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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 1. |
Poetry is a word of ------origin which comes from a verb which means “to create”. |
| A. | latin |
| B. | english |
| C. | greek |
| D. | arabic |
| Answer» C. greek | |
| 2. |
Who opined “poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere and at all times”? |
| A. | wolfgang goethe |
| B. | bertolt brecht |
| C. | hermann hesse |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» A. wolfgang goethe | |
| 3. |
Who is called the father of Italian language? |
| A. | homer |
| B. | virgil |
| C. | dante |
| D. | chaucer |
| Answer» C. dante | |
| 4. |
Who was called ilsammopoeta (the supreme poet)? |
| A. | shakespeare |
| B. | goethe |
| C. | plato |
| D. | dante |
| Answer» D. dante | |
| 5. |
Who accompanies Dante on his journey to Heaven? |
| A. | venus |
| B. | beatrice |
| C. | cleopatra |
| D. | helen |
| Answer» B. beatrice | |
| 6. |
Which one is the seventh Heaven in Dante’s The Divine Comedy? |
| A. | the sphere of the moon |
| B. | the sphere of mercury |
| C. | the sphere of the sun |
| D. | the sphere of saturn |
| Answer» D. the sphere of saturn | |
| 7. |
Where does the Golden Ladder appear in The Divine Comedy? |
| A. | in the third heaven |
| B. | in the fourth heaven |
| C. | in the sixth heaven |
| D. | in the seventh heaven |
| Answer» D. in the seventh heaven | |
| 8. |
Wolfgang Goethe is a --------- writer. |
| A. | german |
| B. | english |
| C. | indian |
| D. | russian |
| Answer» A. german | |
| 9. |
Who was called “the last true polymath to walk on earth”? |
| A. | a. s. pushkin |
| B. | bhasa |
| C. | goethe |
| D. | hesse |
| Answer» C. goethe | |
| 10. |
I Love You is a poem written by |
| A. | pushkin |
| B. | goethe |
| C. | homer |
| D. | dante |
| Answer» A. pushkin | |
| 11. |
Who solves the riddle of the Sphynx in Oedipus Rex? |
| A. | oedipus |
| B. | tiresias |
| C. | lius |
| D. | jocasta |
| Answer» A. oedipus | |
| 12. |
Chorus in Oedipus Rex represents the people of --------- |
| A. | thebes |
| B. | corinth |
| C. | delphi |
| D. | greece |
| Answer» A. thebes | |
| 13. |
Who coined the term “Oedipus Complex”? |
| A. | karl jung |
| B. | sigmond freud |
| C. | lacan |
| D. | karl rogers |
| Answer» B. sigmond freud | |
| 14. |
What is the hamartia of Oedipus? |
| A. | hubris |
| B. | envy |
| C. | procrastination |
| D. | laziness |
| Answer» A. hubris | |
| 15. |
Who is the author of the work‘Poetics”? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 16. |
Who is the author of the work“Republic”? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» B. plato | |
| 17. |
Choral odes sung in honour of Dionysus were Known as------ |
| A. | poetica |
| B. | hymns |
| C. | chantings |
| D. | dithyrambs. |
| Answer» B. hymns | |
| 18. |
Eliot’s play ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ imbibes the conventions of ---------drama. |
| A. | greek |
| B. | roman |
| C. | italian |
| D. | indian. |
| Answer» A. greek | |
| 19. |
The name of Bertolt Brecht is associated with------- |
| A. | the absurd drama |
| B. | the epictheatre |
| C. | comedy of humours |
| D. | feministtheatre |
| Answer» B. the epictheatre | |
| 20. |
Drama originated inancient--------- A.Greece b.Italy c. Rome d.India 22. Who wrote “SpanishTragedy”? |
| A. | thomaskyd |
| B. | thomasnorton |
| C. | thomassackville |
| D. | none ofthese. |
| Answer» A. thomaskyd | |
| 21. |
“Spanish Tragedy” is-------- |
| A. | a revengeplay |
| B. | acomedy |
| C. | a problemplay |
| D. | a feministplay. |
| Answer» A. a revengeplay | |
| 22. |
Eliot’s play ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ is a---------drama. |
| A. | poetic |
| B. | roman |
| C. | italian |
| D. | indian. |
| Answer» A. poetic | |
| 23. |
Milton’s “Comus ” is a--------- |
| A. | masque |
| B. | farce |
| C. | elegy |
| D. | epic |
| Answer» A. masque | |
| 24. |
The term ‘denoumnet’ refers to ---------in aplay. |
| A. | the risingaction |
| B. | the fallingaction |
| C. | theclimax |
| D. | none ofthese. |
| Answer» B. the fallingaction | |
| 25. |
The French term for ‘unknotting’---------- |
| A. | denouement |
| B. | due exmachina |
| C. | decorum |
| D. | none ofthese. |
| Answer» A. denouement | |
| 26. |
The term -------- is applied to the falling action in atragedy |
| A. | catastrophe |
| B. | catharsis |
| C. | crisis |
| D. | none ofthese |
| Answer» A. catastrophe | |
| 27. |
The term anagnorisis means---------- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | both“a’and“b” |
