes out. NORA shuts the door. She is laughing to herself, as she takes off her hat and coat. She takes a packet of macaroons from her pocket and eats one or two; then goes cautiously to her husband's door and listens.) Yes, he is in. (Still humming, she goes to the table on the right.)

HELMER: (calls out from his room). Is that my little lark twittering out there?

NORA: (busy opening some of the parcels). Yes, it is!

HELMER: Is it my little squirrel bustling about?

NORA: Yes!

HELMER: When did my squirrel come home?

NORA: Just now. (Puts the bag of macaroons into her pocket and wipes her mouth.) Come in here, Torvald, and see what I have bought.

HELMER: Don’t disturb me. (A little later, he opens the door and looks into the room, pen in hand.) Bought, did you say? All these things? Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?

The author of this play also wrote all but which of the following plays?

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NORA: Hide the Christmas Tree carefully, Helen. Be sure the children do not see it until this evening, when it is dressed. (To the PORTER, taking out her purse.) How much?

PORTER: Sixpence.

NORA: There is a shilling. No, keep the change. (The PORTER thanks her, and goes out. NORA shuts the door. She is laughing to herself, as she takes off her hat and coat. She takes a packet of macaroons from her pocket and eats one or two; then goes cautiously to her husband's door and listens.) Yes, he is in. (Still humming, she goes to the table on the right.)

HELMER: (calls out from his room). Is that my little lark twittering out there?

NORA: (busy opening some of the parcels). Yes, it is!

HELMER: Is it my little squirrel bustling about?

NORA: Yes!

HELMER: When did my squirrel come home?

NORA: Just now. (Puts the bag of macaroons into her pocket and wipes her mouth.) Come in here, Torvald, and see what I have bought.

HELMER: Don’t disturb me. (A little later, he opens the door and looks into the room, pen in hand.) Bought, did you say? All these things? Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?

The author of this play also wrote all but which of the following plays?

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German playwright Friedrich Schiller was a contemporary of and corresponded with which fellow countryman?

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German playwright Friedrich Schiller was a contemporary of and corresponded with which fellow countryman?

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ARKADINA (From inside the house): Boris! Boris!

TRIGORIN: She is calling me, probably to come and pack, but I don't want to leave this place. (His eyes rest on the lake) What a blessing such beauty is!

NINA: Do you see that house there, on the far shore?

TRIGORIN: Yes.

NINA: That was my dead mother's home. I was born there, and have lived all my life beside this lake. I know every little island in it.

TRIGORIN: This is a beautiful place to live. (He catches sight of the dead seagull) What is that?

NINA: A gull. Constantine shot it.

TRIGORIN: What a lovely bird! Really, I can't bear to go away. Can't you persuade Irina to stay? (He writes something in his notebook.)

Which of the following was not also written by this playwright?

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ARKADINA (From inside the house): Boris! Boris!

TRIGORIN: She is calling me, probably to come and pack, but I don't want to leave this place. (His eyes rest on the lake) What a blessing such beauty is!

NINA: Do you see that house there, on the far shore?

TRIGORIN: Yes.

NINA: That was my dead mother's home. I was born there, and have lived all my life beside this lake. I know every little island in it.

TRIGORIN: This is a beautiful place to live. (He catches sight of the dead seagull) What is that?

NINA: A gull. Constantine shot it.

TRIGORIN: What a lovely bird! Really, I can't bear to go away. Can't you persuade Irina to stay? (He writes something in his notebook.)

Which of the following was not also written by this playwright?

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ARKADINA (From inside the house): Boris! Boris!

TRIGORIN: She is calling me, probably to come and pack, but I don't want to leave this place. (His eyes rest on the lake) What a blessing such beauty is!

NINA: Do you see that house there, on the far shore?

TRIGORIN: Yes.

NINA: That was my dead mother's home. I was born there, and have lived all my life beside this lake. I know every little island in it.

TRIGORIN: This is a beautiful place to live. (He catches sight of the dead seagull) What is that?

NINA: A gull. Constantine shot it.

TRIGORIN: What a lovely bird! Really, I can't bear to go away. Can't you persuade Irina to stay? (He writes something in his notebook.)

All but which of the following authors worked in the same non-literary profession as this playwright?

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ARKADINA (From inside the house): Boris! Boris!

TRIGORIN: She is calling me, probably to come and pack, but I don't want to leave this place. (His eyes rest on the lake) What a blessing such beauty is!

NINA: Do you see that house there, on the far shore?

TRIGORIN: Yes.

NINA: That was my dead mother's home. I was born there, and have lived all my life beside this lake. I know every little island in it.

TRIGORIN: This is a beautiful place to live. (He catches sight of the dead seagull) What is that?

NINA: A gull. Constantine shot it.

TRIGORIN: What a lovely bird! Really, I can't bear to go away. Can't you persuade Irina to stay? (He writes something in his notebook.)

All but which of the following authors worked in the same non-literary profession as this playwright?

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