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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in English (MA English) , English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 101. |
What did Arnold say will appear incomplete if not for poetry? |
| A. | Religion |
| B. | Philosophy |
| C. | Science |
| D. | Knowledge |
| Answer» C. Science | |
| 102. |
Charlatanism is for confusing or obliterating the distinctions between |
| A. | Excellent and inferior |
| B. | Sound and unsound |
| C. | True and untrue |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. Excellent and inferior | |
| 103. |
In poetry, as a criticism of life, the spirit of our race will find its _____________ |
| A. | Consolation |
| B. | Beauty |
| C. | Truth |
| D. | Sanctity |
| Answer» A. Consolation | |
| 104. |
Mathew Arnold said that the best poetry will be found to have a power of |
| A. | Informing, observing and delighting |
| B. | Guiding, reforming and appreciating |
| C. | Binding, combining and structuring |
| D. | Forming, sustaining and delighting |
| Answer» D. Forming, sustaining and delighting | |
| 105. |
The different kinds of estimations propounded by Arnold were |
| A. | Historical, Personal and Real |
| B. | Didactic, Prosaic and Autotelic |
| C. | Personal, Historical, Complete |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Historical, Personal and Real | |
| 106. |
Arnold was of the view that Chaucer’s superiority is found in his______ |
| A. | Diction and subject |
| B. | Manner and style |
| C. | Style and substance |
| D. | Form and subject |
| Answer» C. Style and substance | |
| 107. |
Which quality is not needful for a fit prose according to Arnold? |
| A. | Regularity |
| B. | Precision |
| C. | Balance |
| D. | Exclusivity |
| Answer» D. Exclusivity | |
| 108. |
Poetry is a criticism of life under the ______ fixed for such a criticism |
| A. | Laws |
| B. | Ideals |
| C. | Morals. |
| D. | Conditions |
| Answer» D. Conditions | |
| 109. |
Arnold regards Dryden and Pope as the Classics of English______ |
| A. | Prose |
| B. | Morals |
| C. | Fiction |
| D. | Poetry |
| Answer» A. Prose | |
| 110. |
In the age of Pope and Dryden, Arnold regards _________ as a unique poet. |
| A. | Milton |
| B. | Keats |
| C. | Pope |
| D. | Gray |
| Answer» D. Gray | |
| 111. |
Keats, according to Arnold, is with _________ |
| A. | Milton |
| B. | Wordsworth |
| C. | Shakespeare |
| D. | Shelley |
| Answer» C. Shakespeare | |
| 112. |
Arnold states, “But for poetry the idea is everything, the rest is a world of illusion; of |
| A. | godlike illusion” |
| B. | human illusion” |
| C. | divine illusion” |
| D. | wonderful illusion” |
| Answer» C. divine illusion” | |
| 113. |
“Poetry attaches its emotion to the idea: the idea is the |
| A. | fact” |
| B. | knowledge” |
| C. | history” |
| D. | theory” |
| Answer» A. fact” | |
| 114. |
Arnold states, “The strongest part of our religion is its |
| A. | unconscious verses” |
| B. | unconscious poetry” |
| C. | unconscious lyrics” |
| D. | unconscious history” |
| Answer» B. unconscious poetry” | |
| 115. |
Arnold believes that without poetry, “Science will appear |
| A. | complete” |
| B. | incomplete” |
| C. | immature |
| D. | undefined” |
| Answer» B. incomplete” | |
| 116. |
Arnold feels the historic estimate and the personal estimate often supersedes the |
| A. | ideal estimate |
| B. | principal estimate |
| C. | critical estimate |
| D. | real estimate |
| Answer» D. real estimate | |
| 117. |
To Arnold, the superiority of best poetry is marked by the superior character of |
| A. | truth and seriousness |
| B. | truth and ideas |
| C. | seriousness and knowledge |
| D. | knowledge and truth |
| Answer» A. truth and seriousness | |
| 118. |
Arnold defines poetry as |
| A. | ‘The criticism of life, governed by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty’. |
| B. | ‘The breath and finer spirit of all knowledge’. |
| C. | ‘Not an expression of emotion, but as escape from emotion’. |
| D. | ‘A speaking picture with its end, to teach and delight’. |
| Answer» A. ‘The criticism of life, governed by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty’. | |
| 119. |
The first great principle of criticism enunciated by Arnold is that of |
| A. | Disinterestedness or detachment |
| B. | Response to rhythm and metre |
| C. | Speculation and theorisation |
| D. | Measurement of knowledge |
| Answer» A. Disinterestedness or detachment | |
| 120. |
Which poet does Arnold say lack ‘the high seriousness of the great classics’? |
| A. | Chaucer |
| B. | Dryden |
| C. | Pope |
| D. | Burns |
| Answer» A. Chaucer | |
| 121. |
Middleton Murry has criticized the critical work of |
| A. | Wordsworth |
| B. | Eliot |
| C. | Arnold |
| D. | Leavis |
| Answer» B. Eliot | |
| 122. |
Eliot says , “ inner voice is ____ “ |
| A. | hoarse |
| B. | artificial |
| C. | whiggery |
| D. | sublime |
| Answer» C. whiggery | |
| 123. |
Eliot’s essay ‘The Function of Criticism’ has |
| A. | two points |
| B. | three parts |
| C. | four parts |
| D. | five parts |
| Answer» C. four parts | |
| 124. |
According to Eliot, Literary tradition is |
| A. | Self-sacrifice |
| B. | Whiggering |
| C. | Self-organism |
| D. | a canon |
| Answer» B. Whiggering | |
| 125. |
A critic according to Eliot must be entirely |
| A. | impersonal and objective |
