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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.
| 251. |
Which category of prathibha refers to the creative ability of the poet? |
| A. | karayitri |
| B. | bhavayitri |
| C. | abida |
| D. | anumana |
| Answer» B. bhavayitri | |
| 252. |
Which tailanga scholar who was a prominent poet in the court of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, was conferred the title Panditaraja? |
| A. | jagannatha |
| B. | mahimabhatta |
| C. | kshemendra |
| D. | bhoja |
| Answer» B. mahimabhatta | |
| 253. |
Who is the Kashmiri scholar whose Vakroktijivita is famous for the discussion of vakrata (indirection or obliqueness) in expression in poetry? |
| A. | anandavardhana |
| B. | rajashekhara |
| C. | abhinavagupta |
| D. | kuntaka |
| Answer» E. | |
| 254. |
Which is the earliest systematic work on Indian dramaturgy? |
| A. | kavyalankara |
| B. | natyashastra |
| C. | kavyadarsha |
| D. | nirupana |
| Answer» C. kavyadarsha | |
| 255. |
Which critic gave great importance to the gunas and doshas (merits and defects) in poetry? |
| A. | kalidasa |
| B. | anandavardhana |
| C. | dandin |
| D. | rajashekhara |
| Answer» D. rajashekhara | |
| 256. |
Who is the most authoritative exponent of Pratyabhijna philosophy that is centered on Kashmiri Shaivism? |
| A. | abhinavagupta |
| B. | anandavardhana |
| C. | kshemendra |
| D. | bhoja |
| Answer» B. anandavardhana | |
| 257. |
Who critiqued the sphota doctrine of the grammarians and the Buddhist linguistic doctrine of apoha? |
| A. | dandin |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | udbhata |
| D. | bhamaha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 258. |
What is referred as the proper knowledge of language that helps to satisfy desires? |
| A. | rasa |
| B. | natyashastra |
| C. | kamadhenu |
| D. | dhwani |
| Answer» D. dhwani | |
| 259. |
What is referred as the analysis of the figurative elements such as images, similes, metaphors, symbols, and myth that unify a work? |
| A. | contrapuntal reading |
| B. | imagery |
| C. | close reading |
| D. | fallacy |
| Answer» D. fallacy | |
| 260. |
Who wrote the essay “The Critical Monism of Cleanth Brooks� |
| A. | r.s.crane |
| B. | elder olson |
| C. | robert penn warren |
| D. | richard mckeon |
| Answer» B. elder olson | |
| 261. |
Which critic published his classroom lectures and his ideas along with the dictums of the other critics regularly in Scrutiny? |
| A. | raman selden |
| B. | f.r.leavis |
| C. | henry james |
| D. | joseph conrad |
| Answer» C. henry james | |
| 262. |
Under which method of analysis, does the critic proceed to ascertain the meaning of a work from the general truth to the particular one? |
| A. | deductive |
| B. | inductive |
| C. | formalist |
| D. | archetypal |
| Answer» B. inductive | |
| 263. |
Locate T.S. Eliot’s full length book of essays on poetry and criticism. |
| A. | the sacred wood: essays on poetry and criticism |
| B. | the egoist |
| C. | tradition and the individual talent |
| D. | the art of t.s.eliot |
| Answer» B. the egoist | |
| 264. |
Which critic is of the opinion that though Charles Dickens possesses the vitality and vision of art as Conrad does, he cannot be included “in the line of great novelists� |
| A. | george santayana |
| B. | t.s.eliot |
| C. | d.h. lawrence |
| D. | f.r.leavis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 265. |
Identify the author of The Well-Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry (1947)/ |
| A. | william k. wimsatt |
| B. | cleanth brooks |
| C. | joel e.spingarn |
| D. | yvor winters |
| Answer» C. joel e.spingarn | |
| 266. |
Who among the following is recognised one of “the great English novelists� |
| A. | charlotte bronte |
| B. | emily bronte |
| C. | jane austen |
| D. | henry fielding |
| Answer» D. henry fielding | |
| 267. |
Whose first book of poems Prufrock and Other Observations was published in 1917? |
| A. | robert browning |
| B. | t.s.eliot |
| C. | alfred tennyson |
| D. | john keats |
| Answer» C. alfred tennyson | |
| 268. |
Who is the author of Defence of Poetry? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | keats |
| C. | shelley |
| D. | mathew arnold |
| Answer» D. mathew arnold | |
| 269. |
Who mentions: “Every great poet is a teacher; I wish either to be considered as a teacher or as a nothingâ€. |
| A. | william wordsworth |
| B. | lord byron |
| C. | edmund spenser |
| D. | robert herrick |
| Answer» B. lord byron | |
| 270. |
Which edition of the Preface is considered important because of the explanation of the nature and characteristics of the poet, and his superiority over the man of science? |
| A. | 1802 |
| B. | 1800 |
| C. | 1815 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. 1800 | |
| 271. |
Who mentions “as is painting so is poetry� |
| A. | virgil |
| B. | homer |
| C. | dante |
| D. | horace |
| Answer» E. | |
| 272. |
What does the word vates mean? |
| A. | building |
| B. | a seer |
| C. | coward |
| D. | disciple |
| Answer» C. coward | |
| 273. |
When was the pastoral romance Arcadia was published? |
