In this post, students will get 1st Year English Play 3 The Oyster and the Pearl Play MCQs with answers for Class 11. The Oyster and the Pearl is written by William Saroyan. This is 3rd and last play of 11th English Book 3. For complete 1st Year English Book 3 notes, go here. However, students can avail of complete English Notes for Class 11 on ilmihub as well. These notes consist of Short Stories, Plays, Poems, Letters, Applications and Moral Stories for intermediate part 1.
11th Class English Play 3 The Oyster and the Pearl Solved MCQs
Here are 43 solved Multiple Choice Questions from The Oyster and The Pearl Play taken from Kips Notes. I am sharing them as a quiz. Each Objective Type Question contains 4 possible answers, find out the correct one.
What sort of play is “The Oyster and the Pearl”?
(A) a farcical play
(B) a humorous play
(C) a sentimental comedy
(D) a tragedy
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) a sentimental comedy[/bg_collapse]
What does the play, ‘The Oyster and the Pearl’ demonstrate??
(A) the goodness of human nature
(B) greed
(C) evil
(D) the simplicity of rural life
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) the goodness of human nature[/bg_collapse]
What does the play ‘The Oyster and the Pearl’ reflect?
(A) materialism
(B) spiritualism
(C) human evils
(D) author’s attitude towards life and people
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) author’s attitude towards life and people[/bg_collapse]
What is the scene of the play, ‘The Oyster and the Pearl’?
(A) a beach
(B) a newsroom
(C) a bus station
(D) a barber’s shop
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) a barber’s shop[/bg_collapse]
What is placed on the shelves in Harry’s shop?
(A) razors
(B) comb
(C) gadgets
(D) odds and ends
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) odds and ends[/bg_collapse]
What did Harry invent?
(A) an implement
(B) a philosophy
(C) a gadget
(D) a tackle
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) a philosophy[/bg_collapse]
What is Harry’s philosophy?
(A) to depend on others
(B) to take time
(C) take it easy
(D) to earn money
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) take it easy[/bg_collapse]
Where does Clay go?
(A) to a bus station
(B) to school
(C) to the beach
(D) to a city
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) to the beach[/bg_collapse]
Why does Clay go to the beach?
(A) to find a coin
(B) to fish
(C) to look for stuff
(D) to play
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) to look for stuff[/bg_collapse]
Why does Harry not go with Clay?
(A) He is tired
(B) He hates going to the sea
(C) He is bored
(D) He expects a little Saturday business
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) He expects a little Saturday business[/bg_collapse]
Why does Clay need money?
(A) to buy eatables and sweets
(B) to get his father back and buy a gift for his mother
(C) to pay a loan
(D) to buy books
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) to pay a loan[/bg_collapse]
What did Clay’s father write on the wall?
(A) Sweet home!
(B) Good night!
(C) Enough is enough!
(D) Goodbye!
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) Enough is enough![/bg_collapse]
What did Clay do to get his father back?
(A) called out to him
(B) put his fishing tackle in a closet
(C) went to the beach
(D) put an ad in the paper
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) put an ad in the paper[/bg_collapse]
What is Miss McCutcheon carrying when she comes first to Harry
(A) a fish
(B) a chair with three legs
(C) an oyster
(D) a parasol
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) a parasol[/bg_collapse]
What sort of hair does McCutcheon have?
(A) black
(B) poodle
(C) blonde
(D) curly
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) blonde[/bg_collapse]
Miss McCutcheon says the children are __________.
(A) diligent
(B) talented
(C) unruly
(D) obedient
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) unruly[/bg_collapse]
In what things are children interested according to Miss McCutcheon?
(A) sweets
(B) fishing
(C) games and sea
(D) reading
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) games and sea[/bg_collapse]
According to Harry, youth and intelligence need __________.
(A) games
(B) success
(C) humour
(D) excitement
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) excitement[/bg_collapse]
Miss McCutcheon wants __________.
(A) boy cut
(B) cropped
(C) curly cut
(D) poodle cut
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) boy cut[/bg_collapse]
Why does Miss McCutcheon want to change her appearance?
