Criticism And Theory (A-Part) Mcqs For BS/MA/MS/M PHIL /Phd...
Literary Criticism And Theory
Father of literary criticism
A. Shakespeare
B. John Dryden
C. Tom Jones D. Chaucer 2
Answer : B
A new era of criticism with began
A. Shakespeare
B. Thomas
C. Dryden
D. Tom Jones
Answer : C
Literary criticism is the study evolution, and interpretation of
A. Drama
B. Poetry
C. Literature
D. Novel
Answer :C
Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary
A. Term
B. Theory
C. Element
D. None of these Answer : B
Types of literary criticism
In biographical criticism, the writer analyzed to show
A. Relationships between the author life and his work on literature
B. About his life and his life circumstances
C. His relationship between his family
D. Analyze his peculiar habits Answer : A
Ethical criticism means, discussion on
A. Ethical evils
B. Ethical habits
C. Ethical impacts
D. None of these
Answer : B
Expressive criticism is a form of literary criticism, in which discussion on
A. Authors circumstances
B. Authors problems
C. Authors feelings ,emotions, expressions
D. Authors works
Answer : C
In feminist criticism, study about the rights of
A. Parents rights
B. Men rights
C. Poor’s rights
D. Political ,social and economic rights of women Answer : D
In mimetic criticism, the word mimetic comes from
A. Greek word
B. German word
C. English word
D. None of these
Answer : A
Psychological criticism is also known as
A. Psychoanalytical criticism
B. Mythological criticism
C. Sociological criticism
D. Historical criticism
Answer : A
In social criticism, discussion on
A. Language
B. Arts
C. Society and social relationship
D. Political problem
Answer : C
Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship and
A. Literary criticism
B. Social criticism
C. Historical criticism
D. None of these Answer : A
In textual criticism, identification of
A. Written work
B. Written theory
C. Textual variant and different versions
D. Written words Answer : C
A critical theory is that which examine the
A. Literary work in the light of certain theories of literature
B. Uses the text as a support for the development of literary theory
C. None of these
D. Both A and B
Answer : D
Historical criticism, discussion on
A. Authors society
B. History of authors life and his work
C. Authors problems
D. None of these Answer : B
Historical criticism is another way of
A. Classic poetry
B. Classic drama
C. Classic literature
D. Classic prose
Answer : C A good critic must be a wide:
a) Common man
b) Learned man
c) Uneducated man
d) Unconditioned man
Answer : B
A good critic must have an efficient knowledge of all the branches of :
a) Drama
b) Novel
c) Literature
d) Poetry
Answer: C
A good critic must be entirely:
a) Impersonal and Subjective
b) Personal and objective
c) Subjective and objective
d) Impersonal and objective
Answer : D
Whom T.S Eliot considers as a perfect critic:
a) Symons
b) Arnold
c) Aristotle
d) John Dinner
Answer : C
Whom T.S Eliot considers as imperfect critics: a) Symons and Arnold
b) Symons and John Donne
c) Arnold and Aristotle
d) Aristotle and John Donne Answer : A
In which century Aristotle wrote poetic
A .3th BC B .4th BC C .5th D. 6th BC
Ans .B
Later classical and medieval criticism focused on
A .prose texts B . poetry text C . religious texts D Dramatic text Ans. C
Literature criticism was also employed in other forms of medieval Arabic literature and and Arabic poetry from the century
A .8 B .9 C .7 D .5
Ans. B
Who wrote the book Al- Bidi
A . Aristotle B . Plato C Abdullah ibn Al -Mu'tazz D John Done
Ans. C
The birth of Renaissance criticism was in
A .1945 B 1496 C 1490 D 1498
Ans .D
Who was the most influential Renaissance critics
A Aristotle B Plato C Ludovico Castleton D Marlowe
Ans . C
In which year Ludovico Captivator wrote commentary on Aristotle poetics
A .1575 B 1470 C 1570 D 1670
Ans. C
Enlightenment criticism period extended from
A .1600_1700 B .1700_1800 C .1300_1400 1500_1600
Ans .B
Northrop Fry published the influential anatomy of criticism in
A 1950 B 1960 C 1957 D 1955
Ans. C
Plato’s Life, Work and His Attack on Poetry
Group2
1) Most famous work of Plato is --------A. Republic
B. Vitoria
C. Crimes
D. None of these
Answer (A)
2) Plato was famous for his --------A. Dramas
B. Comedies
C. Dialogues
D. Poems
Answer (C)
3) Plato founded the ----------- program.
A. School
B. Academic
C. Computer
D. None of these
Answer (B)
4) Plato stressed the importance of --------A. Urdu and English
B. Science and English
C. Science and Urdu
D. Science and Mathematics
Answer (D)
5) Plato known as the “maker of ---------A. Science
B. English
C. MathematicsD. Computer
Answer (C)
6) Plato wrote Republic in ---------- Literature.
A. Greek
B. Utopian
C. Latin
D. Francis
Answer (B)
7) Plato writes the --------- of poetry.
A. Verse
B. Book
C. a lot of
D. None of these
Answer (A)
8) He was a ---------- Person.
