ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the author of ‘Man and Superman’?
A
W. Shakespeare
B
George Bernard Shaw
C
Leo Tolstoy
D
Charles Dickens
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Man and Superman, play in four acts by George Bernard Shaw, published in 1903 and performed (without scene 2 of Act III) in 1905; the first complete performance was in 1915.

Detailed explanation-2: -Man and Superman is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw in 1903. The series was written in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme.

Detailed explanation-3: -Man and Superman, play in four acts by George Bernard Shaw, published in 1903 and performed (without scene 2 of Act III) in 1905; the first complete performance was in 1915.

Detailed explanation-4: -George Bernard Shaw is famous for his role in revolutionizing comedic drama. He was also a literary critic and a prominent British socialist. Shaw’s most financially successful work, Pygmalion, was adapted into the popular Broadway musical My Fair Lady. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.

Detailed explanation-5: -Works. George Bernard Shaw was the author of five novels: An Unsocial Socialist, Cashel Byron’s Profession, Immaturity, Love among the Artists, and The Irrational Knot. He also wrote two famous short stories, titled The Black Girl in Search of God and The Miraculous Revenge.

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