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1.

A critic must have a very highly developed sense of ______

A. Understanding
B. Fact
C. Knowledge
D. Literature
Answer» C. Knowledge
2.

The Function of Criticism is T. S Elliot s reply to_________

A. I. A Richards
B. Northrope Frye
C. Middleton Murry
D. Rene Welleck
Answer» D. Rene Welleck
3.

Both Arnold and Eliot are preoccupied with

A. Culture
B. Society
C. Emotion
D. Nature
Answer» B. Society
4.

'The function of criticism is to promote the understanding and enjoyment of literature'. Who said this?

A. Matthew Arnold
B. T. S Eliot
C. Dr. Johnson
D. John Keats
Answer» C. Dr. Johnson
5.

To which age does T. S Eliot belong?

A. Classical Age
B. Modern Age
C. Romantic Age
D. Victorian Age
Answer» C. Romantic Age
6.

Eliot believes that between the true artists of any time there is

A. an unconscious community
B. a mutual understanding
C. a vast difference
D. an unbound thread
Answer» B. a mutual understanding
7.

Eliot says , inner voice is ____

A. hoarse
B. artificial
C. whiggery
D. sublime
Answer» D. sublime
8.

Eliot feels that the second-rate artist cannot afford to surrender himself to any

A. concrete idea
B. common action
C. universal detail
D. philosophical idea
Answer» C. universal detail
9.

To Eliot, the chief tools of the critic are,

A. reading and composition
B. reading and comprehension
C. composition and analysis
D. comparison and analysis
Answer» E.
10.

Eliot states. The critical activity finds its highest, its true fulfillment in a kind of union with creation in the

A. labour of the artist
B. composition of the poet
C. works of poets and prose writers
D. creation of the artist
Answer» B. composition of the poet
11.

The most important qualification that Eliot recommends to critics is to possess a

A. very highly developed sense of literature
B. very highly developed sense of history
C. very highly developed sense of philosophy
D. very highly developed sense of fact
Answer» E.
12.

According to TS Eliot, who overlook the capital importance of criticism in the work of creation itself?

A. Middleton Murry
B. Matthew Arnold
C. Clutton Brock
D. Coleridge
Answer» C. Clutton Brock
13.

What did TS Eliot called critics like himself who did not have the inner voice ?

A. Inner deaf mutes
B. Whiggery
C. Fact hunters
D. Lemon- squeezers
Answer» B. Whiggery
14.

What are the chief tools of the critic according to TS Eliot?

A. Comparison and analysis
B. Interpretation and communication
C. Studying and reproduction
D. Fact hunting
Answer» B. Interpretation and communication
15.

The Function of Criticism by TS Eliot was written in

A. 1921
B. 1922
C. 1923
D. 1924
Answer» D. 1924
16.

The reading demanded by poetry is different from that demanded by

A. Philosophy
B. History
C. Science
D. Law
Answer» B. History
17.

The Function of Criticism by TS Eliot was a response to

A. Matthew Arnold
B. Dr. Wellek
C. Middleton Murry
D. FR Leavis
Answer» D. FR Leavis
18.

Eliot said that the major part of the effort of an author in composing his work is __.

A. Critical labour
B. Critical faculty
C. Creative criticism
D. Workshop criticism
Answer» E.
19.

The Essay literary Criticism and Philosophy was published in

A. 1927
B. 1947
C. 1973
D. 1937
Answer» E.
20.

Leavis is of the opinion that reading demanded by poetry is different from that demanded by

A. science
B. law
C. history
D. philosophy
Answer» E.
21.

Leavis literary Criticism and Philosophy is a reaction to __________ essay

A. T.S Eliot s
B. I.A Richard s
C. R.N Wellek s
D. K. Wimsatt
Answer» D. K. Wimsatt
22.

Leavis expresses his views on the _______ of criticism

A. relevance
B. discipline
C. function
D. guidelines
Answer» C. function
23.

Leavis is of the opinion that the reading demanded by poetry is different from that demanded by

A. drama
B. philosophy
C. science
D. prose
Answer» C. science
24.

"Literary Criticism and Philosophy" was written by F.R Leavis in response to which other critic?

A. Matthew Arnold
B. Dr. Rene Wellek
C. T.S Eliot
D. William Wordsworth
Answer» C. T.S Eliot
25.

What according to Leavis are the two distinct and different kinds of discipline?

A. Science and arts
B. Science and Philosophy
C. Literary Criticism and philosophy
D. Arts and Philosophy
Answer» D. Arts and Philosophy
26.

F.R. Leavis is of the opinion that the ideal ___ is the ideal ____.

