1. About whom Atkins says that “In his works, appears for the first time the conception of memesis or imitation as the essential characteristic of all art”.
Correct : A. Plato
2. In the poetics, the change in the fortunes of the hero is known as...
Correct : A. Periphery
3. According to Aristotle, the objects of Imitation are…
Correct : D. Men in action
4. Who said “Tragedy imitates men as better, and comedy as worse than they really are.”
Correct : C. Aristotle
5. Plato equated poetry with painting and Aristotle equated it with…
Correct : C. Music
6. Who is known as the first scientific critic?
Correct : B. Aristotle
7. Who said, “A tragedy is impossible without plot, but there may be one without character”
Correct : A. Aristotle
8. Who says that Coleridge is a link “between German transcendentalism and English romanticism”.
Correct : D. Rene Wellek
9. What was the name of Aristotle's school?
Correct : C. Lyceum
10. Which classical writer expresses, “Epic poetry and tragedy, comedy also dithyrambic poetry… are all in their general conception modes of imitation”?
Correct : A. Aristotle
11. What is meant by “Catastrophe”?
Correct : B. The ending of tragedy
12. What is Denouement?
Correct : B. The ending of Comedy
13. Aristotle discusses the theory of Tragedy in:
Correct : B. Poetics
14. What is the meaning of the Term Hamartia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy?
Correct : C. A Weak trait in the character of the Hero
15. What is the meaning of the Term Peripeteia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy?
Correct : B. Change in the fortune of the hero from good to bad
16. What is the meaning of the term Anagnorisis as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy?
Correct : A. The hero's recognition of his tragic flaw
17. Who argued against Plato’s theory of forms for the first time?
Correct : A. Aristotle
18. According to Aristotle what is the source of knowledge?
Correct : C. Thought
19. The two notions which form the core of Aristotle’s Poetics are….. and …..
Correct : A. Imitation and action
20. According Aristotle ….is the soul of tragedy?
Correct : B. Plot
21. Which school of critics rekindled an interest in Aristotle in the 20th century?
Correct : B. Chicago school
22. The term hamartia is taken from…
Correct : D. Archery
23. Some believe literature should be judged primarily on its artistic merits. What approach possess this disadvantage?
Correct : C. Moral/Philosophical
24. “Comparative Literature is the study of the literature beyond the confines of one particular country” – whose definition of comparative literature is this?
Correct : B. H.H. Remak
25. Attempt at historical reconstruction has led to a great stress on the intention of the author. Identify the author of the statement:
Correct : A. Wellek and Warren
26. In the study of literary History, Holinshed’s Chronicles would constitute
Correct : B. A source
27. Wellek and Warren’s Theory of Literature does not contain a chapter on
Correct : B. Thematology
28. The author of the essay “The Tradition of Traditions” is
Correct : C. Rene Wellek
29. “What is world literature?” is written by
Correct : B. David Damrosch
30. The phrase “leaves dancing” is an example of ________.
Correct : A. pathetic fallacy
31. Who wrote “Theory of Literature”?
Correct : C. Rene Wellek &Austin Warren
32. Literature is a ________ of life.
Correct : D. All of the above
33. The five traits of a tragic hero do NOT include:
Correct : A. decency/nobility
34. What is a chorus in Greek theater?
Correct : B. People that inform the audience.
35. What is a tragic hero?
Correct : A. A character who makes a error that leads to his destruction.
36. What emotions are tragic heroes supposed to elicit in an audience?
Correct : C. Pity & fear
37. ‘Authority forgets a dying king’ is an example of
Correct : A. Personification
38. The term ‘Onomatopoeia ‘ and ‘Oxymoron’ came from
Correct : D. Greek
39. ”A lovelier flower on Earth was never sown” has the figure of speech called
Correct : C. Hyperbole
40. Which of the following is a direct address either to an absent person or to an abstract or inanimate entity?
Correct : A. Apostrophe
41. Pun is a play on words that are similar
Correct : B. In sound but diverse in meaning
42. Which of the following words show oxymoron?
Correct : D. Sweet Pain
43. Which figures of speech are employed in this line? ” O Wild west wind, thou breathe of Autumn’s being”
Correct : B. Personification
44. which figures of speech are used ” His honor rooted in dishonor stood. And faithful unfaithful kept him falsely true”
Correct : A. Oxymoron
45. Which of the following sentences has figures of speech called ‘Apostrophe?
Correct : A. O Death! here is thy sting
46. ”Life is but a walking shadow” is an example of
Correct : B. Metaphor
47. Onomatopoeia means
Correct : C. Echoing of the sense by the sound, shape, size o movement
48. How happy is he here!
Correct : D. Alliteration
49. The night is dark as a black stone.
Correct : B. Simile
50. What is meant by Synecdoche?
Correct : D. A part of something used to signify the whole