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Riders To The Sea
J. M. Synge
Riders To The Sea MCQ (Top 90 Multiple Choice Questions)
1. Where does Bartley want to go?
(A) Aran Islands
(B) The priest’s house
(C) Galway fair
(D) The church
Ans : (C) Galway fair
2. What does Nora take out from under her shawl?
(A) A basket of flowers
(B) A bundle of clothes
(C) A piece of garment
(D) A bundle of sticks
Ans : (B) A bundle of clothes
3. Which item,as mentioned in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’, is an unusual item in an Irish kitchen?
(A) New Boards
(B) Oil-skins
(C) Sinning-wheel
(D) Nets
Ans : (A) New Boards
4. How old is Cathleen in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
(A) About 20 years old
(B) About 21 years old
(C) About 19 years old
(D) About 22 years old
Ans : (A) About 20 years old
5. What is Cathleen doing when Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’ opens?
(A) Washing clothes
(B) Walking on the shore
(C) Kneading the dough
(D) Preparing a cake by kneading and putting it on pot-oven
Ans : (D) Preparing a cake by kneading and putting it on pot-oven
6. Who is found to put her head in at the door in the opening of Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
(A) Maurya
(B) Nora
(C) Bartley
(D) Cathleen
Ans : (B) Nora
7. What/who was discovered in Donegal?
(A) A boat
(B) A drowned man
(C) A rope
(D) White boards
Ans : (B) A drowned man
8. Who speaks in a low voice in the opening scene in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
(A) Maurya
(B) Cathleen
(C) Bartley
(D) Nora
Ans : (D) Nora
9. Who prepares a cake in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
(A) Maurya
(B) Bartley
(C) Cathleen
(D) Nora
Ans : (C) Cathleen
10. What is the locale of Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
(A) One of the three islands known as Aran Islands
(B) An island in England
(C) An island in India
(D) Galway
Ans : (A) One of the three islands known as Aran Islands
11. What does the bundle that Nora takes out contain?
(A) A shawl and a plain stocking
(B) A bread and a shirt
(C) A shirt and a plain stocking
(D) A rope and a bread
Ans : (C) A shirt and a plain stocking
12. Which object in the kitchen is meant for the coffin in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
(A) Nets
(B) New boards
(C) Spinning-wheel
(D) Oil-skins
Ans : (B) New boards
13. What do kneading and pot-oven suggest?
(A) The preparation of a soup
(B) The preparation of a cake
(C) The preparation of a curry
(D) The preparation of a cup of tea
Ans : (B) The preparation of a cake
14. Who are found in the opening scene of ‘Riders to the Sea’?
(A) Michael and Bartley
(B) Bartley and Cathleen
(C) Cathleen and Nora
(D) Nora and Maurya
Ans : (C) Cathleen and Nora
15. What is the location of the opening part of Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
(A) Galway
(B) Connemara
(C) Maurya’s kitchen
(D) Maurya’s drawing room
Ans : (C) Maurya’s kitchen
16. For how many days is Michael missing?
(A) 3 days
(B) 5 days
(C) 7 days
(D) 9 days
Ans : (D) 9 days
17. For whom is Cathleen preparing a cake?
(A) Michel
(B) Maurya
(C) Nora
(D) Bartley
Ans : (D) Bartley
18. Who has given the bundle that Nora takes out from her shawl?
(A) Maurya
(B) Bartley
(C) Cathleen
(D) The young priest
Ans : (D) The young priest
19. Whose clothes are those that Nora brings home?
