Criticism and Philosophy - F.R. Leavis
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This set of Literary Criticism Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Criticism and Philosophy - F.R. Leavis
Q1 | “The business of a literary critic is to attain a peculiar completeness of response”is stated by –
- F.R. Leavis
- Middleton Murry
- Matthew Arnold
- Rene Wellek
Q2 | For Leavis, the reading demanded by poetry is of a different kind from thatdemanded by ___________.
- drama
- essay
- philosophy
- science
Q3 | Leavis boldly announced that Literary Criticism is not _____________
- Psychology
- History
- Philosophy
- Physiology
Q4 | The ideal critic according to Leavis is the __________
- Ideal poet
- Ideal reader
- Ideal philosopher
- Ideal person
Q5 | Leavis asserts that words in poetry demands________________ responsiveness.
- Total
- Absolute
- Complex
- Complete
Q6 | A critic’s constant concern is never to lose his ________________
- Completeness of possession
- Value Judgment
- Completeness of response
- Irrelevant generalizing
Q7 | Dr. Wellek’s first criticism of Leavis is that Leavis didn’t develop
- cogency
- theoretical implications
- coherence of response
- none of the above
Q8 | Dr. Wellek’s main criticism of Leavis was that
- Leavis was biased
- Leavis lacked interest in philosophy
- Leavis was not a romantic
- Leavis was ambiguous
Q9 | The difference between a poet and a philosopher according to Leavis is
- Symbolical representations
- Interests of rhythm
- Laxity of expression
- Evocative powers
Q10 | Who has written Literary Criticism and Philosophy
- T. S Eliot
- I. A Richards
- F. R Leavis
- M. H Abrams
Q11 | To F. R. Leavis, literary criticism and philosophy are
- “quite distinct and different kinds of discipline”
- “quite similar discipline”
- “quite amusing discipline”
- “quite extraordinary disciplines”
Q12 | F. R. Leavis states, “By the critic of poetry I understand the complete reader: the ideal critic is
- the ideal writer”
- the ideal composer”
- the ideal reader”
- the ideal man”
Q13 | The critic’s aim is, first, to realize as sensitively and completely as possible this orthat which claims his
- Imagination
- Attention
- Thoughts
- Enthusiasm
Q14 | The literary critic aims to make fully conscious and articulate the immediate senseof
- “value that ‘places’ the poem”
- “value that ‘situates’ the poem”
- “value that ‘modifies’ the poem”
- “value that ‘decodes’ the poem”
Q15 | Leavis states, “But it is to be note that the improvement we ask for is of the critic, the critic as critic, and to count on it would be to count on the attainment of
- A glorious task”
- A perfect balance”
- An ideal task”
- An arduous ideal”
Q16 | Leavis never proposed to consider __ as a philosophic thinker
- William Wordsworth
- William Blake
- PB Shelly
- Dr. Wellek
Q17 | Who said, “Poetry must be in serious relation to actuality, it must have a firm grasp of the actual, of the object, it must be in relation to life”?
- William Wordsworth
- Matthew Arnold
- TS Eliot
- FR Leavis
Q18 | FR Leavis said the business of the literary critic is
- To have a coherent response to commentary
- To be on guard against abstracting things
- To be on guard against generalization
- All of the above
Q19 | Leavis states that poetry is concrete and that philosophy is
- The same
- Abstract
- Disinterested
- Ephemeral
Q20 | According to Leavis, philosophic training would benefit the critic by making clearthat
- The two are vastly similar
- The two are vastly different
- Philosophy is needed to be a critic
- The two are complementary
Q21 | The reading demanded by poetry is different from that demanded by
- Philosophy
- History
- Science
- Law
Q22 | Leavis asserts that words in poetry demands _____ responsiveness.
- Disinterested
- Partial
- Complete
- Voluntary
Q23 | Dr. Wellek accuses Leavis of being unfair to the poets of the ______ Age.
- Victorian
- Neo- Classical
- Romantic
- Puritan
Q24 | Leavis says that his and Wellek’s approaches are different because he is a critic,and Wellek is a
- Realist
- Artist
- Writer
- Philosopher