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| 101. |
Which among the following is the manifesto of Eliot’s Criticism? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» D. tradition and individual talent | |
| 102. |
Tradition in Eliot’s view means: |
| A. | imitating the poets of the past |
| B. | heredity |
| C. | handling down of the past |
| D. | historic sense |
| Answer» D. historic sense | |
| 103. |
Historic sense involves a perception of ----- |
| A. | history |
| B. | the pastness of the past and also its presentness |
| C. | a sense of the historical incidents |
| D. | the past |
| Answer» B. the pastness of the past and also its presentness | |
| 104. |
Tradition implies------- |
| A. | a recognition of the continuity of literature |
| B. | a critical judgment as to which of the writers of the past continue to be significant in the present |
| C. | a knowledge of these significant writers obtained through great labour |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» D. all the above. | |
| 105. |
“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? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. t. s. eliot | |
| 106. |
In which of the following critical essays does the analogy of the catalyst occurs? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» D. tradition and individual talent | |
| 107. |
“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? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» D. tradition and individual talent | |
| 108. |
“The mind of the poet is the shred of the platinum” where do these words occur? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» D. tradition and individual talent | |
| 109. |
Which among the following does according to Eliot, functions as a catalyst in the process of poetic creation? |
| A. | platinum shred |
| B. | the mind of the poet |
| C. | oxygen |
| D. | sulphur dioxide |
| Answer» B. the mind of the poet | |
| 110. |
In the analogy of the catalyst, the platinum shred stands for---- |
| A. | the mind of the poet |
| B. | poet’s thoughts |
| C. | poet’s emotions |
| D. | poet’s feelings |
| Answer» A. the mind of the poet | |
| 111. |
In the analogy of the catalyst, oxygen and sulphur dioxide stand for---- |
| A. | the mind of the poet |
| B. | poet’s thoughts |
| C. | poet’s emotions and feelings |
| D. | the poem |
| Answer» C. poet’s emotions and feelings | |
| 112. |
In the analogy of the catalyst, sulphurpus acid stands for---- |
| A. | the mind of the poet |
| B. | poet’s thoughts |
| C. | poet’s emotions |
| D. | the work of art. |
| Answer» D. the work of art. | |
| 113. |
“Poetry is not turning loose of emotions, but an escape from emotions” where do these words occur? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» D. tradition and individual talent | |
| 114. |
“Poetry is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality” where is the line taken from? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» D. tradition and individual talent | |
| 115. |
Which of the following essays contains the theory of depersonalization of the artist? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» D. tradition and individual talent | |
| 116. |
“Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation is directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry” where is the line taken from? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» D. tradition and individual talent | |
| 117. |
Which among the following statements is true with respect to Eliot’s critical creed? |
| A. | tradition in the true sense can be easily inherited |
| B. | tradition can be artificially acquired |
| C. | tradition can be obtained by hard labour |
| D. | tradition can be imitated. |
| Answer» C. tradition can be obtained by hard labour | |
| 118. |
Which of the following term occurs in the critical essay “Tradition and Individual Talent”? |
| A. | cathartic |
| B. | catalyst |
| C. | cathetic |
| D. | catholic |
| Answer» B. catalyst | |
| 119. |
Who is the author of ‘Nature of linguistic Sign”? |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jacques derrida |
| C. | roland barthes |
| D. | claude de levi strauss |
| Answer» A. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 120. |
Who is the author of “Cours de Linguistique” |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jacques derrida |
| C. | roland barthes |
| D. | claude de levi strauss |
| Answer» A. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 121. |
What is Claude de Levi Strauss known for |
| A. | structuralism |
| B. | deconstruction |
| C. | functionalism |
| D. | existentialism |
| Answer» A. structuralism | |
| 122. |
Claude de Levi Strauss is an-------- |
| A. | anthropologist |
| B. | economist |
| C. | environmentalist |
| D. | ethnographer |
| Answer» A. anthropologist | |
| 123. |
Levi Strauss used structuralism in his study on------ |
| A. | myths |
| B. | magic |
| C. | tribal life |
| D. | economy |
| Answer» A. myths | |
| 124. |
A -------is a complex of the signifier and the signified |
| A. | sign |
| B. | symbol |
| C. | referent |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» A. sign | |
| 125. |
Who popularized the concept of arbitrariness of language? |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jacques derrida |
| C. | roland barthes |
| D. | claude de levi strauss |
| Answer» A. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 126. |
