- Shaw was primarily a: dramatist.
- At least in one respect Shaw was a greater dramatist than Shakespeare. In what respect? Shaw was a greater social critic than Shakespeare.
- What reward was given to Shaw as a literary figure? He was awarded the noble Prize for Literature.
- In which year was Shaw awarded the Nobel Prize? 1925.
- In which of Shaw’s plays the “Chocolate Cream Hero” appears? Arms and the man.
- What is the central theme of Shaw’s Man and Superman? The woman’s search for a fitting man.
- The phrase “Don Juan in Hell” occurs in Shaw’s: Man and Superman.
- What is the central theme of Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession? prostitution
- One of Shaw’s plays was proscribed on the charge of obscenity. the play is: Mrs. Warren’s Profession
- Which of Shaw’s plays was first filmed? How he Lied to Her Husband.
- 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.
- Shaw refinished one of the plays of Shakespeare: Cymbeline.
- What is the central theme of the play The Apple cart? The working of Democracy.
- The cental theme of Shaw’s novel Love Among the Artists is: Love of Music.
- Shaw’s The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is: a one-act play.
- The principal theme of Saint Joan is: Religion and Faith.
- Caesar and Cleopatra exposes: The hollowness of hero worship.
- Arms and the Man is a satire on: War and heroism.
- What is Shaw’s Village Wooing? A One-Act play.
- The theme of Shaw’s Misalliance is: Parent-Child Relationship
- Shaw’s plays are known as: Plays of Ideas
- 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
- The Prefaces of Shaw are important because: They explain the central thought of the play concerned.
- Shaw drew his ideas for his play man and Superman from the philosophical doctrines of: Nietzche.
- How many novels has G.B. Shaw written? Five.
- What is Shaw’s An Unsocial Socialist? A Novel.
- The film version of Pygmalion is: My Fair Lady.
- Professor Higgins appears in: Pygmalion.
- In which play does G.B. Shaw attacks Darwinism? Back to Methuselah.
- What is the basic theme of Pygmalion? Phonetic and Pronunciation.
- Shaw’s concept of Life Force is best enunciated in: Back to methuselah.
- Name the first novel written by G.B. Shaw? Immaturity.
- Heartbreak house is a novel by G.B. Shaw.
- Shaw wrote: You Never Can Tell, Getting Married, Major barbara.
- Name the last novel by G.B. Shaw: An Unsocial Socialist.