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George Bernard Shaw – One Liner

About the Author: Abirlal Mukherjee

Assistant Professor (Amity University), Digital Humanist
Ph.D in English (GITAM, India), M.A. and B.A. in English (B.C.C., B.K.U, India), P.G.D.E. -I by Research (B.C.U, UK), TESOL Prof. Certification (Arizona State University, USA)

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  1. Shaw was primarily a: dramatist.
  2. At least in one respect Shaw was a greater dramatist than Shakespeare. In what respect? Shaw was a greater social critic than Shakespeare.
  3. What reward was given to Shaw as a literary figure? He was awarded the noble Prize for Literature.
  4. In which year was Shaw awarded the Nobel Prize? 1925.
  5. In which of Shaw’s plays the “Chocolate Cream Hero” appears? Arms and the man.
  6. What is the central theme of Shaw’s Man and Superman? The woman’s search for a fitting man.
  7. The phrase “Don Juan in Hell” occurs in Shaw’s: Man and Superman.
  8. What is the central theme of Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession? prostitution
  9. One of Shaw’s plays was proscribed on the charge of obscenity. the play is: Mrs. Warren’s Profession
  10. Which of Shaw’s plays was first filmed? How he Lied to Her Husband.
  11. Shaw said, “For art’s sake alone I would not face the toil of writing a single sentence.” Which literary theory was Shaw opposing by this remark? The Theory of Art for Art’s Sake.
  12. Shaw refinished one of the plays of Shakespeare: Cymbeline.
  13. What is the central theme of the play The Apple cart? The working of Democracy.
  14. The cental theme of Shaw’s novel Love Among the Artists is: Love of Music.
  15. Shaw’s The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is: a one-act play.
  16. The principal theme of Saint Joan is: Religion and Faith.
  17. Caesar and Cleopatra exposes: The hollowness of hero worship.
  18. Arms and the Man is a satire on: War and heroism.
  19. What is Shaw’s Village Wooing? A One-Act play.
  20. The theme of Shaw’s Misalliance is: Parent-Child Relationship
  21. Shaw’s plays are known as: Plays of Ideas
  22. Shaw once wrote, “I write plays with the deliberate purpose to convert the nation to my opinion.” What does this statement signify? That Shaw was a social reformer
  23. The Prefaces of Shaw are important because: They explain the central thought of the play concerned.
  24. Shaw drew his ideas for his play man and Superman from the philosophical doctrines of: Nietzche.
  25. How many novels has G.B. Shaw written? Five.
  26. What is Shaw’s An Unsocial Socialist? A Novel.
  27. The film version of Pygmalion is: My Fair Lady.
  28. Professor Higgins appears in: Pygmalion.
  29. In which play does G.B. Shaw attacks Darwinism? Back to Methuselah.
  30. What is the basic theme of Pygmalion? Phonetic and Pronunciation.
  31. Shaw’s concept of Life Force is best enunciated in: Back to methuselah.
  32. Name the first novel written by G.B. Shaw? Immaturity.
  33. Heartbreak house is a novel by G.B. Shaw.
  34. Shaw wrote: You Never Can Tell, Getting Married, Major barbara.
  35. Name the last novel by G.B. Shaw: An Unsocial Socialist.
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