Who introduced the concept of langue and parole in linguistics? |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jacques derrida |
| C. | roland barthes |
| D. | claude de levi strauss |
| Answer» A. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 127. |
The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called-------- |
| A. | synchronic |
| B. | diachronic |
| C. | semiotic |
| D. | onomatopoeic |
| Answer» B. diachronic | |
| 128. |
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-------- |
| A. | synchronic |
| B. | diachronic |
| C. | semiotic |
| D. | onomatopoeic |
| Answer» A. synchronic | |
| 129. |
The systematic study of signs is called----- |
| A. | semiotics |
| B. | semiology |
| C. | both “a” & “b” |
| D. | neither “a” not “b” |
| Answer» C. both “a” & “b” | |
| 130. |
The term semiotics was introduced by |
| A. | charles sanders pierce |
| B. | ferdinand de sauddure |
| C. | noam chomsky |
| D. | edward sapir |
| Answer» A. charles sanders pierce | |
| 131. |
The term semiology was introduced by |
| A. | charles sanders pierce |
| B. | ferdinand de saussure |
| C. | noam chomsky |
| D. | edward sapir |
| Answer» B. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 132. |
Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Langue and Parole? |
| A. | charles sanders pierce |
| B. | ferdinand de saussure |
| C. | noam chomsky |
| D. | edward sapir |
| Answer» B. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 133. |
Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence and Performance? |
| A. | charles sanders pierce |
| B. | ferdinand de saussure |
| C. | noam chomsky |
| D. | edward sapir |
| Answer» C. noam chomsky | |
| 134. |
Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussure’s Langue and Parole? |
| A. | charles sanders pierce |
| B. | leonard bloom filed. |
| C. | noam chomsky |
| D. | edward sapir |
| Answer» C. noam chomsky | |
| 135. |
Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Chomsky’s competence and Performance? |
| A. | charles sanders pierce |
| B. | leonard bloom filed. |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure. |
| D. | edward sapir |
| Answer» C. ferdinand de saussure. | |
| 136. |
Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language? |
| A. | language |
| B. | parole |
| C. | competence |
| D. | both langue and competence |
| Answer» D. both langue and competence | |
| 137. |
Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language? |
| A. | langue |
| B. | parole |
| C. | performance |
| D. | both parole and performance |
| Answer» D. both parole and performance | |
| 138. |
Which among the following are Saussure’s major pronouncements? |
| A. | meaning is arbitrary |
| B. | meaning is relational |
| C. | language constitutes reality |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 139. |
Who is the author of the essay “Towards Feminist Poetics”? |
| A. | elaine showalter |
| B. | margaret fuller |
| C. | virginia woolf |
| D. | simon de beauvoir |
| Answer» A. elaine showalter | |
| 140. |
Elaine Showalter divided the history of women’s literature into ----- phases |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» C. four | |
| 141. |
Which among the following are the major phases of feminist criticism? |
| A. | the feminine |
| B. | the female |
| C. | the feminist |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 142. |
According to Elaine Showalter, feminist criticism can be divided in ------ varieties |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» A. two | |
| 143. |
The feminist critique deals with women as ---- |
| A. | reader |
| B. | writer |
| C. | daughters of patriarchy |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. reader | |
| 144. |
Gyno-criticism deals with women as ----- |
| A. | reader |
| B. | writer |
| C. | daughters of patriarchy |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. writer | |
| 145. |
In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter women wrote in an effort to equalize the intellectual achievements of the male culture? |
| A. | the feminine |
| B. | the feminist |
| C. | the female |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. the feminine | |
| 146. |
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? |
| A. | the feminine |
| B. | the feminist. |
| C. | the female |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. the feminist. | |
| 147. |
In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter, did women reject both initiation and protest? |
| A. | the feminine |
| B. | the feminist |
| C. | the female |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 148. |
In the Female phase, women rejected both imitation and protest because they considered these two forms as---- |
| A. | dependency |
| B. | slavery |
| C. | fashion |
| D. | subjugation |
| Answer» A. dependency | |
| 149. |
In which of the following figures of speech a comparison between two distinctly different things is explicitly indicated by the word, “like” or “as” |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» A. simile | |
| 150. |
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? |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» B. metaphor | |
| 151. |
In which of the following figures of speech a part of something is used to signify the whole? |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» C. synecdoche | |
| 152. |