A. Mad
B. Poetic
C. SeriousD. Funny
Answer (B)
9) Plato was born 427-8 BC and died at the age of:
(a) 80
(b) 76
(c) 74
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
10) According to Plato the population of an ideal state should be: (a) 5040
(b) 50400 (c) 50040
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
11) The turning point in the life of Plato came in the year 399 BC when he was of:
(a) 24 years
(b) 26 years
(c) 28 years
(d) None of theseAnswer: (c) 12) Plato wrote: (a) Politics
(b) The Laws
(c) Political Economy
(d) Polity
(e) None of these.Answer: (b) 13) Plato was a:
(a) Realist
(b) Idealist
(c) Rationalist
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
14) The author of the book ‘Statesman’ is:
(a) Aristotle
(b) Machiavelli
(c) Plato
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
15) Which of these books represents the scheme of Plato’s Philosophy?
(a) The Politics
(b) The Republic
(c) The Laws
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
16) Plato is called the father of the idealist theory of the state because:
(a) He prescribed the ideals of city-state
(b) His theory was based not on what human nature is but on what it ought to be
(c) He postulated a dualism between reality and value
(d) He based his theory on the idea of the Good
Answer: (b)
17) Plato wrote many philosophical texts—at least.
(a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 05
(D) 22
Answer: (a)
18) How many children were Plato’s:
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 0 (d) 2
Answer: (c)
19) Who was Plato's famous teacher?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Socrates
(c) Apology
(d) Shakespeare
Answer: (b)
20) Plato attacks on poetry _______________
A) Two grounds
B) Three grounds
C) Four grounds
D) Six groundsAns: (C)
21) Being a logical person Plato dislikes
A) Happiness
B) Grief
C) Pity
D) Pity and grief
Ans: (D)
22) poetry concerned with
A) Logic
B) Appearance of things
C) ReasonD) Impact
Ans: (B)
23) Plato was _____ Humanizes Gods
A) In favor
B) against
C) Mercy
D) Benevolence
Ans: (B)
24) Plato considered the poetry
A) Unauthentic
B) Irrational
C) Immoral
D) All of them
Ans: (D)
25) According to" Plato Poets write__"
A) Truth
B) Fact
C) Reality
D) Appearance
Ans: (D)
26) In intellectuality, poetry is
A) Poor
B) Enriched
C) Embellish
D) Refine
Ans: (A)
27) Poetry and philosophy both are
A) Similar to each other
B) rely on false knowledge
C) Based on logic
D) Different to each other
Ans: (D)
28) Plato believes in the Republic that of the virtues (a) Justice is the most important.
(b) Temperance is the most important.
(c) Wisdom is the most important.
(d) Courage is the most important.
Answer (a)
29) According to Plato the ultimate knowledge upon which moral virtue is based is (a) Piety
(b) Virtue
(c) the Good
(d) Justice
Answer (c)
30)Plato opposed the doctrine of
(a) moral absolutism
(b) moral realism
(c) hedonism
(d) deontology
Answer (c)
Topic: Aristotle life and works
Aristotle defence of poetry
Group3
Which is the school founded by Aristotle? A. Lyceum
B. Academy
C. Athens
D. Socratic School
Answer:A
What is the central concept of Aristotle’s Metaphysics and logic? A. Substance
B. Imagination
C. Forms
D. ReasonAnswer:A
In which work does Aristotle make the distinction between primary and secondary substance A. Poetics B. Metaphysics C. Topics
D. Categories
Answer:D
Which of the following is an example of primary substance?
A. Group of horses
B. A particular horse
C. Painting of horses
D. Sculpture of horse
Answer:B
. Which of the following is an example of secondary substance? A. Horse
B. Cuckoo
C. Animal D. Birch
Answer:C
According to Aristotle what is the source of knowledge? A. Mind
B. Senses
C. Thought
D. Dream
Answer:B
According to Aristotle reality exists….. A. in the idealistic world
B. in the world of forms
C. in the world of imagination
D. in the external world
Answer:D
What is the term that Aristotle use for logic? A. Analytics B. Categories
C. Forms
D. Reasoning
Answer:A
Aristotle’s works on Logic are collectively known as …. A. Analytics
B. Categories
C. Forms
D. Organ on
Answer:D
What is the basis of Aristotelian logic? A. Analytics
B. Categories
C. Syllogism
D. OreganoAnswer:C
When was Aristotle born
A. 32 A.D
B. 32 B.C
C. 38 B.C
D. 34 A.D
Answer:C
Aristotle father was professionally a
A. Civil physician
B. Professor1
C. Quack
D. Court physician
Answer:D
In which academy did Aristotle enrolled?
A. Athens
B. Plato’s academy
C. Netherlands
D. Greece
Answer:B
The death bed of Aristotle was at
A. Athens
B. Netherlands
C. Chalcis
D. None of them
Answer: C
He died in the year 322A.D
384A.D
C. 322B C
D. 326 B.C
Answer: C
His composition consists of
A. 84 works
B. 84 Sonnets
C. 200 works
D. Both b and c
Answer: C
Preserved writings of Aristotle were
A. 31
B. 52
C. 54
D. 32
Answer: A
In how many parts did his writings grouped
A. 2
B. 4
C. 3
D. None
Answer B
Which of the following books is related to scientific tools and logics?
A. Physics
B. Metaphysics
C. The origin of life
D. Organ on
Answer D
“ Movements of animals” is related to?