| B. | imaginative and emotional |
| C. | ordered and discerning |
| D. | learned and well-read |
| Answer» A. impersonal and objective | |
| 126. |
Eliot says that the function of a critic is to ______ a work of art |
| A. | explain |
| B. | elucidate |
| C. | publish |
| D. | contemplate |
| Answer» B. elucidate | |
| 127. |
In T.S Eliot's "The Function of Criticism'', he mentions that the ____ should be altered by the ___, as much as the ___ is altered by the ____. |
| A. | future, past & past, future |
| B. | present, past & past, present |
| C. | future, present & present, future |
| D. | past, present & present, past |
| Answer» D. past, present & present, past | |
| 128. |
What is the commentation and exposition of works of art by means of written words according to Eliot? |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | Literature |
| C. | criticism |
| D. | creativity |
| Answer» C. criticism | |
| 129. |
Eliot mentions that the end of criticism appears to be the elucidation of works of art and |
| A. | the correction of taste |
| B. | the convection of taste |
| C. | the conversion of taste |
| D. | the conduction of taste |
| Answer» A. the correction of taste | |
| 130. |
What according to Eliot does the inner voice sound like? |
| A. | trusting one's instincts |
| B. | doing as one likes |
| C. | doing what's necessary |
| D. | doing as other's like |
| Answer» B. doing as one likes | |
| 131. |
Who according to Eliot are the real corruptors of taste? |
| A. | those that supply lies and fiction |
| B. | those that supply opinions or fancy |
| C. | those that supply truth or facts |
| D. | those that supply criticism |
| Answer» B. those that supply opinions or fancy | |
| 132. |
According to Eliot the most important qualification that a critic must have is |
| A. | a highly developed sense of understanding |
| B. | a highly developed sense of fact |
| C. | a highly developed sense of meaning |
| D. | a highly developed sense of intuition |
| Answer» B. a highly developed sense of fact | |
| 133. |
T.S. Eliot has stated that criticism is the elucidation of work of _________ and the correction of _________. |
| A. | arts, taste |
| B. | writers, sense |
| C. | individual, mistake |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. arts, taste | |
| 134. |
Eliot states that to be an ideal critic, one has to develop an extraordinary sense of _____. |
| A. | imagination |
| B. | taste |
| C. | fact |
| D. | vision |
| Answer» C. fact | |
| 135. |
Eliot says that inner voice is _________. |
| A. | hoarse |
| B. | Whiggery |
| C. | artificial |
| D. | raspy |
| Answer» B. Whiggery | |
| 136. |
What, according to T.S. Eliot are the chief tools of the critic? |
| A. | Comparison and analysis |
| B. | Analysis and exposition |
| C. | Exposition and comparison |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Comparison and analysis | |
| 137. |
The lemon squeezer critic is opposed by – |
| A. | Middleton Murry |
| B. | T.S. Eliot |
| C. | Samuel Johnson |
| D. | F.R. Leavis |
| Answer» B. T.S. Eliot | |
| 138. |
Eliot believes that artists unite consciously or unconsciously under a common |
| A. | Inheritance and cause |
| B. | Religion and faith |
| C. | System of Believe |
| D. | Habit and cause |
| Answer» A. Inheritance and cause | |
| 139. |
The commentation and exposition of works of art, according to Eliot, is |
| A. | Elucidation |
| B. | Exposition |
| C. | Collaboration |
| D. | Criticism |
| Answer» D. Criticism | |
| 140. |
Criticism must always profess an _______ |
| A. | Observation |
| B. | Analysis of works of art |
| C. | Objective |
| D. | End in view |
| Answer» D. End in view | |
| 141. |
Eliot said that Mathew Arnold overlooks the importance of |
| A. | Inner Voice |
| B. | Creation in criticism |
| C. | Criticism in creation |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Criticism in creation | |
| 142. |
No writer according to Eliot is_____ |
| A. | Self-reliant |
| B. | Self-supported |
| C. | Self-sufficient |
| D. | Selfish |
| Answer» C. Self-sufficient | |
| 143. |
A critic must have a very highly developed sense of ______ |
| A. | Understanding |
| B. | Fact |
| C. | Knowledge |
| D. | Literature |
| Answer» B. Fact | |
| 144. |
The chief tools of a critic are |
| A. | Truth and knowledge |
| B. | Facts and Science |
| C. | Comparison and analysis |
| D. | Reading and understanding |
| Answer» C. Comparison and analysis | |
| 145. |
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» C. Middleton Murry | |
| 146. |
To which age does T. S Eliot belong? |
| A. | Classical Age |
| B. | Modern Age |
| C. | Romantic Age |
| D. | Victorian Age |
| Answer» B. Modern Age | |
| 147. |
Both Arnold and Eliot are preoccupied with |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Society |
| C. | Emotion |
| D. | Nature |
| Answer» A. Culture | |
| 148. |
'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» B. T. S Eliot | |
| 149. |
Eliot states, “A common inheritance and a common cause unite artists |
| A. | consciously or unconsciously” |
| B. | interactively” |
| C. | by unseen thread” |
| D. | subconsciously” |
| Answer» A. consciously or unconsciously” | |
| 150. |
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» A. an unconscious community | |
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