| A. | 1579 |
| B. | 1576 |
| C. | 1575 |
| D. | 1580 |
| Answer» B. 1576 | |
| 274. |
Which figure of speech is useful in heightening expression, in the opinion of Longinus? |
| A. | hyperbation |
| B. | periphrasis |
| C. | asyndeton |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 275. |
What is the excessive use of verbal ornamentation that obstructs the natural use of language and hence it should be avoided? |
| A. | grandiloquence |
| B. | puerility |
| C. | elaboration |
| D. | exaggeration |
| Answer» B. puerility | |
| 276. |
How many sources of sublimity are mentioned by Longinus? |
| A. | four |
| B. | three |
| C. | five |
| D. | two |
| Answer» D. two | |
| 277. |
What is the structure of Longinus’ “On the Sublime� |
| A. | epistolary |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | discussion |
| D. | discursive |
| Answer» B. narrative | |
| 278. |
Which kind of poetry has been ignored because Aristotle considers it more suited to music than poetry? |
| A. | ode |
| B. | lyric |
| C. | sonnet |
| D. | dramatic monologue |
| Answer» C. sonnet | |
| 279. |
Whose plays are considered the primary models of artistic unity, dramatic construction and the author’s role in the epic by Aristotle? |
| A. | aristophanes |
| B. | virgil |
| C. | sophocles |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 280. |
Which unity has not been mentioned by Aristotle? |
| A. | time |
| B. | action |
| C. | place |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 281. |
Whose misfortunes should an ideal plot depict? |
| A. | hero |
| B. | antagonist |
| C. | chorus |
| D. | family |
| Answer» B. antagonist | |
| 282. |
Which is the entire part of a tragedy placed between the complete choric songs, in the divisions of a tragedy when staged? |
| A. | parode |
| B. | episode |
| C. | exode |
| D. | stasimon |
| Answer» C. exode | |
| 283. |
Which chapter of Aristotle’s Poetics discusses the construction of an ideal plot, which is fundamental to tragedy? |
| A. | sixth |
| B. | seventh |
| C. | eighth |
| D. | ninth |
| Answer» C. eighth | |
| 284. |
What is the Greek term for “resolution of complication� |
| A. | perepeteia |
| B. | anagnorisis |
| C. | denouement |
| D. | catharsis |
| Answer» D. catharsis | |
| 285. |
Which genre, according to Aristotle is divided into the epic and the dramatic according to the manner of its imitation? |
| A. | poetry |
| B. | drama |
| C. | prose |
| D. | fiction |
| Answer» B. drama | |
| 286. |
Which type of drama, according to Aristotle is considered a representation of characters of a base type, which means ridiculous? |
| A. | farce |
| B. | tragicomedy |
| C. | satire |
| D. | comedy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 287. |
Whose verses does Socrates criticise because of the uneven blend of narrative, especially the speeches of the characters in Iliad that also employ mimesis or imitation? |
| A. | hesiod |
| B. | homer |
| C. | aeschylus |
| D. | sophocles |
| Answer» C. aeschylus | |
| 288. |
Who mentions: “God is not the author of all things, but of good only†|
| A. | plato |
| B. | glaucon |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | adeimantus |
| Answer» D. adeimantus | |
| 289. |
The Republic concludes with Socrates’ vibrant description of the tale of which hero? |
| A. | er |
| B. | ulysses |
| C. | telemachus |
| D. | achilles |
| Answer» B. ulysses | |
| 290. |
Which form of government is based primarily on wealth? |
| A. | timocracy |
| B. | oligarchy |
| C. | democracy |
| D. | tyranny |
| Answer» C. democracy | |
| 291. |
Who attempts to define a philosopher and introduces the Theory of Forms? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | longinus |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 292. |
Which book in the Republic ends with the Phoenician myth, which Socrates feels would serve as the effective mythical explanation for their State/ |
| A. | first |
| B. | fourth |
| C. | second |
| D. | third |
| Answer» E. | |
| 293. |
The pivotal speaker in Republic, Socrates recalls the visit to Piraeus, the port of Athens to take part in the festivities to honour which deity? |
| A. | bendis |
| B. | apollo |
| C. | dionysus |
| D. | cupid |
| Answer» B. apollo | |
| 294. |
Who is the young half-brother of Plato whose name means “owl†or “gleaming eyes� |
| A. | cephalus |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | glaucon |
| D. | thrasymachus |
| Answer» D. thrasymachus | |
| 295. |
Choose the work from the choices below that is in the form of scholarly exchanges between Plato and his teacher Socrates. |
| A. | protogoras |
| B. | gorgias |
| C. | symposium |
| D. | dialogues |
| Answer» E. | |
| 296. |
Identify the state festival held every year in honour of the God Dionysus in Greece. |
| A. | great dionysia |
| B. | dionysia |
| C. | phaedrus |
| D. | athenia |
| Answer» B. dionysia | |
| 297. |
In which work did Aristotle firmly refute Plato’s pronouncements deriding art, artists and poetry? |
| A. | de anima |
| B. | poetics |
| C. | metaphysics |
| D. | physics |
| Answer» C. metaphysics | |