A. Organon
Physics and metaphysics
The origin of life
D. Cosmology Answer D
In the term metaphysics, meta means
A. Beyond
B. Excruciating
C. Cosmic
D. Elements
Answer A
Inchoation ethics is related to?
A. Animal rights
B. Human rights
C. Human nature
D. Both b and c
Answer C
Poetics is related to?
A. Philosophical theory
B. Scientific research
C. Dramatic theory D. None
Answer C
He gave new interpretation to
A. Imitation
B. Poetry
C. Drama
D. Tragedy
Answer A
Plato regarded poetry as:
A. Philosophy B. Illogical Creativity
None
Answer B
According to Aristotle what does purpose of poetry say:
A. Tragedy is moral edification
B. Imitation is a curse
C. Selfishness D. None
Answer A
From Aristotle point o view Which of the following activity makes man feel light and healthy
A. Exercises
B. Catharsis
C. Solitude
D. Drama
Answer B
Aristotle's Theory of Imitation
Group4
Aristotle was born in ?
A Stagira’s
B Athens
C France
D London
ANSWER ' A'
Who is known as “ Father of Western Criticism”?
A Plato
B Chaucer
C Aristotle
D Sidney
ANSWER ‘C'
Aristotle's father was a ?
A Physician
B Lawyer
C Merchant
D Knight
ANSWER ' A' Aristotle died in ?
A 333 BC B 322 BC C 344 BC
D 384 BC ANSWER 'B' Aristotle was pupil of ? A Plato
B Socrates
C Both A & B
D None
ANSWER 'A' Aristotle was ? A Critic
B Philosopher
C Logician
D All
ANSWER ' D'
Object is a person or thing to which a specified action or ------are directed?
A Feelings
B Art
C Action
D Both B & C
ANSWER ' A'
In poetic imitation poetic men are __________?
A Ideal
B Universal
C Life
D Worse
ANSWER 'A'
Poetic men represent the ___________world?
A Real World
B Imaginary word
C Last world
D Nothing
ANSWER ‘A'
The object of imitation in _________are men in action?
A Drama
B Poetry
C Action
D Reaction
ANSWER 'B'
The poetic men may be either better or_________than the real life men? A Worse
D Dangerous
C Holy
D Kind
ANSWER 'A'
The painter imitates through _____________?
A Rhythm and Harmony
B Language and Rhythm
C Form and color
D Language and Harmony
ANSWER 'C'
The poet imitates through __________?
A. Language
B Color
C Form
D None
ANSWER 'A'
The musician imitates through ___________?
A Language
B Harmony
C Color
D All
ANSWER 'B'
The medium of poetry and painting are __________?
A Different
B Closer
C Same
D A &B
ANSWER ' A'
In regard tragedy , the two constituent element. diction and song are concerned with the_________of imitation? A Object
B Medium
C Manner
D All
ANSWER' B'
The way to present an art , to narrate or to act a story is known as ?
A Medium of imitation
B Object of imitation
C Manner of imitation
D None
ANSWER 'C'
Basic modes of imitation are ?
A Poetry
B Painting
C Music
D All
ANSWER 'D'
Basic manners of poetic imitation are ?
A Narrative & Dramatic
B Narrative & Ironic
C Dramatic & Social
D Narrative & Logic
: ANSWER 'A'
We can include epics in ?
A Tragic form
B Dramatic form
C Narrative form
D Logical form
ANSWER 'C'
In narrative form of imitation we can take ?
A Epics
B Tragedies
C Comedies
D Both B & C
ANSWER 'D'
From where did Aristotle take the term of imitation? A Plato
B Sidney
C Shakespeare
D None
ANSWER 'A'
Does Aristotle bring creative imagination?
A In the scope of Poetics
C None
C In the form of poem
D B & C
ANSWER 'A'
Aristotle gives to the term” imitation” _____meaning?
A Significant
B limited
C A&B
D None ANSWER 'A' Who was Aristotle?
A Student of Plato B Common man C Lawyer
D None
ANSWER 'A' Plato Attacked on?
A Poetry
B Politics
C Art
D All
ANSWER 'A'
Who used first time the concept of imitation in reference to poetry?
A Plato
B Aristotle
C John done
D None
ANSWER 'A'
In which book Plato used imitation for the first time?
A Gulliver travel B Republic
C Renew
D None
ANSWER 'B
Limitation. was called ______in Ancient Greek?
A Mimesis B Copies
C Recording
D Replica
ANSWER 'A'
Aristotle used the concept of _____________with a new light in his Poetics? A Imitation
B Replica
C Poetry
D None
ANSWER 'A'
According to Plato, Imitation is a____
A Mere copy of life
B Picture of life
C Mirror of life
D None
ANSWER 'A'
• Subject: literary criticism Group5
Plot divided in two parts ?
A simple or complex
B simple or character
C complex or song
D none of these
ANSWER A
How many types of hero?
A one
B two
C three
D four
ANSWER D
The character must be true representative of..?
