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This section includes 297 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in English (M.A. English) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
Claude de Levi Strauss is an-------- |
| A. | anthropologist |
| B. | economist |
| C. | environmentalist |
| D. | ethnographer |
| Answer» B. economist | |
| 52. |
What is Claude de Levi Strauss known for |
| A. | structuralism |
| B. | deconstruction |
| C. | functionalism |
| D. | existentialism |
| Answer» B. deconstruction | |
| 53. |
Who is the author of “Cours de Linguistique” |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jacques derrida |
| C. | roland barthes |
| D. | claude de levi strauss |
| Answer» B. jacques derrida | |
| 54. |
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» B. jacques derrida | |
| 55. |
Which of the following term occurs in the critical essay “Tradition andIndividual Talent”? |
| A. | cathartic |
| B. | catalyst |
| C. | cathetic |
| D. | catholic |
| Answer» C. cathetic | |
| 56. |
Which among the following statements is true with respect to Eliot’scritical 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» D. tradition can be imitated. | |
| 57. |
“Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation is directed not upon thepoet 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» E. | |
| 58. |
Which of the following essays contains the theory of depersonalization ofthe artist? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 59. |
“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» E. | |
| 60. |
“Poetry is not the expression of personality, but an escape frompersonality” 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» E. | |
| 61. |
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» D. the poem | |
| 62. |
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» E. | |
| 63. |
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» B. poet’s thoughts | |
| 64. |
Which among the following does according to Eliot, functions as acatalyst in the process of poetic creation? |
| A. | platinum shred |
| B. | the mind of the poet |
| C. | oxygen |
| D. | sulphur dioxide |
| Answer» C. oxygen | |
| 65. |
In which of the following critical essays does the analogy of the catalystoccurs? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 66. |
“The mind of the poet is the shred of the platinum” where do thesewords occur? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 67. |
“The more perfect the artist, the more completely separate in him will bethe 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» E. | |
| 68. |
“The existing monuments form an ideal order among themselves, whichis 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» D. aristotle | |
| 69. |
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» E. | |
| 70. |
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» E. | |
| 71. |
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» E. | |
| 72. |
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» C. a sense of the historical incidents | |
| 73. |
Which among the following is the manifesto of Romantic Criticism? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» B. preface to the fables | |
| 74. |
Wordsworth affixes an appendix to his Preface to the Lyrical Ballads toexpress his view on----- |
| A. | poetic diction |
| B. | poetic process |
| C. | impersonal theory of poetry |
| D. | poet |
| Answer» B. poetic process | |
| 75. |
Who said: “Poetry is the breath and the finer spirit that is in thecountenance of all science”? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. t. s. eliot | |
| 76. |
Who said: “Poetry shed no tears such as angels weep” |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. t. s. eliot | |
| 77. |
Who said: “A poet is a man speaking to men” |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. t. s. eliot | |
| 78. |
Wordsworth’s special object of “Lyrical Ballads” was to: |
| A. | choose incidents and situations from common life |
| B. | to relate and describe them in a selection of language really used by men |
| C. | treat the subject imaginatively so that ordinary things would appear unusual |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 79. |
Who is the author of “Tradition and Individual Talent”? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth coleridge |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | t. s. eliot |
| Answer» E. | |
| 80. |
Who is the author of “BiographiaLiteraria”? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 81. |
Who is the author of “The Prelude”? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 82. |
Wordsworth published the “Lyrical Ballads” in collaboration with ------- |
| A. | samuel taylor coleridge |
| B. | john keats |
| C. | p.b. shelley |
| D. | byron |
| Answer» B. john keats | |
| 83. |
“the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads” was published in the year---- |
| A. | 1978 |
| B. | 1798 |
| C. | 1789 |
| D. | 1879 |
| Answer» B. 1798 | |
| 84. |
Who is the author of “Preface to the Lyrical Ballads” |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. t. s. eliot | |
| 85. |
The word Camatkara is used in -------sense |
| A. | the special aesthetic attitude of the mind |
| B. | the aesthetic pleasure |
| C. | the bodily manifestation of such pleasure |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 86. |
Which among the following term is a substitute for “LokottaraVritti”? |
| A. | laukika |
| B. | alaukika |
| C. | udatta |
| D. | aucitya |
| Answer» C. udatta | |
| 87. |
The phrase“lokottaravritti” implies |
| A. | extraordinary |
| B. | inique |
| C. | nonpareil |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 88. |
Who is the author of the essay “The Highways of Literary Criticism inSanskrit”? |
| A. | v.raghavan |
| B. | s. kuppuswamisastri |
| C. | bharata |
| D. | anandavardhana |
| Answer» C. bharata | |
| 89. |
Who is theauthor of the essay “The Use and Abuse of Alankara”? |
| A. | v.raghavan |
| B. | s. kuppuswamisastri |
| C. | bharata |
| D. | anandavardhana |
| Answer» B. s. kuppuswamisastri | |
| 90. |
Whose name is associated with the concept of Bhavakatva andBhojakatva? |
| A. | abhinavagupta |
| B. | bharata |
| C. | sankuka |
| D. | bhattatauta |
| Answer» D. bhattatauta | |
| 91. |
Whose maxim is “KVYASYATADVANI” |
| A. | bhattatauta |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | bharata |
| D. | anandavardhana. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 92. |
------means indirect expression |
| A. | vakrokti |
| B. | dhvani |
| C. | riti |
| D. | rasa |
| Answer» B. dhvani | |
| 93. |
Who is the author of “VakroktiJivita” |
| A. | bhattatauta |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | bharata |
| D. | kuntaka |
| Answer» E. | |
| 94. |
Who is the author of “KavyaKautuka” |
| A. | bhattatauta |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | bharata |
| D. | sankuka |
| Answer» B. abhinavagupta | |
| 95. |
The dominant emotions are called------- |
| A. | anubhavas |
| B. | vibhavas |
| C. | stayibhavas |
| D. | sancharibhavas |
| Answer» D. sancharibhavas | |
| 96. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the wondrous’ |
| A. | atbhuta |
| B. | srinkara |
| C. | hasa |
| D. | soka |
| Answer» B. srinkara | |
| 97. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the fearful’ |
| A. | srinkara |
| B. | bhayanaka |
| C. | soka |
| D. | vira |
| Answer» C. soka | |
| 98. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the nauseatng’ |
| A. | bhibatsa |
| B. | srinkara |
| C. | hasa |
| D. | soka |
| Answer» B. srinkara | |
| 99. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the passionate’ |
| A. | karuna |
| B. | hasa |
| C. | soka |
| D. | vira |
| Answer» B. hasa | |
| 100. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the herioc’ |
| A. | srinkara |
| B. | hasa |
| C. | soka |
| D. | vira |
| Answer» E. | |