Literary Criticism and Rhetorics Solved MCQs

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”.

A. Plato
B. Longinus
C. Aristotle
D. Horace
Answer» A. Plato
2.

In the poetics, the change in the fortunes of the hero is known as...

A. Periphery
B. Discovery
C. Catharsis
D. None
Answer» A. Periphery
3.

According to Aristotle, the objects of Imitation are…

A. Natural defects
B. Moral values
C. Feeling of love
D. Men in action
Answer» D. Men in action
4.

Who said “Tragedy imitates men as better, and comedy as worse than they really are.”

A. A.C. Bradley
B. John Dryden
C. Aristotle
D. Plato
Answer» C. Aristotle
5.

Plato equated poetry with painting and Aristotle equated it with…

A. Drama
B. Dance
C. Music
D. None
Answer» C. Music
6.

Who is known as the first scientific critic?

A. Longinus
B. Aristotle
C. Horace
D. Plato
Answer» B. Aristotle
7.

Who said, “A tragedy is impossible without plot, but there may be one without character”

A. Aristotle
B. Socrates
C. Cicero
D. Arnold
Answer» A. Aristotle
8.

Who says that Coleridge is a link “between German transcendentalism and English romanticism”.

A. Arthur Symons
B. Stephen Gosson
C. John Lock
D. Rene Wellek
Answer» D. Rene Wellek
9.

What was the name of Aristotle's school?

A. Oxford
B. Cambridge
C. Lyceum
D. Temple
Answer» C. Lyceum
10.

Which classical writer expresses, “Epic poetry and tragedy, comedy also dithyrambic poetry… are all in their general conception modes of imitation”?

A. Aristotle
B. Plato
C. Horace
D. Homer
Answer» A. Aristotle
11.

What is meant by “Catastrophe”?

A. The ending of a Comedy
B. The ending of tragedy
C. The ending of a historical play
D. The ending of tragi-comedy
Answer» B. The ending of tragedy
12.

What is Denouement?

A. The ending of a Tragedy
B. The ending of Comedy
C. The Climax in a Tragedy
D. The Climax in a comedy
Answer» B. The ending of Comedy
13.

Aristotle discusses the theory of Tragedy in:

A. Art Poetique
B. Poetics
C. Rhetoric
D. Ars Poetica
Answer» B. Poetics
14.

What is the meaning of the Term Hamartia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy?

A. Tragic end of the Tragedy
B. Working of Fate againts the hero
C. A Weak trait in the character of the Hero
D. A strong quality in the character of the hero
Answer» 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?

A. Change in the fortune of the hero from bad to good
B. Change in the fortune of the hero from good to bad
C. Constancy in the fortune of the hero
D. Fluctuations occurring in the fortune of the hero
Answer» 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?

A. The hero's recognition of his tragic flaw
B. The hero's ignorance about his tragic flaw
C. The hero's recognition of his adversary
D. The hero's recognition of his tragic end
Answer» A. The hero's recognition of his tragic flaw
17.

Who argued against Plato’s theory of forms for the first time?

A. Aristotle
B. Socrates
C. Hegel
D. Kant
Answer» A. Aristotle
18.

According to Aristotle what is the source of knowledge?

A. Mind
B. Senses
C. Thought
D. Dream
Answer» C. Thought
19.

The two notions which form the core of Aristotle’s Poetics are….. and …..

A. Imitation and action
B. Imitation and Imagination
C. Reason and action
D. Logic and action
Answer» A. Imitation and action
20.

According Aristotle ….is the soul of tragedy?

A. Character
B. Plot
C. Diction
D. Spectacle
Answer» B. Plot
21.

Which school of critics rekindled an interest in Aristotle in the 20th century?

A. Yale schoo
B. Chicago school
C. Frankfurt school
D. Annals school
Answer» B. Chicago school
22.

The term hamartia is taken from…

A. Smithy
B. Hunting
C. Swimming
D. Archery
Answer» D. Archery
23.

Some believe literature should be judged primarily on its artistic merits. What approach possess this disadvantage?

A. Formalism/New Criticism
B. Psychological
C. Moral/Philosophical
D. Historical/Biographical
Answer» 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?