| D. | neither“a” nor“b” |
| Answer» A. recognition | |
| 28. |
The term peripetiameans---------- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | both“a’and“b” |
| D. | neither“a” nor“b” |
| Answer» B. reversal | |
| 29. |
In Greek drama, the hero iscalled------ |
| A. | theprotagonist |
| B. | a foil |
| C. | aconfidant |
| D. | none ofthese. |
| Answer» A. theprotagonist | |
| 30. |
---------is someone in whom the central characterconfides |
| A. | theprotagonist |
| B. | a foil |
| C. | aconfidant |
| D. | none ofthese. |
| Answer» C. aconfidant | |
| 31. |
Character types that occur repeatedly in comedies are called------ |
| A. | stockcharacters. |
| B. | roundcharacters |
| C. | flatcharacters |
| D. | fools. |
| Answer» A. stockcharacters. | |
| 32. |
A character who serves as the mouth piece of the playwright iscalled-------- |
| A. | raisonneur |
| B. | confidant |
| C. | stockcharacter |
| D. | foil. |
| Answer» A. raisonneur | |
| 33. |
Plato was the most celebrated disciple of----- |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | aristophanes |
| D. | none of theabove |
| Answer» A. socrates | |
| 34. |
Which among the following books contains Plato’sideas? |
| A. | poetics |
| B. | thenewatlantis |
| C. | on thesublime |
| D. | republic |
| Answer» D. republic | |
| 35. |
Who is the author of“Dialogues” |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | longinus |
| D. | francisbacon |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 36. |
Art, according to ---------is twice removed fromreality |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | longinus |
| D. | francisbacon |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 37. |
Who said “the productions of art helped neither to mould character nor to promote thewell-being of thestate” |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | longinus |
| D. | francisbacon |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 38. |
Plato’s view of art is closely bound up with his theory of------ |
| A. | rasa |
| B. | ideas |
| C. | sublimity |
| D. | decorum |
| Answer» B. ideas | |
| 39. |
Who is the author of the book“Rhetoric” |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | aristophanes |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 40. |
Who is the author of the book“Poetics” |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | aristophanes |
| C. | plato |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 41. |
---------arouses the emotions of pity andfear |
| A. | tragedy |
| B. | comedy |
| C. | epic |
| D. | revengeplay |
| Answer» A. tragedy | |
| 42. |
In tragedy, the emotions of pity and fear are aroused with a view to------- |
| A. | hamartia |
| B. | anagnorisis |
| C. | catharsis |
| D. | peripetia |
| Answer» B. anagnorisis | |
| 43. |
Purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is referred toas------ |
| A. | hamartia |
| B. | anagnorisis |
| C. | catharsis |
| D. | peripetia |
| Answer» C. catharsis | |
| 44. |
The term used by Aristotle to mean tragic flaw is---- a. Hamartia b.Anagnorisis c.Catharsis d.Peripetia 50. The term used by Aristotle to mean ‘recognition’. |
| A. | hamartia |
| B. | anagnorisis |
| C. | catharsis |
| D. | peripetia. |
| Answer» A. hamartia | |
| 45. |
The term used by Aristotle to mean “reversal of situations” in a tragedy. |
| A. | hamartia |
| B. | anagnorisis |
| C. | catharsis |
| D. | peripetia |
| Answer» D. peripetia | |
| 46. |
Aristotle classified plot into simple and complex plot on the basis of ------ |
| A. | hamartia & catharsis |
| B. | anagnoris&peripetia |
| C. | sublimity & decorum |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» B. anagnoris&peripetia | |
| 47. |
The English equivalent of the term “hamartia” |
| A. | tragedy |
| B. | tragic flaw |
| C. | tragic hero |
| D. | tragic mistake |
| Answer» B. tragic flaw | |
| 48. |
Who made the distinction between simple and complex plot on the basis of Anagnorisis and Peripetia. |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | words worth |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 49. |
According to Aristotle, tragedy was born from ------ |
| A. | comedy |
| B. | satire |
| C. | the nobler actions of good men |
| D. | the mean actions of bad men. |
| Answer» C. the nobler actions of good men | |
| 50. |
The author of Illiad. |
| A. | homer |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | virgil |
| D. | dante |
| Answer» A. homer | |
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