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This set of Literary Criticism Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Literary Criticism Set 1
Q1 | Identify the state festival held every year in honour of the God Dionysus in Greece.
- great dionysia
- dionysia
- phaedrus
- athenia
Q2 | Choose the work from the choices below that is in the form of scholarly exchanges betweenPlato and his teacher Socrates.
- protogoras
- gorgias
- symposium
- dialogues
Q3 | In which work did Aristotle firmly refute Plato’s pronouncements deriding art, artists andpoetry?
- de anima
- poetics
- metaphysics
- physics
Q4 | The pivotal speaker in Republic, Socrates recalls the visit to Piraeus, the port of Athens totake part in the festivities to honour which deity?
- bendis
- apollo
- dionysus
- cupid
Q5 | Who is the young half-brother of Plato whose name means “owl” or “gleaming eyes”?
- cephalus
- aristotle
- glaucon
- thrasymachus
Q6 | Which book in the Republic ends with the Phoenician myth, which Socrates feels would serveas the effective mythical explanation for their State/
- first
- fourth
- second
- third
Q7 | Who attempts to define a philosopher and introduces the Theory of Forms?
- plato
- socrates
- aristotle
- longinus
Q8 | Which form of government is based primarily on wealth?
- timocracy
- oligarchy
- democracy
- tyranny
Q9 | The Republic concludes with Socrates’ vibrant description of the tale of which hero?
- er
- ulysses
- telemachus
- achilles
Q10 | Who mentions: “God is not the author of all things, but of good only”
- plato
- glaucon
- socrates
- adeimantus
Q11 | Whose verses does Socrates criticise because of the uneven blend of narrative, especially thespeeches of the characters in Iliad that also employ mimesis or imitation?
- hesiod
- homer
- aeschylus
- sophocles
Q12 | Which genre, according to Aristotle is divided into the epic and the dramatic according to themanner of its imitation?
- poetry
- drama
- prose
- fiction
Q13 | Which type of drama, according to Aristotle is considered a representation of characters of abase type, which means ridiculous?
- farce
- tragicomedy
- satire
- comedy
Q14 | Which chapter of Aristotle’s Poetics discusses the construction of an ideal plot, which isfundamental to tragedy?
- sixth
- seventh
- eighth
- ninth
Q15 | What is the Greek term for “resolution of complication”?
- perepeteia
- anagnorisis
- denouement
- catharsis
Q16 | Which is the entire part of a tragedy placed between the complete choric songs, in thedivisions of a tragedy when staged?
- parode
- episode
- exode
- stasimon
Q17 | Whose misfortunes should an ideal plot depict?
- hero
- antagonist
- chorus
- family
Q18 | Which unity has not been mentioned by Aristotle?
- time
- action
- place
- all these
Q19 | Whose plays are considered the primary models of artistic unity, dramatic construction andthe author’s role in the epic by Aristotle?
- aristophanes
- virgil
- sophocles
- homer
Q20 | Which kind of poetry has been ignored because Aristotle considers it more suited to musicthan poetry?
- ode
- lyric
- sonnet
- dramatic monologue
Q21 | What is the structure of Longinus’ “On the Sublime”?
- epistolary
- narrative
- discussion
- discursive
Q22 | What is the excessive use of verbal ornamentation that obstructs the natural use of languageand hence it should be avoided?
- grandiloquence
- puerility
- elaboration
- exaggeration
Q23 | How many sources of sublimity are mentioned by Longinus?
- four
- three
- five
- two
Q24 | Which figure of speech is useful in heightening expression, in the opinion of Longinus?
- hyperbation
- periphrasis
- asyndeton
- none of these
Q25 | When was the pastoral romance Arcadia was published?
- 1579
- 1576
- 1575
- 1580