A. Ulrich Weisstein
B. H.H. Remak
C. Rene Wellek
D. Anna Balakian
Answer» 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:

A. Wellek and Warren
B. Schlegel - Tieck
C. Carre - Guyard
D. Hassan - Guillen
Answer» A. Wellek and Warren
26.

In the study of literary History, Holinshed’s Chronicles would constitute

A. An affinity
B. A source
C. An influence
D. An imitation
Answer» B. A source
27.

Wellek and Warren’s Theory of Literature does not contain a chapter on

A. Literary Genres
B. Thematology
C.  Literary History
D. Literature and the other Arts.
Answer» B. Thematology
28.

The author of the essay “The Tradition of Traditions” is

A. T.E. Hume
B. T.S. Eliot
C. Rene Wellek
D. Harry Levin
Answer» C. Rene Wellek
29.

“What is world literature?” is written by

A. Rene Wellek
B. David Damrosch
C. Dorothy Figuera
D. Gayatri Chakraborti Spivak
Answer» B. David Damrosch
30.

The phrase “leaves dancing” is an example of ________.

A. pathetic fallacy
B. hyperbole
C. pun
D. conceit
Answer» A. pathetic fallacy
31.

Who wrote “Theory of Literature”?

A. R A Scott James
B. R J Rees
C. Rene Wellek &Austin Warren
D. David Daiches
Answer» C. Rene Wellek &Austin Warren
32.

Literature is a ________ of life.

A. Mirror
B. Reflection
C. Presentation
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
33.

The five traits of a tragic hero do NOT include:

A. decency/nobility
B. hamartia (fatal flaw)
C. anagnorisis (tragic insight)
D. denoument (resolution
Answer» A. decency/nobility
34.

What is a chorus in Greek theater? 

A. People that sing stuff.
B. People that inform the audience.
C. People that wear long socks.
D. People that inform the protagonist.
Answer» B. People that inform the audience.
35.

What is a tragic hero?

A. A character who makes a error that leads to his destruction.
B.  character who makes a great life for themselves.
C. A hero that is tragic.
D. A girl that is really whiny and just wants more jewelry.
Answer» A. A character who makes a error that leads to his destruction.
36.

What emotions are tragic heroes supposed to elicit in an audience?

A. Jealousy & anger
B. Fear & jealousy
C. Pity & fear
D. a. Anger & pity
Answer» C. Pity & fear
37.

‘Authority forgets a dying king’ is an example of

A. Personification 
B. Apostrophe   
C. Hyperbole     
D. Metaphor
Answer» A. Personification 
38.

The term ‘Onomatopoeia ‘ and ‘Oxymoron’ came from

A. French
B. Latin       
C. Roman     
D. Greek 
Answer» D. Greek 
39.

 ”A lovelier flower on Earth was never sown” has the figure of speech called

A. Metaphor  
B. Oxymoron
C. Hyperbole     
D. Implied Simile
Answer» C. Hyperbole     
40.

Which of the following is a direct address either to an absent person or to an abstract or inanimate entity?

A. Apostrophe
B. Ode  
C. Epode  
D. Hyperbole
Answer» A. Apostrophe
41.

Pun is a play on words that are similar

A. In meaning but diverse in sound
B. In sound but diverse in meaning 
C. Both in sound and meaning but with different sound   
D. None
Answer» B. In sound but diverse in meaning 
42.

Which of the following words show oxymoron?

A. Chatter Chatter 
B. O Death
C. Rivers of Blood  
D. Sweet Pain
Answer» D. Sweet Pain
43.

Which figures of speech are employed in this line? ” O Wild west wind, thou breathe of Autumn’s being”

A. Oxymoron  
B. Personification 
C. Apostrophe      
D. Metaphor
Answer» B. Personification 
44.

which figures of speech are used ” His honor rooted in dishonor stood. And faithful unfaithful kept him falsely true”

A. Oxymoron  
B. Personification 
C. Apostrophe      
D. Metaphor
Answer» A. Oxymoron  
45.

Which of the following sentences has figures of speech called ‘Apostrophe?

A. O Death! here is thy sting      
B. The more haste, the less speed  
C. Death lays his icy hands on kings
D. Life is but a walking shadow
Answer» A. O Death! here is thy sting      
46.

”Life is but a walking shadow” is an example of

A. Apostrophe     
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Hyperbole
Answer» B. Metaphor
47.

Onomatopoeia means

A. Echoing of the same sense or meaning in different words
B. Echoing the same sound repeatedly
C. Echoing of the sense by the sound, shape, size o movement
D. None
Answer» C. Echoing of the sense by the sound, shape, size o movement
48.

How happy is he here!

A. Simile        
B. Antithesis
C. Personification    
D. Alliteration   
Answer» D. Alliteration   
49.

The night is dark as a black stone.

A. Metaphor           
B. Simile
C. Onomatopoeia       
D. Alliteration
Answer» B. Simile
50.

What is meant by Synecdoche?

A. The hole of something used to signify a part
B. An inanimate object endowed with human feeling
C. The terms with a pronunciation similar to their meaning
D. A part of something used to signify the whole
Answer» D. A part of something used to signify the whole
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