A actual human nature B actual human action
C change of fortune
D none of these
ANSWER A
According to the Aristotle’s plot in the soul
A diction
B Tragedy
C plot
D song
ANSWER B
Simple plot have only change of
A song
B character
C fortune
D thought
ANSWER C
The character must be true representative of ……
A Actual human nature
B Actual human action
C change of fortune
D None of these
ANSWER A
What is the meaning of hamartia
A Tragic flaw
B error of judgement
C both a and b
D None of these
ANSWER C
Excessive pride and disrespect hero for natural order is called
A hamartia
B Hubris
C Peripeteia
D Anagnorisis
ANSWER B
When hero makes an important discovery in the story the moment is called A Anagnorisis B nemesis
C hubris
D Peripeteia
ANSWER A
Peripeteia mean
A reversal of life
B reversal of fate
C reversal of truth
D None of these
ANSWER B
The feelings of pity and fear that the audience feels for the protagonist after his down fall Is called ……..
A catharsis
B Nemesis
C hamartia
D Peripeteia
ANSWER
Aristotle’s say that chorus should have important like
A actor
B singer
C writer
D all
ANSWER A
At was the necessary part of drama
A Greek B British C China
D None of these
ANSWER A
Aristotle’s was particularly interested in of these
A diction
B metaphysical
C song
D both a and b
ANSWER B
Diction is expression of the meaning …
A words
B above
C actor
D None of these
ANSWER A
What is diction modern sense means
A choice of words
B choice of language C choice of plot
D None of these
ANSWER A
Aristotle was born in
A 384 b.c
B 380 b.c
C 388 b.c
D 333 b.c
ANSWER A
Aristotle’s contribution the history
A logic
B ethics
C political
D all
ANSWER D
Aristotle was a ………..philosopher
A Greek
B Latin
C Europe
D None
ANSWER A
Aristotle was the disciple of
A PLATO B Sidney
C Shakespeare D None
ANSWER A
The classical discussion is in
A Latin Tragedy
B Greek Tragedy
C American Tragedy
D all of these
ANSWER B
The function of tragedy is to arouse pity and fear in the audience is called ------A. Tragic Hero
B. Serious Hero
C. Kind Hero
D. All of them
Answer (A)
Aristotle term for this emotional purging is the Greek word--------A. Tragedy
B. Satire
C. Catharsis
D. None of these
Answer (C)
Aristotle term for this emotional purging is the --------- word Catharsis. A. Latin
B. Greek
C. Persian
D. English
Answer (B)
According to Aristotle, a tragedy can arouse these ---------- emotions.
A. Single B. Twins
C. Triples
D. None of these
Answer (B)
These twins emotions of pity and ---------A. Fear
B. Duty
C. Kindness
D. Working
Answer (A)
The tragic hero should be someone, “Highly renowned and prosperous,” is said by ---------A. Ariston
B. Aristotle
C. Plato
D. All of them
Answer (B)
Arts differ from one another in three ways
A difference of means
B difference of objects
C difference in manner of imitation
D all
ANSWER D
Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is …..
A serious
B Magnitude
C complete in its self
D all
ANSWER D
Aristotle is the father of ..
A western criticism
B American criticism
C British criticism
D None
ANSWER A
How many parts of Tragedy
A 4
B 5
C 6
D 7
Group 6
Group6
Biography of Sir Philip Sidney
Types of Poetry
Function and Nature of poetry
MCQ’S
Sir Philip Sidney was born on
30 November, 1554
34 November, 1587
31 November, 1554
11 November, 1555
Answer: A
Although Sir Philip Sidney is writing 200 years before the revolution, he presents a very inward and self-absorbed narrator anastrophe and Stella."?
A. Medieval
B. Victoria
C. Romantic
D. None of the above
Answer : C
Philip Sidney wrote An Apology for Poetry in immediate response to
Plato's Republic
Aristotle's Poetics
Stephen Gossoon’s The School of Abuse
Jeremy Collier's Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage. Answer: C
The number of poems in Sidney's sonnet sequence Astrophile and Stella is:
A. 108
B. 107
C. 106
D. 105
Answer : A
Which two writers have written essays on the defiance of poetry?
A. Sir Philip Sidney
B. P. B. Shelley
C. Mathew Arnold
D. T. S. Eliot
Answer: A and B
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in tranquility. Who said?
A. S.T Coleridge
B. John Dryden
C. Samuel Johnson
D. William Wordsworth used
Answer . D
Who said flowers of speech to figures of speech used in poetry?
A. William Wordsworth
B. Samuel Johnson
C. S.T Coleridge
D. sir Philip Sidney
Answer . B
Who wrote the poem tintern abbey?
A. William Wordsworth
B. Samuel Johnson
C. S.T Coleridge
D. P.B Shelley
Answer: A.
When is the end of the poetry according to Sidney?
A. To teach
B. To delight or entertain
C. a and b
D. None of the above
Answer: C
An apology for poetry first published in ?
A. 1580
B. 1595
C. 1555
D. 1559
Answer : B
What is a poem called whose first letters of each line spell out a word?
A. Alliterative
B. Epic
C. Acrostic
D. Haiku
Answer: C
A poem with no meter or Rhymes?
A. lyric
B. Joffre verse
C. Narrative
D. Sonnet
Answer: B
A poem that generally has meter and rhyme?
A. lyric
B. Joffre verse.
C. Narrative
.. D. Sonnet
Answer :A
Which is not poetry from?