(A) A drowned man in Donegal
(B) Bartley
(C) Cathleen
(D) Maurya
Ans : (A) A drowned man in Donegal
20. Why did the young priest give Nora a bundle of clothes?
(A) If it was Michael’s
(B) If it was Bartley’s
(C) If it was their father’s
(D) If it belonged to any neighbour’s
Ans : (A) If it was Michael’s
21. Where is Donegal?
(A) Easternmost county of Ireland
(B) Westernmost county of Ireland
(C) Northernmost county of Ireland
(D) Southernmost county of Ireland
Ans : (C) Northernmost county of Ireland
22. What, according to Nora, is the condition of the sea by the White rocks?
(A) Middling bad
(B) Rough
(C) Calm and quiet
(D) Not bad
Ans : (A) Middling bad
23. Who, according to the priest, is supposed to have a ‘clean burial’?
(A) Maurya’s husband
(B) Michael
(C) Bartley
(D) Bartley’s friend
Ans : (B) Michael
24. The play ‘Riders to the Sea’ opens with the speech: “Where is she?”—Who is ‘she’?
(A) Maurya
(B) Cathleen
(C) Nora
(D) Bartley
Ans : (A) Maurya
25. What are the objects found at a glance in the kitchen of Maurya’s kitchen?
(A) Nets and oil-skins
(B) oilskins and spinnin- wheel
(C) Spinning-wheels, nets, oil skins and new boards
(D) Nets, oil-skins, and rope
Ans : (C) Spinning-wheels, nets, oil skins and new boards
26. Who was asked to stop Bartley from going to the Galway fair?
(A) Maurya
(B) Bartley’s friend
(C) Cathleen
(D) The young priest
Ans : (D) The young priest
27. Who says, “It’s hard set we’ll be surely the day you’re drowned with the rest”?
(A) The young priest
(B) Cathleen
(C) Nora
(D) Maurya
Ans : (D) Maurya
28. Where is Connemara?
(A) In the Western district of Galway
(B) In the eastern part of Ireland
(C) In the southern part of Ireland
(D) In the Eastern district of Galway
Ans : (A) In the Western district of Galway
29. Where was the bit of new rope that was bought in Connemara?
(A) Hanging on a nail
(B) Kept in a box
(C) On the table
(D) Under the stool
Ans : (A) Hanging on a nail
30. When, according to Maurya, will the rope be needed?
(A) If the wind becomes favourable
(B) If their room is to be repaired
(C) If Michael is washed up
(D) If they want to tie up the turf
Ans : (C) If Michael is washed up
31. What sign of Bartley’s arrival did Cathleen mention?
(A) Bartley’s voice
(B) A friend reported
(C) The clock
(D) Heard someone passing the big stone
Ans : (D) Heard someone passing the big stone
32. What was Maurya’s suggestion to Bartley regarding the rope?
(A) To handle the rope with care
(B) To leave the rope hanging by the boards
(C) Not to use that rope
(D) To take another bit of rope
Ans : (B) To leave the rope hanging by the boards
33. Where did Cathleen put the bundle to hide it from Maurya?
(A) In a shelf
(B) In the turf-loft
(C) In a box
(D) Under the table
Ans : (B) In the turf-loft
34. “What is the price of a thousand horses against a son where there is one son only?” – Who says this?
(A) Cathleen
(B) Nora
(C) Maurya
(D) Bartley
Ans : (C) Maurya
35. Who, as mentioned by Nora, are saying that Bartley would go?
(A) Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety
(B) Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety and Colum Shawn
(C) Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety and Michael
(D) Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety and the young priest
Ans : (B) Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety and Colum Shawn