(A) to look beautiful
(B) to look ferocious
(C) to look ugly
(D) to fit into the scenery around
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) to fit into the scenery around[/bg_collapse]
How much money did Clark give to Harry to hand over to Clay?
(A) 30 dollars
(B) 50 dollars
(C) 40 dollars
(D) 60 dollars
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) 30 dollars[/bg_collapse]
Where was the writer going when he came to Harry?
(A) to New York
(B) to Hollywood
(C) to San Francisco
(D) to California
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) to Hollywood[/bg_collapse]
What is the distance between Hollywood and O.K.-by-the-Sea?
(A) 100 miles
(B) 300 miles
(C) 200 miles
(D) 400 miles
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) 200 miles[/bg_collapse]
What is Wozzeck?
(A) a watch repairer
(B) a farmer
(C) a judge
(D) publisher of the weekly paper
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) a watch repairer[/bg_collapse]
What sort of jewellery does Wozzeck sell?
(A) genuine
(B) imitation
(C) gold
(D) second hand
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) imitation[/bg_collapse]
Greeley is carrying a bottle of ________.
(A) freshwater
(B) wine
(C) milk
(D) sea-water
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) sea-water[/bg_collapse]
Clay believes the oyster has a pearl worth at least________.
(A) 200 dollars
(B) 400 dollars
(C) 300 dollars
(D) 500 dollars
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](C) 300 dollars[/bg_collapse]
Who says that there is no pearl in the oyster?
(A) harry
(B) Clay
(C) Greeley
(D) McCutcheon
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) McCutcheon[/bg_collapse]
Applegarth once judged________.
(A) criminals
(B) players
(C) children
(D) animals
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) animals[/bg_collapse]
There are about ________ people in O.K.-by-the-Sea.
(A) 1000
(B) 3000
(C) 2000
(D) 4000
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) 1000[/bg_collapse]
According to Applegarth what sort of teacher does their school needs?
(A) a young man
(B) an old battle-exe
(C) a severe manh
(D) a pretty girl
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) an old battle-exe[/bg_collapse]
How much does the writer pay for the haircut?
(A) one dollar
(B) two dollars
(C) three dollars
(D) four dollars
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) one dollar[/bg_collapse]
How much does the writer pay for the oyster?
(A) a hundred dollars
(B) three hundred dollars
(C) two hundred dollars
(D) four hundred dollars
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) three hundred dollars[/bg_collapse]
Who carries “The O.K.-by-the-Sea Gull”?
(A) Harry
(B) Wozzeck
(C) The writer
(D) Fenton Lockhart
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) Fenton Lockhart[/bg_collapse]
“The O.K.-by-the-Sea Gull” comes out __________.
(A) Every Saturday
(B) Every Sunday
(C) Every month
(D) Every fortnight
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) Every Saturday[/bg_collapse]
Harry bought the barber shop for __________
(A) 75 dollars
(B) 65 dollars
(C) 80 dollars
(D) 85 dollars
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) 75 dollars[/bg_collapse]
What does Miss McCutcheon want to teach the children the principles of __________ to fight against?
(A) truth
(B) fishing
(C) education
(D) urban life
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) truth[/bg_collapse]
Clay’s father and mother haven’t been getting __________.
(A) up
(B) by
(C) to
(D) along
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) along[/bg_collapse]
This isn’t the only town in the world where fathers and mothers fight, where families break__________.
(A) down
(B) out
(C) through
(D) up
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](D) up[/bg_collapse]
How many years ago did Harry buy the shop?
(A) 24
(B) 25
(C) 26
(D) 27
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) 24[/bg_collapse]
I want to poodle Haircut, who said?
(A) Miss McCutcheon
(B) Clark
(C) harry
(D) Clay
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) Miss McCutcheon[/bg_collapse]
Clay wants to buy a present for his __________.
(A) mother
(B) father
(C) beloved
(D) wife
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](A) mother[/bg_collapse]
Clark leaves home and starts working in_________.
(A) New York
(B) Salinas
(C) Hollywood
(D) San Francisco
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”Correct Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer” ](B) Salinas[/bg_collapse]
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