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This set of Western Aesthetics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Western Aesthetics Set 7
Q1 | -------------------- is a positive force according to Freud.
- sexuality
- libido
- sublimate sexuality
- sublimate spirituality
Q2 | Aesthetics for Freud is a form of:
- release of ego
- wish fulfillment
- dream fulfillment
- release of super ego
Q3 | Freud stated that, ----------------------- is a way to project neurosis, pain andtrauma on to a canvas or music.
- sublimation
- expression
- daydreaming
- both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Q4 | The school of ----------------- treats beauty as an experience rather than anobjective quality of the object.
- representationalism
- idealism
- phenomenalism
- rationalism
Q5 | ------------------------- is not just any reaction but very vital and importantexperience.
- intellectual experience
- aesthetic experience
- artistic creation
- musical
Q6 | To call something beautiful or artistic is to declare that it is a source of:
- enjoyment
- spiritualistic experience
- intellectual experience
- aesthetic
Q7 | An object as aesthetically valuable always depends upon the extent of the---------------------------- of the aesthetic experience itself.
- quantitative excellence
- qualitative excellence
- empirical excellence
- spiritualistic excellence
Q8 | Indian thinkers called the aesthetic experience as:
- rasanubhuti
- sancharibhava
- rasa
- vibhava
Q9 | For -------------------- aesthetical experience is undesirable.
- kant
- hegel
- plato
- aristotle
Q10 | Who elevated aesthetic experiences to a healthy cathartic influence?
- kant
- hegel
- plato
- aristotle
Q11 | Most of the modern theories of aesthetics consider both ------------------------- asthe source of aesthetic experience.
- art and beauty
- art and music
- music and poetry
- poetry and drama
Q12 | According to modern Aesthetic thinkers main feature of aesthetic experience is:
- pleasure
- satisfaction
- disinterested pleasure
- self-realization
Q13 | The element of --------------------- makes an intrinsic value in each aestheticexperience.
- disinterested pleasure
- quantitative pleasure
- subjective pleasure
- individualistic enjoyment
Q14 | Among modern thinkers who identified aesthetic experience as disinterestedpleasure.
- hegel
- freud
- marx
- hutcheson
Q15 | Hutcheson emphasized the need of a/an ---------------- for acquiring aestheticexperience.
- common sense
- inner sense
- contemplative mind
- intuitive sense
Q16 | Kant called the object of disinterested satisfaction as:
- art
- charming
- music
- beautiful
Q17 | ‘Art is an experience in its most articulate and adequate form’. Who proposedthis view?
- kant
- hutcheson
- john dewey
- marx
Q18 | The linguistic expression of aesthetic experience is called:
- aesthetic statement
- aesthetic judgment
- aesthetic assertion
- aesthetic
Q19 | The terms such as beautiful, attractive, pretty, grand and sublime, etc. arecommonly called:
- aesthetic terms
- aesthetic words
- aesthetic symbols
- aesthetic
Q20 | --------------------- is an expression of how the thing appears to us.
- aesthetic experience
- aesthetic judgment
- aesthetic appreciation
Q21 | The terms used for expressing our appreciation are called:
- aesthetic predicates
- aesthetic terms
- aesthetic words
- aesthetic
Q22 | Which is treated as a negative aesthetic predicate?
- unique
- grotesque
- expressive
- charming
Q23 | Who emphasis the role of economic structure in the process of creation of awork of art and also appreciation of the same?
- idealists
- rationalists
- formalists
- marxists
Q24 | What is common between the moral and aesthetic judgments?
- the analytical nature
- the evaluative character
- the speculative nature
- the explanatory character