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? |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» D. metonymy | |
| 153. |
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 |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | paradox |
| Answer» D. paradox | |
| 154. |
------is a form of paradox in which the adjective seem to contradict the noun it modifies. |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | paradox |
| C. | irony |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» A. oxymoron | |
| 155. |
“terrible beauty “ is an example for------ |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | paradox |
| C. | irony |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» A. oxymoron | |
| 156. |
“child is the father of man” is an instance for-------. |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | paradox |
| C. | irony |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» B. paradox | |
| 157. |
“The crown’ or “Sceptre” used in the sense of “King”is an example for------ |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» D. metonymy | |
| 158. |
“ten hands” used for “ten workmen” is an example for----- |
| A. | simile |
| B. | synecdoche |
| C. | metaphor |
| D. | symbol |
| Answer» B. synecdoche | |
| 159. |
“My love is a red red rose” is an example for------- |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» B. metaphor | |
| 160. |
“My love is like a red red rose “ is an example for------- |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» A. simile | |
| 161. |
The term anagnorisis means ---------- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | both “a’ and “b” |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” |
| Answer» A. recognition | |
| 162. |
The term peripetia means---------- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | both “a’ and “b” |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” 168. the epic theatre was introduced by -------- |
| Answer» B. reversal | |
| 163. |
Who is the author of the work ‘Poetics”? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 164. |
Who is the author of the work “Republic”? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» B. plato | |
| 165. |
Ben Jonson’s ‘Volpone’ is an example of ------ |
| A. | comedy of humours |
| B. | comedy of manners |
| C. | romantic comedy |
| D. | anti-romantc comedy |
| Answer» A. comedy of humours | |
| 166. |
The name of Bertolt Brecht is associated with ------- |
| A. | the absurd drama |
| B. | the epic theatre |
| C. | comedy of humours |
| D. | feminist theatre |
| Answer» B. the epic theatre | |
| 167. |
A light dramatic work with improbable plot and exaggerated characters is called ------ |
| A. | satire |
| B. | comedy |
| C. | farce |
| D. | humour. |
| Answer» C. farce | |
| 168. |
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-------- |
| A. | meledrama |
| B. | tragedy |
| C. | farce |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. meledrama | |
| 169. |
“Oberon” is a Masque written by --------- |
| A. | ben johnson |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | marlow |
| D. | dr. johnson. |
| Answer» A. ben johnson | |
| 170. |
The French term for ‘unknotting’ ---------- |
| A. | denouement |
| B. | due ex machina |
| C. | decorum |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. denouement | |
| 171. |
The term -------- is applied to the falling action in a tragedy |
| A. | catastrophe |
| B. | catharsis |
| C. | crisis |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. catastrophe | |
| 172. |
The term peripetia means---------- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | both “a’ and “b” |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” |
| Answer» B. reversal | |
| 173. |
The term Decorum Means---- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | appropriateness |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” |
| Answer» C. appropriateness | |
| 174. |
Who among the following is not a French symbolist? |
| A. | mallarme |
| B. | verlaine |
| C. | richard wagner |
| D. | w.b. yeats |
| Answer» D. w.b. yeats | |
| 175. |
The type of lyric poem that was perfected by Robert Browning. |
| A. | dramatic monologue |
| B. | dramatic lyric |
| C. | dramatic romance |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. dramatic monologue | |
| 176. |
the term magic realism was originally applied to------ |
| A. | structuralist german painters |
| B. | surrealist german painters |
| C. | expressionist american painters |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. structuralist german painters | |
| 177. |
In prose fiction the term magic realism was associated with --- |
| A. | gabriel garcia |
| B. | marquez |
| C. | salman rushdi |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 178. |
The term absurd is used to refer to the place of |
| A. | samuel becket |
| B. | eliot |
| C. | shakespeare |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. samuel becket | |
| 179. |
The author of ‘’ A Room of One’s Own’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» A. virginia wolf | |
| 180. |
The author of ‘’ Second Sex’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» B. mary elman | |
| 181. |
The author of ‘’ Sexual Politics’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» C. kate millet | |
| 182. |
The author of ‘’Towards Feminist Criticism’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» D. ealine showalter | |
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