ALL FOR LOVE – DRYDEN

ALL FOR LOVE – DRYDEN

1.       Which one of the systems of value is used in All for Love?  Roman Love.

2.       What is the first play of Dryden?  Spanish Fraiar

3.       Which is the play written by Dryden for himself?  All for Love.

4.       What is the alternative title of All for Love? The World Well Lost

5.       Who was the first and the most skillful exponent of the heroic couplet? Dryden.

6.       What is the main source of All for Love? Antony and Cleopatra

7.       Who are the Triumvirates? Antony, Leipdus and Caesar

8.       Where is All for Love set in? Alexandria.

9.       Who was Alexas? Cleopatra’s Eunuch

10.   ‘A mortal for he was to us and Egypt’. These are the words of Alexas. Who is mortal for of Egypt? Caesar.

11.   ‘Actium, Actium!oh’ – who cries thus?  Antony

12.   How old was Ventidius? 30

13.   On whose Birthday does the action of All for Love take place on?  Antony.

14.   How does Ventidius compare Antony with ? Tiger.

15.   ‘O that faint word, respect! How disdain it’. Who hates the modest word respect? Cleopatra.

16.   Who is Octavia? Sister of Caesar.

17.   Who are Agrippa and Antonia? Daughters of Antony.

18.   ‘No lovers lived so great or died so well’. The lovers referred here is? Antony and Cleopatra.

19.   How many years Antony and Cleopatra had been loved for? 7 years.

20.   To Which country  does Ventidius belong and does he hate? He belongs Roman and he hates Egyptian.

21.   ‘Jealous is a polished glass, held to the lips when life is in doubt”- who says? Alexas.

22.   What are Charmion and Iras? Maids of Cleopatra.

23.   To which country does Antony belong? Rome.

24.   Antony and Cleopatra stands for? Passion.

25.   Alexas and Ventidius symbolize? Reason.

26.   How did Antony die? He fell on his sword.

27.   ‘this one kiss-more worth than all’- who says? Antony

28.   The Heroic play All for Love stands for? Love and Honour.

29.   Ventidius is Antony’s? General.

30.   Dryden does not bring one character and he is kept in back-round. Who is he? Octavius.

31.   The action of the play confined into two days.

32.   Which play of Dryden is written in blank verse? All for Love.

33.   The Roman camp all around Alexandria under the leadership of?  Antony

34.   Who describes All for Love as a trash of dramatic attempt? Hazlitt.

35.   In which year Dryden became poet laureate? 1668

36.   Which is the first drama in blank verse ?  All for Love.

37.   Where was Antony defeated at? Acteum.

38.   Who infuses a desire for winning in the heart of Antony?  Ventidius.

39.   Who is the emperor of Rome? Octavius Caesar.

40.   What is the cause of Octavius frustration on Antony?  Antony’s neglect of Octavia.

41.   Who is the old lover of Cleopatra ?  Julius Caesar.

42.   To whom this play is dedicated? Earl of Derby.

43.   Who informs Antony that Cleopatra has stabbed herself? Alexas.

44.   How did Cleopatra die? By snake poison.

45.   This play consists of The preface and the Dedication.

46.   In the prologue, Dryden attacks critics of his time.

47.   In the epilogue, Dryden immortalizes Antony.

48.   What is the reason for Dryden’s immortality?  Antony sacrifices his all for love.

49.   By whom the title is suggested? Lady Castlemaine.

50.   Seropian delivers their eulogy.

51.   What is the name of Cleopatra’s son? Caesarian.

52.   Dryden is the supreme master of satire.

53.   Being  a classicist, Dryden followed the three unities.

54.   Play of action is confined to the premises of the Temple of Isis.

55.   Antony is torn between love and law. Finally love proves more powerful than duty.