Mcq mock test from Arms and the Man by G. B Shaw for SLST 9-10 and 11-12.
Mock Test Set 1 Arms and the Man.
1) Sergius is acclaimed as the hero of the hour, the idol of the regiment by -
A) Catherine
B) Raina
C) Sergius
D) Louka
2) The title Arms and the Man is the English translation of the Latin phrase-
A) Arm Virum Cano
B) Arma Virumque Cano
C) Army Virum Cano
D) Ami cano virumgue
3) "If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other thing "- is said by
A) Raina
B) Bluntschli
C) Catherine
D) Mrs. Petcoff
4) The term ice pudding means-
A) a soft food like ice
B) a soft food made of ice
C) delicious and soft food from ice
D) fast food made from ice
5) "This hand is more accustomed to the sword than to the pen" is said by-
A) Bluntschli
B) Sergius
C) Carventes
D) Hugo
6) "There as only one thing I want to make me thoroughly comfortable"-here the 'only one thing' refers to
A) the house of Petkoff
B) the library
C) the old Coat of Mr Petkoff
D) the old vase
7) The phrase 'a devil of a fight' means
A) a devilish fight
B) a terrible fight
C) a fight which a demon can puts up
D) diabolical fight
8) Bluntschli did not close his eyes for-
A) 48 hours
B) 44 hours
C) 42 hours
D) 41 hours
9) Nikola served the Petkoff family for-
A) 11 years
B) 10 Years
C) 9 years
D) 5 years
10) The very first thing Raina's father asked for was
A) his old gloves
B) his old coat
C) his old friend
D) his old shirt
11) Here the term 'brown study' means
A) studies brown in colour
B) studies of brown
C) day-dream
D) study having brown cover
12) The phrase 'division of labour' means
A) distribution of work
B) division of Duty
C) division of doing
D) division of working
13) "This is a better weapon than the revolver"- What is referred by 'this'?
A) The Chocolate
B) The cloak
C) The coat
D) The music
14) The last postal delivery that reached Bluntschli was
A) 4 weeks ago
B) 3 weeks ago
C) 5 weeks ago
D) 2 months ago
15) Here 'the cool impartial man' refers to
A) Bluntschli
B) Mr. Petkoff
C) Sergius
D) Louka
16) The term 'predicament' means
A) predicate
B) predication
C) unpleasant or dangerous situation
D) plight
17) " Our romance is shattered. Life is a farce"- Who said this? What is the meaning of 'farce'?
A)Sergious, a mockery! an absurdity
B) Bluntshli,far away and
C) Louka, force
D) Nicola, music
18)' you see the young lady's concern captain Bluntschli' - The lady's concern is
A) whether Bluntschli is married or not
B) whether Bluntschli will marry her
C) whether Sergius marry Louka
19) "My hero! My king! " was said by Raina to
A) her father
B) the portrait of Sergius
C) Sergius
D) Bluntschli
20) Levas is
A) Russian coin
B) Serbian coin
C) Bulgarian silver coin
D) South Asian coin
Answer key
1) A 2) B 3) B 4) C 5) B 6) C 7) B 8) A 9) B 10) B 11) C 12) A 13) B 14) B 15) A 16) C 17) A 18) A 19) C 20) C
The character of Bluntschli in Shaw's 'Arms and the Man".
In our present concern, we can also see that how Shaw makes his character jolly, humorous, witty as well as with a good and real sense of love and war. The character of Bluntschli in this play does not romanticize or idealise love or war as most of the common people do. Shaw here very playfully and cunningly shows the two contradictory aspects of love and war through the two characters, the 1st one or the romantic view is presented by Sergius and the 2nd by Bluntschli. Here the 2nd character is acted as the mouthpiece of Shaw himself.
Bluntschli is depicted as the leading character of the play and as an anti herowho has that charm to attract any beautiful ladies as we see in the case of Raina. He is also a soldier who is very much realistic about the war, he fought for money, not because of patriotism.Even when Raina gets offended at his speaking rudely of her would be, he cries out with a gesture of despair. He says, "It is no use dear lady: I cannot make you see it from a professional point of view."
Bluntschli is not only the mouthpiece of Shaw, he is a typical Shavian hero who is neither a coward, nor a man of sensual indulgence. His conduct is instinctive and so he is noble and generous. Like heroes, he too may indulge in the pleasure of love and sex, but at the call of business he can rise above such weaknesses.
Through the character of Bluntschli, Shaw ridicules and satirises the romantic concept of love and war and exposes and clarifies the reality, the matter if fact to the audiences and to the readers.
What is the source of the title 'Arms and the Man'?
