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01-a) What blunder (সাঙ্ঘাতিক à¦ুল) did Miss Prism Commit?
Ans : Miss Prism Committed the great blunder of not going back to her employers to report the loss of the child.
02-b) What is the revelation (উদঘাটন) of Lady Bracknell?
Ans : At the end of the play, Lady Bracknell reveals that Jack is the son of her late sister and thus elder brother of Algernon.
03-c) What type of play is ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’?
Ans : The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy of manners.
04-d) What was the original title of the play ‘Waiting for Godot’?
Ans : The original French title of Waiting for Godot was En Attendant Godot (literally ‘while awaiting Godot’)
05-e) What does Estragon symbolize?
Ans : Estragon symbolizes the animal instinct (প্রবৃত্তি) in man. He is mad for Physical needs.
06-f) What does the word “Godot” refer to?
Ans : Godot refers to the Biblical images of God. He may also be interpreted as happiness, eternal life, love, hope, death, silence, future, etc.
07-g) When was Harold Pinter awarded Nobel Prize?
Ans : Pinter was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005.
08-h) Why did Davies quarrel in the Cafe?
Ans : Davies quarreled in the cafe with Scothman Because Scotchman told him to take the bucket of rubbish outside, which he thought was not his duty.
09-i) How does Davies react at the offer of the job of a Caretaker?
Ans : At the offer of a caretaker Davies reacts reluctance (নারাজ) to accept the position.
10-j) Why does jimmy in ‘Look Back in Anger’ hate Sundays?
Ans : Because that day some routine-bound activities are done in Jimmy’s family. Such as : reading newspaper, drinking tea, Alison’s ironing the clothes etc. But Jimmy is dissatisfied with routine life. So he hates Sundays.
11-k) How, according to Jimmy, is Alison’s passion for him?
Ans : According to Jimmy, Alison’s passion for him is like a python that devours an animal.
12-l) What is Alison’s realization of female domination?
Ans : According to Alison, if a woman tries to dominate her husband, she is sure to be discarded (প্রত্যাখাত) like herself.
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13-a) Whom never do girls marry according to Algernon?
Ans : According to Algernon, girls never marry the men they flirt with.
14-b) What is Jack’s income?
Ans : Between seven and eight thousand a year.
15-c) What was the ending of Miss Prism’s novel?
Ans : Miss Prism’s novel ends happily.
16-d) What does Pozzo’s blindness signify?
Ans : Pozzo’s blindness signifies his confusion over time. (He does not remember the events of yesterday).
17-e) What does Vladimir give Estragon to eat when he feels hungry?
Ans : A carrot (গাজর).
18-f) How does Pozzo address (সম্বোধন করা) Lucky?
Ans : Pozzo addresses Lucky as ‘Pig’ and ‘hog’.
19-g) What was the cause of Aston’s brain damage?
Ans : Electrodes (তারের প্রান্ত) were placed on his head and electrical current sent through his brain. This was the cause of his brain damage.
20-h) Why did Davies leave his wife?
Ans : Davies left his wife because he found her washing her underclothes in a saucepan (কড়াই) used for cooking vegetables.
21-i) Why does Davies refuse the shoes offered by Aston?
Ans : Davies refuses the shoes Aston has offered because they do not fit in.
22-j) Who helped Jimmy to start a sweet-stall?
Ans : Hugh Tanner’s mother who was a favourite of Jimmy.
23-k) Who is Helena Charles?
Ans : Helena Charles is an actress and intimate friend of Alison. She comes to Jimmy’s house to stay with them for some days.
24-l) How does Jimmy mock Alison’s father?
Ans : Jimmy mocks Alison’s father in this way that her father was very happy in imperialist India, but who is leading a life of regret at having lost the benefits. He was used to as the commander of Maharajah’s army.
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25-a) What is Bunburying?
Ans : Bunburying is the assumed named (ছন্দবেশী নাম) of countryside where he goes to visit his sick friend Bunbury.
26-b) What is the name of Algernon’s butler?
Ans : The name of Algernon’s butler is Merriman Butler.
27-c) Who is called ‘Pusillanimous’?
Ans : Alison’s brother Nigel is called ‘Pusillanimous’.
28-d) What is the name of Alison’s father?
Ans : Colonel Redfern is the name of Alison’s father.
29-e) What name does Davies use as his identity?
Ans : Davies uses the name ‘Bernard Jenkins‘ as his identity.
30-f) What does Lucky symbolize?
Ans : Lucky symbolizes Slavery and Labour.
31-g) What is a comedy of manners?
Ans : Comedy of manners is a form of comedy that presents the manners and social code (নিয়মাবলী) of a sophisticated society in which wit, humour and polished behaviour are valued over fundamental morality.
32-h) Where and how did Jack’s brother die?
Ans : Jack’s brother Ernest died in Paris of a ‘Severe Chill‘. (তীব্র ঠান্ডা)
33-i) Who is the antagonist in the play The Importance of Being Earnest?
Ans : Lady Bracknel representing birth and status, the rule of the matriarch in society.
34-j) What is the subject of the song sung by Vladimir?
Ans : The subject of the song sung by Vladimir is the loss of individuality.
35-k) What does Estragon try to do sitting on the mound?
Ans : Estragon, sitting on the mound is trying to take off his boot.
36-l) What is the Great West Road?
Ans : It is the main road leading from London to the south-west of the British Isles. (লন্ডন থেকে ব্রিটিশ দ্বীপপুঞ্জের দক্ষিণ-পশ্চিম পর্যন্ত বিস্তৃত প্রধান সড়ক)
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37-a) What type of play is “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
Ans : The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy of manners.
