Explore topic-wise MCQs in Lisp.

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1.

Choose the one who does not appear in front of the Repentant Sinner at the gates of the Heaven.

A. peter the apostle
B. king david
C. dionisius
D. john the apostle
Answer» D. john the apostle
2.

What is the name of the ferryman in Siddhartha?

A. kamaswami
B. vasudeva
C. govinda
D. gautama
Answer» C. govinda
3.

Which of the following is considered to be the first Existentialist novel?

A. siddhartha
B. notes from underground
C. brotherskaramozov
D. crime and punishment
Answer» C. brotherskaramozov
4.

Who is the friend of Siddhartha?

A. kamala
B. kamaswami
C. buddha
D. govinda
Answer» E.
5.

Notes from Underground is divided into ------ parts.

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer» B. three
6.

What is the name of the protagonist in Notes from Underground?

A. zverkov
B. liza
C. he is unnamed
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
7.

Who takes the Kavacha and Kundala away from Karna?

A. bhishma
B. indra
C. kunthi
D. salya
Answer» C. kunthi
8.

Who is disguised as a Brahmin in Karnabharam?

A. indra
B. krishna
C. arjuna
D. karna
Answer» B. krishna
9.

Karnabharam was originally written in-------

A. tamil
B. sanskrit
C. malayalam
D. english
Answer» C. malayalam
10.

Who is the protagonist of the play Karnabharam?

A. kunthi
B. bhishma
C. karna
D. duryodhana
Answer» D. duryodhana
11.

The Adventure of Ulysses is dealt with in ______?

A. tennyson’s ulysses
B. james joyce’s ulysses
C. browning’s andrea del sarto
D. all the above
Answer» B. james joyce’s ulysses
12.

The TrojanWar was fought between

A. the trojans and the greek
B. the athenians and the greek
C. trojans and the athenians
D. none of above
Answer» B. the athenians and the greek
13.

The Trojan War was fought on account of

A. aphrodite
B. helen
C. hecuba
D. penelope
Answer» C. hecuba
14.

Ulysses’s Son?

A. achilles
B. hector
C. telemachus
D. oedipus
Answer» D. oedipus
15.

Ulysses’ Wife?

A. laius
B. jocasta
C. venus
D. penelope
Answer» C. venus
16.

The term OedipusComplex takes its origin from-------?

A. oedipus rex
B. iliad
C. odyssey.
D. none these
Answer» B. iliad
17.

The father of Oedipus?

A. laius
B. jocasta
C. venus
D. penelope
Answer» B. jocasta
18.

The mother of Oedipus?

A. laius
B. jocasta
C. venus
D. penelope
Answer» E.
19.

The tragedy of Oedipus Rexis due to

A. blinding himself
B. marrying his mother
C. killing of his father
D. both b and c
Answer» E.
20.

Which among the following does Aristotle consider as the best example for a complex plot?

A. oedipus rex
B. spanish tragedy
C. hamlet
D. none of the above
Answer» B. spanish tragedy
21.

The strategy of the wooden horse emerged in the cunning brain of _______

A. ulysses
B. agamemnon
C. achilles
D. none of these
Answer» B. agamemnon
22.

The concept of Purgatory occurs in ______

A. homer’s iliad
B. boccaccio’s decameron
C. virgil’s aeneid
D. dante’s devine comedy
Answer» E.
23.

The author of Decameron?

A. homer
B. boccaccio
C. virgil
D. dante
Answer» C. virgil
24.

The author of AENEID?

A. homer
B. aristotle
C. virgil
D. dante
Answer» D. dante
25.

The author of DIVINE COMEDY?

A. homer
B. aristotle
C. virgil
D. dante
Answer» E.
26.

The author of Illiad.

A. homer
B. aristotle
C. virgil
D. dante
Answer» B. aristotle
27.

Who made the distinction between simple and complex plot on the basis of Anagnorisis andPeripetia.

A. aristotle
B. plato
C. words worth
D. coleridge
Answer» B. plato
28.

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

A. hamartia
B. anagnorisis
C. catharsis
D. peripetia
Answer» E.
29.

The term used by Aristotle to mean tragic flaw is---- a. Hamartia b.Anagnorisis c.Catharsis d.Peripetia50. The term used by Aristotle to mean ‘recognition’.

A. hamartia
B. anagnorisis
C. catharsis
D. peripetia.
Answer» B. anagnorisis
30.

Purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is referred toas------

A. hamartia
B. anagnorisis
C. catharsis
D. peripetia
Answer» D. peripetia
31.

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

A. hamartia
B. anagnorisis
C. catharsis
D. peripetia
Answer» C. catharsis
32.

Who is the author of the book“Poetics”

A. aristotle
B. aristophanes
C. plato
D. socrates
Answer» B. aristophanes
33.

---------arouses the emotions of pity andfear

A. tragedy
B. comedy
C. epic
D. revengeplay
Answer» B. comedy
34.

Who is the author of the book“Rhetoric”

A. socrates
B. aristotle
C. aristophanes
D. plato
Answer» C. aristophanes
35.

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

A. rasa
B. ideas
C. sublimity
D. decorum
Answer» C. sublimity
36.

Who said “the productions of art helped neither to mould character nor to promote thewell-beingof thestate”

A. plato
B. aristotle
C. longinus
D. francisbacon
Answer» B. aristotle
37.

Art, according to ---------is twice removed fromreality

A. plato
B. aristotle
C. longinus
D. francisbacon
Answer» B. aristotle
38.

Which among the following books contains Plato’sideas?

A. poetics
B. thenewatlantis
C. on thesublime
D. republic
Answer» E.
39.

Who is the author of“Dialogues”

A. plato
B. aristotle
C. longinus
D. francisbacon
Answer» B. aristotle
40.

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

A. socrates
B. aristotle
C. aristophanes
D. none of theabove
Answer» B. aristotle
41.

A character who serves as the mouth piece of the playwright iscalled--------

A. raisonneur
B. confidant
C. stockcharacter
D. foil.
Answer» B. confidant
42.

Character types that occur repeatedly in comedies are called------

A. stockcharacters.
B. roundcharacters
C. flatcharacters
D. fools.
Answer» B. roundcharacters
43.

---------is someone in whom the central characterconfides

A. theprotagonist
B. a foil
C. aconfidant
D. none ofthese.
Answer» D. none ofthese.
44.

In Greek drama, the hero iscalled------

A. theprotagonist
B. a foil
C. aconfidant
D. none ofthese.
Answer» B. a foil
45.

The term peripetiameans----------

A. recognition
B. reversal
C. both“a’and“b”
D. neither“a” nor“b”
Answer» C. both“a’and“b”
46.

The term anagnorisis means----------

A. recognition
B. reversal
C. both“a’and“b”
D. neither“a” nor“b”
Answer» B. reversal
47.

The term -------- is applied to the falling action in atragedy

A. catastrophe
B. catharsis
C. crisis
D. none ofthese
Answer» B. catharsis
48.

The French term for ‘unknotting’----------

A. denouement
B. due exmachina
C. decorum
D. none ofthese.
Answer» B. due exmachina
49.

The term ‘denoumnet’ refers to ---------in aplay.

A. the risingaction
B. the fallingaction
C. theclimax
D. none ofthese.
Answer» C. theclimax
50.

Milton’s “Comus ” is a---------

A. masque
B. farce
C. elegy
D. epic
Answer» B. farce