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Literary Criticism and Theory | Set 1

1. Plato was the most celebrated disciple of -----

Correct : A. socrates

2. Which among the following books contains Plato’s ideas?

Correct : B. the new atlantis

3. Who is the author of “Dialogues”

Correct : A. plato

4. Art, according to ---------is twice removed from reality

Correct : A. plato

5. Who said “the productions of art helped neither to mould character nor to promote the well-being of the state”

Correct : A. plato

6. On which of the following grounds does Plato condemn poetry?

Correct : D. all the above

7. Why, according to Plato, is tragedy enjoyable?

Correct : A. feelings of anger fear and grief afford pleasure when indulged in excess

8. What, according to Plato is the source of pleasure in comedy?

Correct : B. incongruity between what a character is and what he pretends to be

9. Which among the following constitute Plato’s comments on Drama?

Correct : D. all the above.

10. Plato’s view of art is closely bound up with his theory of ------

Correct : B. ideas

11. Aristotle was the most distinguished disciple of ------

Correct : D. plato

12. Aristotle’s ideas of poetry are expressed in--------

Correct : A. poetics

13. Who is the author of the book “Republic”

Correct : D. plato

14. Who is the author of the book “Rhetoric”

Correct : B. aristotle

15. Who is the author of the book “Poetics”

Correct : B. aristotle

16. How many chapters does “poetics” contain

Correct : D. twenty six

17. The first four chapters and the twenty fifth chapter of “poetics” is devoted to------

Correct : A. poetry

18. The fifth chapter of “poetics’ is devoted to -----

Correct : B. comedy, epic and tragedy in a general way

19. The chapters sixth to the nineteenth of “poetics’ is devoted to -----

Correct : C. exclusively to tragedy

20. The twentieth twenty first, and the twenty second chapters of “poetics’ are devoted to -----

Correct : D. poetic diction

21. The twenty third and twenty forth chapters of “poetics’ are devoted to -----

Correct : D. epic poetry

22. The last chapter of “poetics’ is devoted to -----

Correct : B. a comparison of epic poetry and tragedy

23. Aristotle calls poet an -------

Correct : B. imitator

24. In which of the following ways, according to Aristotle, does the poet imitate things?

Correct : D. all the above

25. Imitation, according to Plato, is -------

Correct : A. an inborn natural instinct

26. Aristotle considers------as the end of poetry

Correct : A. pleasure

27. According to Aristotle, poetry springs from the instincts of------

Correct : C. both ‘a’ & ‘b’

28. ---------arouses the emotions of pity and fear

Correct : A. tragedy

29. In tragedy, the emotions of pity and fear are aroused with a view to -------

Correct : C. catharsis

30. Purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is referred to as------

Correct : C. catharsis

31. The term used by Aristotle to mean tragic flaw is ----

Correct : A. hamartia

32. The term used by Aristotle to mean ‘recognition’

Correct : B. anagnorisis

33. The term used by Aristotle to mean “reversal of situations” in a tragedy

Correct : D. peripetia

34. Which among the following is the right order in which Aristotle arranged the constituent parts in tragedy based of their significance?

Correct : C. plot, character, thought, diction, song & spectacle

35. Aristotle classified plot into simple and complex plot on the basis of ------

Correct : B. anagnoris&peripetia

36. The English equivalent of the term “hamartia”

Correct : B. tragic flaw

37. Who coined the phrase ‘tragic flaw’ for hamartia?

Correct : C. a. c. ward

38. The tragic error of Hamlet is -----

Correct : A. procrastination

39. The tragic error of Macbeth is -----

Correct : D. over-vaulting ambition

40. The tragic error of KING LEAR is -----

Correct : B. uncontrollable anger

41. The tragic error of Othello is -----

Correct : C. suspicious jealousy

42. Who made the distinction between simple and complex plot on the basis of anagnorisis and peripetia

Correct : A. aristotle

43. Who defined tragedy as the imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of certain magnitude?

Correct : A. aristotle

44. Who made the distinction between ‘fancy’ and ‘imagination’?

Correct : D. coleridge

45. Who defined poetry as spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings which takes its origin from emotions recollected in tranquility?

Correct : C. words worth

46. An epic, says Aristotle is meant to be------

Correct : B. recited

47. Aristotle traces the roots of comedy to -----

Correct : A. satire

48. According to Aristotle, tragedy was born from ------

Correct : C. the nobler actions of good men

49. Which of the following statements are true with respect to Aristotle’s concept?

Correct : A. comedy is inferior to tragedy

50. The concept of objective correlative is associated with-----

Correct : D. t. s eliot.

