Deck 2: Arms and the Man Play by George Bernard Shaw

Question 1

Where do Nene and Nnaemeka live their married life?

A)in lagos
B)in ibibo village
C)in ibo village
D)in america

Answer 1

in lagos

Question 2

What was the suggestion of the villagers when they heard of Nnaemeka's plan to marry from another tribe?

A)to kill him
B)to make him an outcaste
C)to treat him with herbs
D)to forcefully marry him to another girl

Answer 2

to treat him with herbs

Question 3

Whose picture was cut out of the wedding photo by Okeke?

A)nnaemka
B)nene
C)okeke
D)nene's parents

Answer 3

nene

Question 4

Compared to other playwrights of the time what was different about Shaw's stage directions?

A)there were no stage directions
B)romantic stage directions
C)short stage directions
D)lengthy stage directions

Question 5

What did Raina call Captain Bluntschli?

A)king
B)chocolate-cream soldier
C)portrait soldier
D)brave

Question 6

The interior of Raina's room is a mixture of Bulgarian and __________ furniture.

A)viennese
B)serbian
C)swiss
D)american

Question 7

What is Catherine Petkoff's preferred clothing?

A)evening dresses
B)kimonos
C)fashionable tea gowns
D)fur coats

Question 8

Through what did Captain Bluntschli make his first entrance?

A)the front door
B)raina's bedroom door
C)the back door
D)the window

Question 9

What is the military rank of Raina's father?

A)colonel
B)captain
C)major
D)lieutenant

Question 10

Name the famous literary character to whom Sergius Saranoff is compared by Captain Bluntschli while describing the cavalry charge to Raina?

A)othello
B)don quixote
C)hamlet
D)gulliver

Question 11

In which season does Act II of 'Arms and the Man' take place?

A)spring
B)summer
C)winter
D)autumn

Question 12

What is Saranoff's military rank?

A)colonel
B)captain
C)major
D)lieutenant

Question 13

What did Bluntschli do after running away from home?

A)began a hotel business
B)joined the army
C)got married
D)got arrested by the police

Question 14

What had Raina put into the pocket of the old coat in which she and her mother had sent off captain Bluntschli?

A)chocolates
B)a necklace
C)a signed portrait
D)a cake

Question 15

Where was the old coat of Major Petkoff found at last?

A)in the battle field
B)in the kitchen
C)in the blue closet
D)in the garden

Question 16

'Arms and the Man' takes its title from_____________

A)farewell to arms
B)the old man and the sea
C)illiad
D)aeineid

Question 17

Captain Bluntschli is a professional soldier in the Serbian Army. What is his nationality?

A)british
B)italian
C)swiss
D)german

Question 18

In Bluntschli's famous dialogue to Raina he calls nine out of ten soldiers to be __________

A)brave
B)coward
C)fools
D)selfish

Question 19

Who calls Nicola 'the ablest man in Bulgaria'?

A)major petkoff
B)sergius saranoff
C)capt. bluntschli
D)raina petkoff

Question 20

Bluntschli mistook Raina's age and called her a 'school girl of 17'. What was her real age?

A)20
B)23
C)15
D)33

Question 21

Louka accuses Nicola of having the soul of a servant. Who accuses Louka of having the same?

A)catherine petkoff
B)capt. bluntschli
C)sergius saranoff
D)nicola

Question 22

How old is Bluntschli?

A)28
B)34
C)40
D)60