A. Epic
B. bulled
C. Tale
D. Sonnet
Answer :C
Is a type of Japanese poetry that is made up of three lines?
A. Haiku
B. Riddle
C. Sonnet
D. Diamante
Answer: A
Who refers to poetry as "an imitation of nature?
A. Percy Shelley
B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. William Hazlitt
D. William Wordsworth
Answer :C
Poetry is a overflow of powerful things
A. Non spontaneous
B. Spontaneous
C. Imagination
D. Inspiration
Answer: B
The nature of poetry is always Problematic and
A. Imagination
B.Spontaneous
C. Inspiring
D. Mysterious
Answer : D
Who points out the power and nature of poetry to move the mind and stir the heart?? A. Sidney
B. Hazlitt
C. Wordsworth
D. Shelley
Answer : A
The poetry based on
A. Abstract ideas
B. Persons action
C.Objects
D.All of these
Answer : D
Modern literary theory began with the work of which theorist?
A. Ferdinand de Saussure
B. Viktor Schakowsky
C. Roland Barthes
D. Michel Foucault
Ans : A
How does New Historicism differ from traditional historicism?
A. New Historicism rejects theidea that history is neutral.
B. New Historicism does not
make strict delineations between Literary and non-literary texts.
C. New Historicism takes
a particular interest in marginalized peoples. D. All of the above answers are Correct.
Answer: D
What is the main function of postcolonial criticism ? A. To represent the relationship
between colonizers and the colonized.
B. To draw attention to the
positive effects of colonization on literature.
C. To explain why there are
few examples of successful non-Western literature.
D. To show the ways in which
most Western literature is superior
Ans: A
Who is the author of Ares Poetical?
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Horace
D. Longinus
Ans: C
Poetry is emotions recollected in tranquility" Who has defined poetry in these words?
A. Shelley
B. Wordsworth
C. Hamlet
D. Matthew Arnold
Ans: B
According to Sydney poetry teaches us
A. anger
B. patience
C. delight
D. comedy
Answer: C
The power of poetry to move the.
A. mind & heart
B. soul & stomach
C. both a &b
D. none of these
Answer: A
Who said poetry teaches us delight
A. Wordsworth
B. Chaucer
C. Shakespeare
D. Phillip Sydney
Answer: D
It is by it's _to move the mind
A. power
B. energy
C. potential
D. charge
Answer: A
It influence the behavior and
A. conduct
B. conductor
C. code of conduct
D. all of these
Answers: A
Group7
1. What does John Pietro Puglia no argue about horsemanship?
a) It allows man to dominate beast
b) It is an enjoyable hobby
c) It makes one almost want to be a horse
d) It is the most gentlemanly artAnswer: D
2. Why does Sidney feel called to defend poetry?
a) He is himself a poet
b) Some of his best friends are poets
c) He believes that poems are more delightful than horses
d) He was hired by the emperor to write and defend poetryAnswer: A
3. According to Sidney, which cultures valued poetry?
a) American
b) None
c) English
d) Greek and romanAnswer: D
4. How do historians incorporate poetry into their work?
a) As adornment
b) To refute its messages
c) To show how others have interpreted historical events
d) Not at all (they don't incorporate poetry)Answer: A
5. What did Romans call their poets?
a) Vats
b) Makers
c) Fools
d) StrongmenAnswer: A
6. What did Greeks call their poets?
a) Vats
b) Noblemen
c) Makers
d) Hopeless
Answer: c) Makers
7. How does poetry relate to nature?
a) It has no relationship
b) It rejects nature
c) It draws on nature, as well as creates a new nature
d) It can only draw on nature but not go beyond it
Answer: c) It draws on nature, as well as creates a new nature
8. How does Sidney define mimesis?
a) Silent expression
b) Imitation
c) Invention
d) Destruction
Answer: B
9. What are poetry’s "works?"
a) Individual poems
b) Its effects
c) Other literary elements including imagery
d) Meter and rhymeAnswer: B
10. According to Sidney, how would the philosopher defend his art?
a) By stating that it defines virtue
b) He wouldn't
c) By calling poets schoolchildren
d) He would agree with the historianAnswer: A
11. What, according to Sidney, is the end of all learning?
a) Death
b) A pure soul
c) Advanced degrees
d) Virtuous actionAnswer: D
12. According to Sidney, how would the historian defend his art?
a) History teaches us how to act, whereas philosophy is too abstract
b) History is the only record of the past
c) History defines virtue
d) He wouldn'tAnswer: A.
