Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - William WordsWorth Set 2
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This set of Literary Criticism Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - William WordsWorth Set 2
Q1 | Wordsworth feels that Poetry is the image of
- human beings and nature
- men and women
- God and human
- man and nature
Q2 | The language of every good poem can in no respect differ from that of good __.
- Drama
- Prose
- Novel
- Tragi- comedy
Q3 | Wordsworth said the poet should use the __ for removing what would otherwise bepainful or disgusting in the passion.
- Principal of selection
- Metrical composition
- Personification of abstract ideas
- Real language of men
Q4 | Who said that poetry is the most philosophic of all writing?
- William Wordsworth
- William Shakespeare
- Aristotle
- Matthew Arnold
Q5 | In what ways is Lyrical Ballads different from much of the poetry that was popular when it was published?
- It calls for even more strict and rigid poetic forms
- It features poems that focus on nature and rural communities
- It contains poems that are more complicated and academic in tone.
- It sought to stimulate the reader’s reasoning mind.
Q6 | According to Wordsworth, poetic diction has
- Rules
- No rules
- Rustic language
- Simple language
Q7 | According to Wordsworth, prose and poetry differs by
- Style
- Emotion
- Preface
- Metre
Q8 | only the best poetry according to Arnold is capable of performing its ___
- duty
- job
- task
- systems
Q9 | according to Arnold, poetry interprets life in ____ ways.
- one
- two
- three
- four
Q10 | the first great principle of criticism emancipated by Arnold is __________
- Disinterestedness
- Detachment
- Discernment
- Disaffectation
Q11 | Poetry according to Arnold, attaches its emotion to the
- theme
- style
- idea
- diction
Q12 | According to Arnold, the scantiest and frailest of classics in English poetry is
- Gray
- Pope
- Burns
- Milton
Q13 | Whom did Arnold regard as the high priest of prose and reason
- Milton
- Gray
- Dryden
- Pope
Q14 | In the study of poetry Arnold writes that we have to turn to poetry to
- understand life and to sustain us
- interpret life and to control us
- interpret life and to console and sustain us
- understand life and to strengthen us
Q15 | What confuses the distinctions between excellent and inferior, sound and unsound, true and untrue or only half-true in poetry?
- Charlatanism
- Philistinism
- Estimates
- High seriousness
Q16 | The definition of poetry as enunciated by Matthew Arnold in 'The Study of Poetry" is
- A spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
- A criticism of life, governed by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty
- A just and lively image of human nature, to delight and instruct mankind
- An imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of certain magnitude
Q17 | What has the power of forming, sustaining and delighting us as nothing else can?
- Excellent prose
- Criticism
- The best poetry
- Drama
Q18 | According to Matthew Arnold, Chaucer is not one of the great classics because
- His poetry does not transcend and efface the poetry of Catholic Christendom
- His verse lacks liquidness and fluidity.
- his poetry lacks virtue of manner and movement
- None of the above
Q19 | According to Matthew Arnold, poetry is –
- a criticism of life
- spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
- an escape from personality
- the sensuous way of expression
Q20 | Who, according to Arnold is the father of English poetry?
- Shakespeare
- Wordsworth
- Chaucer
- Dryden
Q21 | In The Study of Poetry, Arnold puts stress on _______________ in poetry.
- bright humour
- high seriousness
- sensuousness
- want of seriousness
Q22 | The ‘touchstone method’ was propagated by –
- Matthew Arnold
- T.S. Eliot
- F.R. Leavis
- William Wordsworth
Q23 | Arnold regards Dryden and Pope as the Classics of English __________.
- fiction
- poetry
- prose
- morals
Q24 | “The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming, sustaining and delightingus, as nothing else can” was said by –
- William Wordsworth
- Matthew Arnold
- John Dryden
- Alexander Pope
Q25 | Middleton Murry had criticized the critical work of –
- Matthew Arnold
- F.R. Leavis
- T.S. Eliot
- Samuel Johnson