36. Maurya asks, “Where is he itself?”—Who is ‘he’?
(A) Simon
(B) Stephen Pheety
(C) Colum Shawn
(D) Bartley
Ans : (D) Bartley
37. How do common people, like Maurya, judge the weather and the condition of the sea?
(A) Radio forecast
(B) TV news
(C) From the position of the stars and the moon
(D) From the opinion of the experienced people
Ans : (C) From the position of the stars and the moon
38. Which fair, according to Bartley, would be a good fair for horses?
(A) Animal fair in Ireland
(B) Galway fair
(C) Irish fair
(D) Horse fair in Aran Islands
Ans : (B) Galway fair
39. Who advises Cathleen to get enough weed, if the west wind continues?
(A) Maurya
(B) Nora
(C) Bartley
(D) The young priest
Ans : (C) Bartley
40. Which coat did Bartley put on before going out?
(A) Newer one
(B) Old coat
(C) Blue coat
(D) Black coat
Ans : (A) Newer one
41. Which pig, according to Bartley, can be sold to a jobber?
(A) The pig with the black feet
(B) The black pig
(C) The white pig
(D) The pig with the white feet
Ans : (A) The pig with the black feet
42. Whom does Maurya describe as ‘a hard and cruel man’?
(A) Bartley
(B) The young priest
(C) Michael
(D) Eamon
Ans : (A) Bartley
43. What will Bartley ride down on?
(A) Red mare
(B) Gray pony
(C) Red mule
(D) Gray horse
Ans : (A) Red mare
44. What does Bartley say about his return?
(A) Will be returning in two days
(B) Will be returning in three days
(C) Will be returning in four days
(D) Will be returning in two to four days
Ans : (D) Will be returning in two to four days
45. Who considered Maurya’s apprehensive words at the moment of Bartley’s departure to be unlucky?
(A) Cathleen
(B) Nora
(C) The young priest
(D) Stephen Pheety
Ans : (A) Cathleen
46. Who says, “It’s the life of a young man to be going on the sea”?
(A) Maurya
(B) Cathleen
(C) Nora
(D) Bartley
Ans : (B) Cathleen
47. What would be a hard word in Bartley’s ear?
(A) Cathleen’s words
(B) Maurya’s unlucky words
(C) Nora’s silence
(D) The sound of the roaring sea
Ans : (B) Maurya’s unlucky words
48. What was Maurya’s apprehension immediately after Bartley’s departure?
(A) They would not see Bartley again
(B) God would not leave her destitute
(C) Bartley would return alive
(D) Bartley would overcome all troubles
Ans : (A) They would not see Bartley again
49. What is a jobber?
(A) A person who seeks a job
(B) A person who trains others for a job
(C) A person who acts as an agent in the job market
(D) A person who does odd jobs like purchasing livestock
Ans : (D) A person who does odd jobs like purchasing livestock
50. Who says, “And it’s destroyed he’ll be going till dark night.”?
(A) Maurya
(B) Cathleen
(C) Nora
(D) Bartley
Ans : (C) Nora
51. Who says, “When the black night is falling I’ll have no son left me in the world”?
(A) Nora
(B) Cathleen
(C) The young priest
(D) Maurya
Ans : (D) Maurya
52. Whom did Cathleen send to the spring well?
(A) Bartley
(B) A neighbour
(C) Nora
(D) Maurya
Ans : (D) Maurya
53. Who is referred to as ‘the Son of God’?
(A) Michael
(B) Bartley
(C) The young priest
(D) Jesus
Ans : (D) Jesus
54. Who gave Maurya a stick?
(A) Bartley
(B) Cathleen
(C) Nora
(D) Eamon Simon
Ans : (C) Nora
55. What did Cathleen roll in a cloth?
(A) Some pieces of bread
(B) A halter
(C) Some medicine
(D) A water pot
Ans : (A) Some pieces of bread
56. From where was the stick brought?
(A) Galway fair
(B) Dublin
(C) Connemara
(D) Local market
Ans : (C) Connemara
57. What does the expression “God speed you” mean?
(A) God save you
(B) God spare you
(C) God bless you
(D) God help you
Ans : (A) God save you
58. How far is Donegal from the rocks beyond?
(A) Five days walk
(B) Six days walk
(C) Seven days walk
(D) Eight days walk
Ans : (C) Seven days walk
59. Who brought the stick that Cathleen gave to Maurya?
(A) Michael
(B) Bartley
(C) Cathleen
(D) Nora
Ans : (A) Michael
60. What made it difficult to open the bundle?
(A) Perished string
(B) Black knot
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C) Both (A) and (B)
61. Cathleen: She’s gone now. Throw it down quickly. – What is ‘it’ here?
(A) A bundle of clothes
(B) A new coat
(C) A bag full of clothes
(D) A shirt made of cotton
Ans : (A) A bundle of clothes
62. What is left of the ‘great rower and fisher’ like Michael?
(A) An old shirt
(B) A plain stocking
(C) Both (a) and (b)
(D) None
Ans : (C) Both (a) and (b)