13. How does poetry compare to history and philosophy?
a) It mediates between the two and draws on the strengths of both
b) It has more in common with philosophy, as they share the same goal of teaching
c) It has more in common with history, as they discuss the same events
d) It has nothing to do with either
Answer: A
14. What are poetry's parts?
a) Lines of a poem
b) Stanzas
c) Different genres, i.e. lyric, heroic, etc.
d) The different parts of the population that value itAnswer: A
15. Why do "poet-haters" object to poetry?
a) They believe it is badly written
b) They believe it is sinful
c) Its moralistic messages
d) Its meter and rhymeAnswer: D
16. How does Sidney respond to the assertion that poetry is the "mother of lies?"
a) He rejects the female gendering of poetry
b) He states that it lies only as much as philosophy
c) He does not bother to defend it
d) He states that it is actually more truthful than other artsAnswer: D
17. How does Sidney make sense of Plato's expulsion of poets from his republic?
a) He believes that Plato misunderstood the definition of poetry
b) He states that Plato expelled many valiant people
c) He says that Plato objected to individual poets, but not the art of poetry
d) He states that Plato was narrow-mindedAnswer: c
18. How does Sidney gender poetry?
a) As beyond gender
b) As female
c) Male and female, depending on the context
d) As maleAnswer: B
19. Which contemporary thinker is Sidney responding to in the Defense?
a) Edmund Spenser
b) Stephen gossoon
c) John Pietro purgation
d) Edward wantonAnswer: B
20. According to Sidney, what is the function of rhyme?
a) To annoy the reader
b) To add beauty and to make poetry easy to memorize
c) To make connections between words and lines
d) To lull the reader into a state of calm
Answer: b) To add beauty and to make poetry easy to memorize
21.In connection with the first charge against poetry, Sidney says that poetry is the noblest kind of ______ because it teaches us virtue and it moves our minds to pursue virtuous action. a) Learning
b) Reading
c) Studying
d) Day dreamingAnswer: A
22. There are _________ serious charges against poetry?
a) Four
b) Six
c) Seventeen
d) Thirty
Answer: A
23. Sidney asserts that there is no other ________ more fruitful in this world than poetry. a) Fun
b) Knowledge
c) Enjoy
d) Work
Answer: B
24. However, some critics of poetry are _____ in their attack.
a) Nerves
b) Good
c) Serious
d) Bad
Answer: c
25. Then there is the question of poetry’s telling lies. “Lies” is, of course, a very _____ word to be used here. a) Week
b) Bad
c) Large
d) Strong
Answer: D
26. Third objection against poetry is _______.
a) Waste of time
b) Mother of lies
c) Ideal world
d) Nurse of abuseAnswer: D
27. The school of abuse written by_________.
a) Eliot
b) Dryden
c) Stephen Gossoon
d) Sidney
Answer: C
28. According to Philip Sidney "poetry" consist of art of ______.
a) Imagination
b) Imitation
c) Expression
d) SublimityAnswer: B
29. In fourth objection, Sidney strongly defends poetry against______.
a) Commendation
b) Exculpation
c) Accusation
d) ImaginationAnswer: c
30. Plato gives high and rightly divine commendation to poetry in ________ a) Ion
b) Charge
c) Atoms
d) GoalsAnswers: A Group8
1 In Dr. Johnson received a pension from the state?
(a) 1762
(b) 1766 (c) 1770 (d) 1764
Ans . A
2.who wrote the patriot ?
(a) Milton
(b) Thomas
(c) Samuel Johnson
(d) Dryden
Ans . C
3.Johnson proposals for an edition of Shakespeare were put forward in ?
(a) 1755 (b) 1756 (c) 1758 (d) 1760
Ans . B
4.Reseals about an imaginary Abyssinian prince appeared in?
(a) 1759
(b) 1776 (c) 1775
(d) 1755
Ans. A
5.some of Johnson assays also appeared in the adventure edited by?
(a) Hawkes worth
(b) Thomas
(c) Robert
(d) Shakespeare
Ans. D
6.Samuel Johnson was born in.
(A) 18,1709
(B)18,1705
(C)18,1680 (D)18,1804
Ans(A)
7.Samuel Johnson left Oxford in December.
(A) 1804
(B) 1729
(C) 1753(D)1760
Ans(B)
8.In which school he got early education.
(A)Oxford
(B)Eastside kindergarten
(C)Litchfield school
(D)Eulogia
Ans(C)
9.His death December in.
(A)14,1784 (B)13,1735 (C)13,1734 (D)13,1784
Ans(D)
10.Dr,saumal Johnson start writing career in.
(A) 1736
(B) 1737
(C) 1738
(D) 1735
Ans(D)
11.Johnson and Garrick left for London in.
A 1835
B 1734
C 1735
D 1737
Answer D
12.He married a widow how was about his senior .
A 24year
B 2o year
C 25 year
D 21 year
Answer B
13.Mrs. Porter brought to her husband Samuel Johnson.
A E 800
B E 500
C E 300
D E 700
Answer. A
14.The married took place Derby in July.
A 1836
B 1733
C 1735
D 1737
Answer c
15.Johnson discontinued the columns in.
A 1735
B. 1743
C 1746
D 1740
Answer B
15.Johnson suffered paralytic stroke which deprived of his power to speech for same days in A 1783
B 1786
C 1784
D 1785
Answer A.
16.Samuel Johnson ‘s ……….is one of the two works of this great critic.
a) Preface to Shakespeare b) Preface to Lyly
C) Preface to Hemingway d)Non of these
Answer. A
17.The most representative as well as the most influential of these was….. a) Voltaire b) Addison’s
c) Lyly d)Lyly Adison
Answer. A
18. It was a fashion among……… century critics to brand Shakespeare as an uncouth incorrect genius and even though they yielded the first place.
A) 18th b) 19th
c)16th d) 13th
Answer. A
19- the (England) nation which had seen ………should still continue to endure the extravagance of Shakespeare’s .
