1. Which among the following is the manifesto of Eliot’s Criticism?
Correct : D. tradition and individual talent
2. Tradition in Eliot’s view means:
Correct : D. historic sense
3. Historic sense involves a perception of -----
Correct : B. the pastness of the past and also its presentness
4. Tradition implies-------
Correct : D. all the above.
5. “The existing monuments form an ideal order among themselves, which
is modified by the introduction of the new work or art among them” whose pronouncement is this?
Correct : C. t. s. eliot
6. In which of the following critical essays does the analogy of the catalyst
occurs?
Correct : D. tradition and individual talent
7. “The more perfect the artist, the more completely separate in him will be
the man who suffers and the mind which creates” where does this critical proposition occur?
Correct : D. tradition and individual talent
8. “The mind of the poet is the shred of the platinum” where do these
words occur?
Correct : D. tradition and individual talent
9. Which among the following does according to Eliot, functions as a
catalyst in the process of poetic creation?
Correct : B. the mind of the poet
10. In the analogy of the catalyst, the platinum shred stands for----
Correct : A. the mind of the poet
11. In the analogy of the catalyst, oxygen and sulphur dioxide stand for----
Correct : C. poet’s emotions and feelings
12. In the analogy of the catalyst, sulphurpus acid stands for----
Correct : D. the work of art.
13. “Poetry is not turning loose of emotions, but an escape from emotions”
where do these words occur?
Correct : D. tradition and individual talent
14. “Poetry is not the expression of personality, but an escape from
personality” where is the line taken from?
Correct : D. tradition and individual talent
15. Which of the following essays contains the theory of depersonalization of
the artist?
Correct : D. tradition and individual talent
16. “Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation is directed not upon the
poet but upon the poetry” where is the line taken from?
Correct : D. tradition and individual talent
17. Which among the following statements is true with respect to Eliot’s
critical creed?
Correct : C. tradition can be obtained by hard labour
18. Which of the following term occurs in the critical essay “Tradition and
Individual Talent”?
Correct : B. catalyst
19. Who is the author of ‘Nature of linguistic Sign”?
Correct : A. ferdinand de saussure
20. Who is the author of “Cours de Linguistique”
Correct : A. ferdinand de saussure
21. What is Claude de Levi Strauss known for
Correct : A. structuralism
22. Claude de Levi Strauss is an--------
Correct : A. anthropologist
23. Levi Strauss used structuralism in his study on------
Correct : A. myths
24. A -------is a complex of the signifier and the signified
Correct : A. sign
25. Who popularized the concept of arbitrariness of language?
Correct : A. ferdinand de saussure
26. Who introduced the concept of langue and parole in linguistics?
Correct : A. ferdinand de saussure
27. The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is
called--------
Correct : B. diachronic
28. The type of study which focus on the analysis of the systematic
interrelation of the elements of a single language at a particular time is called--------
Correct : A. synchronic
29. The systematic study of signs is called-----
Correct : C. both “a” & “b”
30. The term semiotics was introduced by
Correct : A. charles sanders pierce
31. The term semiology was introduced by
Correct : B. ferdinand de saussure
32. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Langue and Parole?
Correct : B. ferdinand de saussure
33. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence and
Performance?
Correct : C. noam chomsky
34. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussure’s Langue
and Parole?
Correct : C. noam chomsky
35. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Chomsky’s
competence and Performance?
Correct : C. ferdinand de saussure.
36. Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the
combination and organization of the elements of language?
Correct : D. both langue and competence
37. Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of
the individual speaking or writing a given language?
Correct : D. both parole and performance
38. Which among the following are Saussure’s major pronouncements?
Correct : D. all the above
39. Who is the author of the essay “Towards Feminist Poetics”?
Correct : A. elaine showalter
40. Elaine Showalter divided the history of women’s literature into ----- phases
Correct : C. four
41. Which among the following are the major phases of feminist criticism?
Correct : D. all the above
42. According to Elaine Showalter, feminist criticism can be divided in ------ varieties
Correct : A. two
43. The feminist critique deals with women as ----
Correct : A. reader
44. Gyno-criticism deals with women as -----
Correct : B. writer
45. In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter women
wrote in an effort to equalize the intellectual achievements of the male culture?
Correct : A. the feminine
46. In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter women
rejected the accommodation postures of felinity and to use literature to dramatize the ordeals of wronged woman hood?
Correct : B. the feminist.
47. In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter, did women
reject both initiation and protest?
Correct : D. none of the above
48. In the Female phase, women rejected both imitation and protest because
they considered these two forms as----
Correct : A. dependency
49. In which of the following figures of speech a comparison between two
distinctly different things is explicitly indicated by the word, “like” or “as”
Correct : A. simile
50. In which of the following figures of speech, a word or expression that in
literal usage denotes one thing is applied to a distinctly different kind of thing without asserting a comparison?
Correct : B. metaphor
51. In which of the following figures of speech a part of something is used
to signify the whole?
Correct : C. synecdoche
52. In which of the following figures of speech is a literal term for one thing
is applied to another with which it is closely associated?
Correct : D. metonymy
53. In which of the following figures of speech a statement that appears to be
absurd or self-contradictory turns out to have a valid meaning
Correct : D. paradox
54. ------is a form of paradox in which the adjective seem to contradict the
noun it modifies.
Correct : A. oxymoron
55. “terrible beauty “ is an example for------
Correct : A. oxymoron
56. “child is the father of man” is an instance for-------.
Correct : B. paradox
57. “The crown’ or “Sceptre” used in the sense of “King”is an example for------
Correct : D. metonymy
58. “ten hands” used for “ten workmen” is an example for-----
Correct : B. synecdoche
59. “My love is a red red rose” is an example for-------
Correct : B. metaphor
60. “My love is like a red red rose “ is an example for-------
Correct : A. simile
61. The term anagnorisis means ----------
Correct : A. recognition
62. The term peripetia means----------
Correct : B. reversal
63. Who is the author of the work ‘Poetics”?
Correct : A. aristotle
64. Who is the author of the work “Republic”?
Correct : B. plato
65. Ben Jonson’s ‘Volpone’ is an example of ------
Correct : A. comedy of humours
66. The name of Bertolt Brecht is associated with -------
Correct : B. the epic theatre
67. A light dramatic work with improbable plot and exaggerated characters is
called ------
Correct : C. farce
68. The type of play in which the plot was centred round intrigues and
violent actions and which contains improbable events and sensational actions is called--------
Correct : A. meledrama
69. “Oberon” is a Masque written by ---------
Correct : A. ben johnson
70. The French term for ‘unknotting’ ----------
Correct : A. denouement
71. The term -------- is applied to the falling action in a tragedy
Correct : A. catastrophe
72. The term peripetia means----------
Correct : B. reversal
73. The term Decorum Means----
Correct : C. appropriateness
74. Who among the following is not a French symbolist?
Correct : D. w.b. yeats
75. The type of lyric poem that was perfected by Robert Browning.
Correct : A. dramatic monologue
76. the term magic realism was originally applied to------
Correct : A. structuralist german painters
77. In prose fiction the term magic realism was associated with ---
Correct : D. all the above
78. The term absurd is used to refer to the place of