38-b) Who are the tramps in Waiting for Godot?
Ans : Estragon (nick-named Gogo) and Vladimir (Didi) are the tramps in Waiting for Godot.
39-c) When was Harold Pinter awarded Nobel Prize?
Ans : in 2005 for Literature.
40-d) How many characters are presented in the Caretaker?
Ans : Three characters : Mick, a man in his late twenties, Davies, an old man, and Aston, a man in his early thirties.
41-e) Who is Helena Charles?
Ans : see 2014-k,
42-f) What do Jimmy and Alison call each other?
Ans : Jimmy and Alison call each other Squirrel and Bear respectively.
43-g) Who is Miss Prism?
Ans : Miss Prism is a middle-aged woman who is Cecily Cardew’s governess (গৃহশিক্ষিকা).
44-h) How does Pozzo address Lucky?
Ans : see 2014-f
45-i) Who utters the words “nothing to be done” at the opening of Waiting for Godot?
Ans : Estragon, one of the tramps in Waiting for Godot utters “nothing to be done” at the opening of the play. It is related to the theme of the play.
46-j) Who helped Jimmy to start a sweet-stall?
Ans : see 2014-j
47-k) How is Aston disturbed by Davies from going to sleep?
Ans : by the snorting (নাক দিয়ে শব্দ করা) and the noise made Davies.
48-l) In what way has Jack a double identity?
Ans : In London city, Jack is Earnest and in the countryside, Jack is himself.
Modern Drama Brief Solution 2017 | Made by Tanvir, admin of this site
49-a) Where is the first scene of ‘Look Back in Anger’ set?
Ans : In an early April evening, the first scene of Look Back in Anger is set in the Jimmy Porter’s one-room flat (at the top of a large Victorian house in a large Midland town).
50-b) Who is Colonel Redfern?
Ans : Colonel Redfern is the father of Alison and he is a retired army officer (the commander of a Maharaja’s army in an Indian state before India became free.)
51-c) What does the tree represent in the play ‘Waiting for Godot?
Ans : As the “Tree’ generally represents the Cross on which Christ was crucified. it symbolizes hope.
52-d) Why did Algernon create the imaginary friend, Bunbury?
Ans : Algernon has created imaginary friend, Bunbury in order that he may be able to go down into the country whenever he feels fed up with town-life and whenever he wishes to avoid attending his aunt Lady Bracknell’s dinner-parties.
53-e) How does Dr. Chausble try to be witty?
Ans : Dr. Chasuble tries to be witty by saying that he would hang upon her lips of Miss Prism if he were worthy of being her pupil.
54-f) Whom never do girls marry according to Algernon?
Ans : According to Algernon, girls never marry the men they flirt with because girl’s do not think it right.
55-g) What was the original title of the play Waiting for Godot?
Ans : see 2013-d,
56-h) Name the main characters of the play ‘Waiting for Godot’?
Ans : Estragon and Vladimir are the main characters of the play ‘Waiting for Godot’. Other characters are Pozzo, Lucky and Boy.
57-i) How is the hope of the tramps deferred?
Ans : The hope of the tramps is deferred by their continuous waiting for Godot who never comes.
58-j) Why was Davies expelled from the house of Aston and D. Mick?
Ans : Davies was expelled from the house of Aston and D. Mick because of his abusive (অবমাননাকর) remarks (মন্তব্য) to Aston.
59-k) Why did Davies quarrel in the Cafe?
Ans : 2013-h
60-l) What is Sidcup?
Ans : Sidcup is a medium-sized town, fourteen miles south of London.
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61-a) In what way has Jack a double identity? (2016-l)
Ans : In London city, Jack is Earnest and in the countryside, Jack is himself.
62-b) What is the significance of Pozzo-Lucky relationship?
Ans : The relationship between Pozzo and Lucky is that of master and slave or capital and labour or wealth and artist, or body and intellect, or mankind and Christ.
63-c) Who helped Jimmy to start a sweet-stall? (2014-j, 2016-j)
Ans : Hugh Tanner’s mother who was a favourite of Jimmy.
64-d) Who is called ‘Pusillanimous’? (2015-c)
Ans : Alison’s brother Nigel is called ‘Pusillanimous’.
65-e) what is existentialism?
Ans : Existentialism is a modern Philosophy, derived from the principle “existence precedes essence” and made famous by Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus in 1940s.
66-f) What makes Mick angry with Davies?
Ans : Mick becomes angry with Davies when he says that he is not an experienced interior decorator.
67-g) What do the two tramps symbolize?
Ans : The two tramps symbolize ordeal of waiting by human beings for a golden future, a better society, for salvation, or for a saviour or for death.
68-h) Why does Jimmy hate sundays ? (2013-j)
Ans : Sunday is a day when some routine-bound activities are done in Jimmy’s family – reading newspaper, drinking tea, Alison’s ironing the clothes etc. But Jimmy is dissatisfied with routine life. So he hates Sundays.
69-i) How is Aston disturbed by Davies from going to sleep? (2016-k)
Ans : Aston is disturbed from going to sleep by the snorting (নাক দিয়ে শব্দ করা) and the noise made Davies.
70-j) How does Pozzo address Lucky? (2014-f, 2016-h)
Ans : Pozzo addresses Lucky as ‘Pig’ and ‘hog’.
71-k) Who is miss Prism? (2016-g)
Ans : Miss Prism Committed the great blunder of not going back to her employers to report the loss of the child.
72-l) Who is Helena Charles? (2014-k, 2016-e)
Ans : Helena Charles is an actress and intimate friend of Alison. She comes to Jimmy’s house to stay with them for some days.
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