A)George yule b) Donne
c) Addison’s Cato d) Both A.b
Answer.C
20.Johnson refused to accept …..in the face of experience
A )logic b) irrational
C)unlogical d) invalid
Answer. A
21:who realizes that Shakespeare is indisputably the greatest poet.
(a) Philip
(b) Samuel Johnson
(c) Aristotle
(d) Plato
Ans: B
22 which of the following works has been authored by Dr. Johnson
(a) The vanity of human
(b) Trist ram shady wishes
(c) Tom jones
(d) The vicar of Wakefield
Ans:A
23:The age of Dr. Johnson is also known as.
(a) The age of Romanticism
(b) The age of transition
(c) The age of Victorianism
(d) Modern age
Ans: B
24:The poet who succeeded Dryden as laureate was.
(a) Propel
(b) Shadwell
(c) Dr. Johnson
(d) Fletcher
Ans:B
25:Dryden may be properly considered as the father of English criticism. Who stated this?
(a) Alexander pope
(b) De. Johnson
(c) Bolingbroke
(d) Jonson Ans:B
26)- The first phase in Johnson’s career as a writer extents upto_____. a) 1742
b) 1743
c) 1749
d) 1756
ANSWER: A
27)- Johnson's earliest writings are_____in nature. a) Identical
b) Miscellaneous
c) Different
d) None of these
ANSWER: B
28)- Johnson frequently ______ to the gentleman's magazine. a) Harm
b) provided
c) contributed
d) hurt
ANSWER: C
29)- Johnson's dictionary of English language appeared in _______. a) 1744
b) 1775
c) 1742
d) 1774
ANSWER: B
30)- Johnson's life of Savage appeared in ______. a) 1744
b) 1775
c) 1742
d) 1748
ANSWER: A
Group9
Johnson Admiration for Shakespeare as a dramatist.
1.Samuel Johnson was a poet ofA. Classical Age
B. Neo-Classical age
C. Middle English age
D Victorian age
Answer. : Neo-Classical age
2."preface to Shakespeare "was written by?
A. John Dryden
B. Alexander pope
C. Ben Johnson
D. Samuel Johnson
Answer : Samuel Johnson
3.Dr.Johnson balanced between excellences and fall of ?
A. Aristotle
B. John Dryden
C. Shakespeare
D. Wordsworth
Answer Shakespeare
4.Johnson criticized Shakespeare as a or as an editor?
A. Biographer
B. Lexicographer
C. Dramatist
D. Essayist
C: Dramatist.Dr.Johnson wrote his "preface to Shakespeare "within-years
A.9
B.11
C.10 D.2
Answer . 9
6.In which century did Dr.Johnson live?
A.16
B.17
C.18
D.19
Answer .18
7.preface to Shakespeare "has pages?
A.72
B98
C.89
D.120
Answer. 72
8.How many sections in "preface to Shakespeare "?
A.4
B.5
C.2
D.7
Answer.2
9 Shakespeare’s characters express___sentiments:A Human
B Animal
C Bird
D None
Answer: A
10 His plays are:A Adventurous
B Unrealistic C Realistic
D All
Answer: C
11 From his plays we get ___ knowledge:A Mathematical
B Physical
C Social
D Conceptual
Answer: B
12 Shakespeare deserves:A Rewards
B Praise
C Money
D Some one’s help
Answer: B
13 Who writes about Shakespeare that; “he holds up reader as faithful mirror of life”.
A Johnson
B Christie
C Barbara
D Ernest Hemingway
Answer: A
14: Samuel Johnson was a great English
(a) poet
(b) writer
© novelist
(d) dramatist
Ans .A
15 .How many photographs exist of William Shakespeare (a) 2
(b) 4 © 1
(d) 0
Ans . a
16what according Samuel Johnson are the admiring qualities of
(a) words worth
( b) Shakespeare
© Dryden
(d) Thomas
Ans . b
17 Dr. Johnson goes to the deeper plan
(a) drama
(b) novel
© criticism
(d) poetry
Ans . C
18 in term of characterizations johnson defined and praise
(a) Dryden
(b) Milton
© Shakespeare
(d) Tom Jones
Ans . c
19 : Who gave this concept of three unities.
