Literary Criticism Set 3
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This set of Literary Criticism Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Literary Criticism Set 3
Q1 | Which theory in Indian aesthetics theory connotes indirect or suggestive expression?
- alamkara
- dhwani
- kavya
- aswad
Q2 | Who was the first dramatist to recognise the importance of rasa in aesthetics?
- kalidasa
- jagannatha
- bharatamuni
- purandaradasa
Q3 | Which term in Indian aesthetics refers to the objective conditions or reasons for producing orexciting an emotion, which is also the main stimulating cause or the object of the emotion?
- bhava
- samyoga
- anubhava
- vibhava
Q4 | Who pointed out the major drawbacks in Bhattalolatta’s theory in relation to vibhava and rasa?
- mammata
- shankuka
- kalidasa
- bharata
Q5 | Identify the theory by Bhattanayaka that projects the experiential aspect related to emotions,which is also known as the enjoyment theory?
- rasa
- bhuthivada
- anumitivada
- pracya nyaya
Q6 | Which term in Indian aesthetics refers to the process of Generalisation?
- bhavakatva
- tamas
- sattva
- sadharanikarana
Q7 | Which aspect helps the sahrdaya or the aesthetically sensible person to see the characterspresented in a literary work in a generalised manner?
- denotation
- imagination
- inference
- connotation
Q8 | Who among the following validates how the poetic language triggers the aesthetic processthrough its suggestiveness?
- mammata
- bhattanayaka
- anandavardhana
- abhinavagupta
Q9 | Which term is used by Abhinavagupta to denote “relating”, “narrating” or “describing” emotiveconditions.
- bhavanukirtanam
- anumana
- bhavaktwa
- bhojakatwa
Q10 | Which word is used to denote not only the special aesthetic pleasure and the outwardmanifestation of artistic experience but also the mental faculty which makes aesthetic experience possible.
- rasavaga
- alaukika
- chamatkara
- charvana
Q11 | Which term used by Bharata means a spectator?
- rupaka
- prekshaka
- sahrudaya
- bhavana
Q12 | Which term refers to any hindrance to aesthetic relish, the impediment that could be effectedby poetry, the actor, or the reader.
- rasa
- bhayanaka
- rasavighna
- hasya
Q13 | What is the literal meaning of the word dhwani?
- sound
- explosion
- phonetics
- phonology
Q14 | What is the source of dhwani theory?
- sphota theory
- theory of rasa
- rasadhwani
- lochana
Q15 | Which Indian grammarian discussed the concept of dhwani in a systematic manner?
- mammata
- shankuka
- patanjali
- none of these
Q16 | Who opposed the theory of dhwani on the ground there was no meaning in inventing a new power for words since dhwani was subordinate to anumana?
- bhattanayaka
- mahimabhatta
- jagannatha
- abhinavagupta
Q17 | What is the term used to refer to pictorial poetry?
- chitrakavya
- chitra
- shloka
- kavya
Q18 | Which word refers to the primary power of signification existing in words that is capable ofproviding the literal or lexical meaning?
- lochana
- anugraha
- abida
- pada
Q19 | Which term by Kuntaka is used to include dhwani as a mode of varkroti ?
- upacharavakrata
- vakrata
- nirupana
- lakshana
Q20 | Which is the variety of dhwani accepted by Kuntaka that includes the employment of words ofdouble meaning
- artha
- shabda
- shabdashaktimoola
- rupa
Q21 | In the opinion of Aristotle, whose plays are the primary models of artistic unity, dramaticconstruction?
- homer
- virgil
- sophocles
- dante
Q22 | What is considered superior to the epic since it contains all the elements that give pleasurealong with music and spectacle?
- comedy
- tragedy
- tragicomedy
- none of these
Q23 | To whom does Longinus write “On the Sublime”, which is in the form of letters?
- aristotle
- cecilius
- postumius terentianus
- plato
Q24 | Who is the author of The Art of Rhetoric (1553) that could be regarded the first moderntreatise on English composition?
- thomas wilson
- thomas hardy
- f.r.leavis
- t.s.eliot
Q25 | According to Sir Philip Sidney, which kind of poetry evokes pity because it deals with theweakness of mankind and the desolation of the world.
- lyric
- elegiac poetry
- tragedy
- dramatic monologue