| 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 | |