51. The earliest work of Indian aesthetics is ------

Correct : A. natyasastra

52. Who is the originator of Rasa theory

Correct : A. bharata

53. In which work is the theory of rasa, originally expounded?

Correct : D. natyasastra

54. Which among the following is the maxim concerning rasa?

Correct : A. vibhavanubhavasamyogadrasanispatti

55. According to Bharata -------are the objective conditons producing an emotion

Correct : A. vibhava

56. According to Bharata, Vibhavas are of -----kinds

Correct : A. two

57. According to Bharata -------are the various temporary emotions

Correct : C. vyabhicaribhava

58. According to Bharata -------are the objective conditions that inspire an emotion

Correct : D. uddipanavibhava

59. According to Bharata -------are the characters with respect to whom an emotion arouses

Correct : D. alambanavibhava

60. --------are the psycho-physical manifestation which a particular emotion makes upon characters

Correct : B. anubhava

61. The emotion of anger being accompanied by biting of the teeth is an instance of ------

Correct : B. anubhava

62. A woman waiting for her lover, experiencing emotions like jealousy, despair anxiety and over-fondness is an instance for------

Correct : C. vyabhicaribhava

63. In “Sakumtalam”, Sakumtala is --------to excite Sringara in Dushyanta

Correct : D. alambanavibhava

64. In “Sakumtalam”, Dushyanta is --------to excite Sringara in Sakuntla.

Correct : D. alambanavibhava

65. In “Sakumtalam”, the blooming flowers ,the fragrant air and the furling River Malini are instances of ---------

Correct : A. uddipanavibhava

66. Who is the author of the work “Abhinava Bharti”

Correct : A. abhinava gupta

67. Which among the following is not the primary emotion?

Correct : D. the jealous

68. Which among the following is the primary emotion?

Correct : A. the fearful

69. The Sanskrit term for the ‘the amorous’

Correct : A. srinkara

70. The Sanskrit term for the ‘the ludicrous’

Correct : B. hasa

71. The Sanskrit term for the ‘the pathetic’

Correct : C. soka.

72. The Sanskrit term for the ‘the herioc’

Correct : D. vira

73. The Sanskrit term for the ‘the passionate’

Correct : A. karuna

74. The Sanskrit term for the ‘the fearful’

Correct : B. bhayanaka

75. The Sanskrit term for the ‘the nauseatng’

Correct : A. bhibatsa

76. The Sanskrit term for the ‘the wondrous’

Correct : A. atbhuta

77. The dominant emotions are called-------

Correct : C. stayibhavas

78. Whose name is associated with the concept of Bhavakatva and Bhojakatva?

Correct : C. sankuka

79. Who is the author of “KavyaKautuka”

Correct : A. bhattatauta

80. Who is the author of “VakroktiJivita”

Correct : D. kuntaka

81. ------means indirect expression

Correct : A. vakrokti

82. Whose maxim is “KVYASYATADVANI”

Correct : D. anandavardhana.

83. Who is theauthor of the essay “The Use and Abuse of Alankara”?

Correct : A. v.raghavan

84. Who is the author of the essay “The Highways of Literary Criticism in Sanskrit”?

Correct : B. s. kuppuswamisastri

85. The word Camatkara is used in -------sense

Correct : D. all the above.

86. The phrase“lokottaravritti” implies

Correct : D. all the above

87. Which among the following term is a substitute for “LokottaraVritti”?

Correct : B. alaukika

88. Who is the author of “Preface to the Lyrical Ballads”

Correct : B. william wordsworth

89. “the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads” was published in the year----

Correct : B. 1798

90. Wordsworth published the “Lyrical Ballads” in collaboration with -------

Correct : A. samuel taylor coleridge

91. Who is the author of “The Prelude”?

Correct : B. william wordsworth

92. Who defined poetry as spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings which takes its origin from emotions recollected in tranquility?

Correct : B. william wordsworth

93. Who is the author of “BiographiaLiteraria”?

Correct : A. coleridge

94. Who is the author of “Tradition and Individual Talent”?

Correct : D. t. s. eliot

95. Wordsworth’s special object of “Lyrical Ballads” was to:

Correct : D. all the above

96. Who said: “Poetry shed no tears such as angels weep”

Correct : B. william wordsworth

97. Who said: “A poet is a man speaking to men”

Correct : B. william wordsworth

98. Who said: “Poetry is the breath and the finer spirit that is in the countenance of all science”?

Correct : B. william wordsworth

99. Wordsworth affixes an appendix to his Preface to the Lyrical Ballads to express his view on-----

Correct : A. poetic diction

100. Which among the following is the manifesto of Romantic Criticism?

Correct : A. preface to the lyrical ballads