A. critic, reader
B. philosopher, critic
C. reader. critic
D. writer, critic
Answer» B. philosopher, critic
27.

What was Leavis' opinion of William Wordsworth?

A. He did not consider Wordsworth to be good poet
B. He did not consider Wordsworth to be a philosophic thinker.
C. He did not consider Wordsworth to be a critical thinker.
D. He did not consider Wordsworth to be a Romantic thinker.
Answer» C. He did not consider Wordsworth to be a critical thinker.
28.

Training in what discipline would be beneficial but is not a necessity to a literary critic according to Leavis?

A. Science
B. Psychology
C. Sociology
D. Philosophy
Answer» E.
29.

Which of the following according to Leavis, does not invite one to "think about" and "judge"?

A. poetry
B. Philosophy
C. criticism
D. reading
Answer» B. Philosophy
30.

Dr. Wellek has criticized Leavis that his lack of interest in philosophy makes him unfair to the poets of ______________.

A. Victorian poets
B. Romantic poets
C. Elizabethan poets
D. Modern poets
Answer» C. Elizabethan poets
31.

Leavis feels that the best way of presenting theoretical principles is to show then at work in

A. Factual Criticism
B. Logical Criticism
C. Practical Criticism
D. Constructive Criticism
Answer» D. Constructive Criticism
32.

The business of a literary critic is to attain a peculiar completeness of response is stated by

A. F.R. Leavis
B. Middleton Murry
C. Matthew Arnold
D. Rene Wellek
Answer» B. Middleton Murry
33.

For Leavis, the reading demanded by poetry is of a different kind from that demanded by ___________.

A. drama
B. essay
C. philosophy
D. science
Answer» D. science
34.

Arnold believes that without poetry, Science will appear

A. complete
B. incomplete
C. immature
D. undefined
Answer» C. immature
35.

Poetry is emotions recollected in tranquility . Who has defined poetry in these words?

A. Shelley
B. Matthew Arnold
C. S. T. Coleridge
D. Wordsworth
Answer» E.
36.

In the study of poetry Arnold writes that we have to turn to poetry to

A. understand life and to sustain us
B. interpret life and to control us
C. interpret life and to console and sustain us
D. understand life and to strengthen us
Answer» D. understand life and to strengthen us
37.

The definition of poetry as enunciated by Matthew Arnold in 'The Study of Poetry" is

A. A spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
B. A criticism of life, governed by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty
C. A just and lively image of human nature, to delight and instruct mankind
D. An imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of certain magnitude
Answer» C. A just and lively image of human nature, to delight and instruct mankind
38.

What did Arnold say will appear incomplete if not for poetry?

A. Religion
B. Philosophy
C. Science
D. Knowledge
Answer» D. Knowledge
39.

In The Study of Poetry, Arnold puts stress on _______________ in poetry.

A. bright humour
B. high seriousness
C. sensuousness
D. want of seriousness
Answer» C. sensuousness
40.

Poetry is spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings according to

A. Arnold
B. T. S Eliot
C. Johnson
D. Wordsworth
Answer» E.
41.

According to Wordsworth ____________ is not essential to poetry

A. Metre
B. Imagination
C. Talent
D. Rhyme
Answer» B. Imagination
42.

A primary function of poetry according to Wordsworth is to give ___________ for his readers

A. Knowledge
B. Pleasure
C. Idea
D. Truth
Answer» C. Idea
43.

According to Wordsworth, poetic diction has

A. Rules
B. No rules
C. Rustic language
D. Simple language
Answer» C. Rustic language
44.

According to Wordsworth, prose and poetry differs by

A. Style
B. Emotion
C. Preface
D. Metre
Answer» E.
45.

For Wordsworth the function of poetry is to give

A. joy
B. happiness
C. catharsis
D. pleasure
Answer» E.
46.

To Wordsworth, poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, emotions recollected in

A. images
B. tranquility
C. simple life
D. sensation
Answer» C. simple life
47.

The dominant theme of Wordsworth s preface is

A. poetic diction
B. poetic argument
C. poetic criticism
D. poetic license
Answer» B. poetic argument
48.

The function of poetry is both to instruct and delight, but for Wordsworth it is to give

A. exaltation
B. pleasure
C. dictation
D. purgation
Answer» C. dictation
49.

Wordsworth quoted ____________ who said, Poetry is the most philosophical of all writings .

A. Aristotle
B. Horace
C. Homer
D. Virgil
Answer» B. Horace
50.

Wordsworth remarks that Poetry and Painting are

A. Sisters
B. Siblings
C. Brother
D. Children
Answer» B. Siblings