63. What did Cathleen ask for to open the bundle?
(A) A nail
(B) A knife
(C) A pencil cutter
(D) A fork
Ans : (B) A knife
64. Who says, “My heart is broken from this day”?
(A) Michael
(B) Bartley
(C) Cathleen
(D) Maurya
Ans : (D) Maurya
65. Who, according to Nora, was ‘a great rower and fisher’?
(A) Her father
(B) Bartley
(C) Michael
(D) Her grandfather
Ans : (C) Michael
66. What is the fearfullest thing that Maurya has seen?
(A) Bartley riding on the gray mare
(B) Michael riding on the gray pony
(C) Bartley riding behind Michael
(D) Both Bartley and Michael are riding on the red mare
Ans : (B) Michael riding on the gray pony
67. What was there in Maurya’s hand when she returned?
(A) A towel
(B) Bread
(C) Sandwiches
(D) A halter
Ans : (B) Bread
68. Who is supposed to have got a clean burial by the grace of God?
(A) Cathleen’s father
(B) Maurya’s father-in-law
(C) Michael
(D) Shawn
Ans : (C) Michael
69. Who has seen “the fearfullest thing”?
(A) The young priest
(B) Cathleen
(C) Nora
(D) Maurya
Ans : (D) Maurya
70. Whom did Maurya see behind Bartley?
(A) Michael on the gray pony
(B) The roaring sea
(C) White foam
(D) Bride Dara
Ans : (A) Michael on the gray pony
71. Which legend does Maurya refer to in connection with her vision?
(A) Bride Dara
(B) Dogs barking
(C) Owls hooting
(D) A floating man
Ans : (A) Bride Dara
72. Who was lost during the great wind?
(A) Stephen
(B) Stephen and Shawn
(C) Stephen, Shawn and Patch
(D) Stephen, Shawn, Patch and Michael
Ans : (B) Stephen and Shawn
73. Who, according to Maurya, knows little of the sea?
(A) The jobber
(B) The knife-seller
(C) Bartley
(D) A person like the young priest
Ans : (D) A person like the young priest
74. Who were lost in the dark night?
(A) Sheamus
(B) Maurya’s husband
(C) Sheamus and his father
(D) Stephen and Sheamus
Ans : (C) Sheamus and his father
75. What does Maurya recount after seeing the fearfullest scene?
(A) How her husband died
(B) How her father-in-law died
(C) How Michael died
(D) A series of death of the male members of her family
Ans : (D) A series of death of the male members of her family
76. Which day is called ‘a dry day’ by Maurya?
(A) The day when Patch’s dead body was brought
(B) The day when Michael died
(C) The day when Bartley died
(D) The day when Maurya lost her husband
Ans : (A) The day when Patch’s dead body was brought
77. Where were Stephen and Shawn found after death?
(A) Near Galway
(B) In the bay of Bengal
(C) In the bay of Gregory
(D) In the sea near Donegal
Ans : (C) In the bay of Gregory
78. What are the women doing on entering Maurya’s cottage?
(A) Keening softly
(B) Lamenting loudly
(C) Swaying themselves
(D) Keening and swaying
Ans : (D) Keening and swaying
79. Where was Maurya when dead body of Patch was brought?
(A) By the seashore
(B) In her bedroom
(C) In the garden
(D) In the kitchen
Ans : (D) In the kitchen
80. Whose death has given Maurya freedom from the cruelty of the sea?
(A) Michael
(B) Patch
(C) All the male members of her family
(D) All the female members of her family
Ans : (C) All the male members of her family
81. What is Samhain?
(A) All Soul’s Day
(B) Good Friday
(C) Easter Saturday
(D) Doomsday
Ans : (A) All Soul’s Day
82. What power of young men does Maurya mention?
(A) Power of swimming
(B) Power of facing challenges
(C) Power of floating round the sea
(D) Power of sailing a boat
Ans : (C) Power of floating round the sea
83. Who, after the death of Bartley, will have a great rest?
(A) Michael
(B) Maurya
(C) Cathleen
(D) Nora
Ans : (B) Maurya
84. Who says, “They’re all gone now, and there isn’t anything more the sea can do to me”?
(A) Cathleen
(B) Maurya
(C) Nora
(D) An old woman
Ans : (B) Maurya
85. Who bought fine white boards for the coffin?
(A) Maurya
(B) Cathleen
(C) Nora
(D) Bartley
Ans : (A) Maurya
86. Who, according to Cathleen, would be able to make a coffin?
(A) An old man
(B) Eamon
(C) Colum and Eamon
(D) Eamon and other neighbours
Ans : (D) Eamon and other neighbours
87. When would Maurya go down to get Holy Water?
(A) In the morning after Samhain
(B) In the evening after Samhain
(C) In the dark nights after Samhain
(D) In the night of Samhain
Ans : (C) In the dark nights after Samhain
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