A Johnson
B Aristotle
C ShakespeareD Dryden
ANSWER B
20 How many unities .
A 3
B 2
C 4
D 5
ANSWER A
21 Who defend Shakespeare on the ground of unities .
A Ben Johnson
B Aristotle
C Johnson
D Dryden
ANSWER C
22 Shakespeare well minted the unity .
A unity of time
B unity of action
C unity of place D None
ANSWER B
23 In which unity Aristotle said tragedy should finished 24 hours.
A unity of time
B unity of place
C unity of action
D A&B
ANWER A
24 Who admires that Shakespeare does not mainly deal with love.
(a William Wordsworth
(b) John Don
(c) Johnson
(d) non of these
Ans-johnson
25 According to Shakespeare, "love is one of the many ?
(a) Passions
(b) Subjects
(c) Thoughts
(d) Views
Ans=A
26 In writings majority of the dramatists uses love as..
(a) Universal idea
(b) Universal agent
(c) Universal tho ught
(d) Universal reality
Ans=B
27 Shakespeare catches his clues from
(a) Books
(b) Newspapers
(c) Other writers
(d) World of day to day life
Ans D
28 According to Shakespeare, "love has no great influence upon the totality of..
(a) Society
(b) Literature
(c) Life
(d) World
Ans=C
29: Shakespeare Dialogue is Throughly:
A Unrealistic
B Realistic
C Difficult
D Meaningless
Answer B
30 Shakespeare dialogue seem to have been taken from :
A Others Work
B Common Conversation
C A & B both
D None
Answer B
31 Johnsons Admiration for Shakespeare was not passionate but ______ too:
A Instinctive B Cultivated
C Emotional
D A & B both
Answer A
32 Dr Johnsons preface to Shakespeare is a :
A Failure
B Novel
C Landmark
D None
Answer C
33 Preface to Shakespeare was Written by:
A John Donne
B Shakespeare
C John Dryden
D Dr Johnson Answer D
Group10
1. He carries his character indifferently through
a) Right to right
b) Wrong to wrong
c) Right or wrong
d) None of these
Answer (c)
2. At the end, Shakespeare dismisses without
a) Further attention
b) More attention
c) More interested
d) Heart touching
Answer A
3. What are the second demerits of Shakespeare?
a) Virtue sacrificed to convenience
b) Anachronism
c) Coarseness of comic dialogues
d) Carelessness about development
Answer (D
4. Shakespeare show no regard to distinction of_______
a) Time
b) Place
c) Place to time
d) Time to place
Answer (D
5. Shakespeare’s plays also have faults of
a) Action
b) Diction
c) Dialogue
d) Dialogue and diction
Answer (D
6. William Shakespeare was born in,
a) 1545
b) 1567
c) 1564
d) 1575
Answer (c)
7. The language of William Shakespeare’s Characters is ,
a) Humorous
b) Natural
c) Funny
d) Realistic
Answer (B
8. William Shakespeare was known as the Father of ,
a) English Drama
b) English Literature
c) English Poetry
d) English Novel
Answer (A
9. Dr. Johnson praises Shakespeare for his faithful depiction of ,
a) Culture
b) Urban Society
c) Human Nature
d) Woman’s Portrayal
Answer (C
10. Shakespeare successfully presented life in its ,
a) Style
b) Satire
c) Common Language
d) Native Colors
Answer (D
11. Shakespeare greatness lies in the fact that he is the poet of ,
a) Satire
b) Nature
c) Tragedy
d) Comedy
Answer (B
12. Who defends Shakespeare from his violation of three unities?
a) Plato
b) Aristotle
c) Dr. Johnson
d) Christopher Marlowe
Answer (C
13. Who is the true representative of Life in English Literature?
a) Shakespeare
b) Christopher Marlowe
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Henry Fielding
Answer (A
14. William Shakespeare characters has ......... appeal,
a) Moral
b) Immoral
c) Universal
d) Social
Answer (C
15. Practical Axiom and....... is portrayed by the character of Shakespeare,
a) Wordy wisdom
b) Domestic wisdom
c) Social wisdom
d) Financial
Answer (B
16. Which kind of theme is not over emphasized in the plays of Shakespeare?
a) Theme of love
b) Theme of hate
c) Theme of beauty
d) Theme of wisdom
Answer (A
17. Shakespeare never assign............role,
a) Positive role
b) Negative role
c) Excessive role
d) Over role
Answer (C
18. Shakespeare character belong to which kind of society,
a) Particular
b) Normal
c) Fake
d) Common
Answer (A
19. Literary Criticism There face to Shakespeare was published in
a) 1765
b) 1768
c) 1779
d) 1869
Answer (A
20. William Shakespeare is the author of
a) Pride and prejudice
b) King Lear
c) Sound and music
d) Waiting for God to
Answer (B
21. What is the first play of William Shakespeare?
a) King Lear
b) Henry6
c) The Tempest
d) Hamlet
Answer (B
22. Shakespeare plays consist of
a) 1act
b) 3act
c) 4act
d) 5act Answer (D
23. To be or not to be is a famous line from
a) Hamlet
b) Macbeth
c) King Lear
d) Othello
Answer (A
24. What Shakespeare thinks about is the.......elements in them?
a) Human
b) Pride and prejudice
c) The tempest
d) Hamlet
Answer (A
25. Shakespeare cuts short his own highest excellence
In arousing tragic feelings by the spectacle Of
the fall great man ,or the misfortune of a Incent character, or a disappointment in a) Love
b) Hate
c) Enemy
d) Foe
Answer (A
26. The situation is amusing or tense, Shakespeare ---------------the opportunity of employing a pun a) Complies
b) Seizes
c) Small
d) Large
Answer (B
27. In neglecting unities, Shakespeare violated a
---------------which had been established and recognized Jointly by dramatic and criticize. a) Principle
b) Rule
c) Law
d) theory
Answer (C
28. There is a logical connection between incident and
---------------------and the conclusions follows naturally. a) Play
b) story
c) Drama
d) incident
Answer (D
29. We can say after demerits discussions that -----------------criticism on Shakespeare and his
plays were not merely passionate but intuitive a) Johnson
b) Aristotle
c) Plato
d) William
Answer (A
30._____ was indeed congenial in Shakespeare's nature
A Satire
B Comedy
C TragedyD None
Answer B
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