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This set of Literary Criticism Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Literary Criticism Set 4

Q1 | Who considers Hard Times “a moral fable” with a definite intention that exhibits satiric ironyin the first two chapters of his book The Great Tradition?
  • thomas hardy
  • t.s.eliot
  • f.r.leavis
  • charles dickens
Q2 | Which play of Shakespeare does Northrop Frye use to explicate the inductive method ofanalysis?
  • othello
  • king lear
  • hamlet
  • macbeth
Q3 | Shakespeare’s drama reflects
  • life
  • nature
  • chaos
  • order
Q4 | The object of all criticism according to Johnson is to make the obscure and theconfused
  • clear and understood
  • focused and precise
  • unobscured
  • orderly
Q5 | Johnson tries Shakespeare by the test of
  • Coherence and cogence
  • relevance and contemporariness
  • relativity, clarity and imaginativity
  • time, Nature and Universality
Q6 | Shakespeare’s characters portrays
  • humanity
  • nature
  • art
  • truth
Q7 | Who is the 'father of English poetry', the well of English undefiled according toArnold?
  • Milton
  • Dante
  • Shakespeare
  • Chaucer
Q8 | Samuel Johnson defended Shakespeare's use of the
  • comedy
  • tragedy
  • tragi-comedy
  • none of the above
Q9 | The defect or fault in Shakespeare according to Johnson is that
  • He sacrifices virtue to convenience
  • He is so much more careful to please than to instruct
  • He seems to write without any moral purpose.
  • All of the above
Q10 | Johnson said that Shakespeare showed no regard to
  • The unity of time and place
  • The unity of action
  • Characterization
  • Poetic language
Q11 | According to Johnson what type of drama did Shakespeare write with much labour?
  • Comedy
  • Tragedy
  • Tragi-comedy
  • None of the above
Q12 | Samuel Johnson was a writer of the
  • 17th Century
  • 18th Century
  • 19th Century
  • 20th Century
Q13 | Johnson said that Shakespeare often surpassed expectation or desire when he wrote
  • Comedy
  • tragedy
  • Tragi-comedy
  • All of the above
Q14 | Samuel Johnson’s Preface to Shakespeare was published in _________.
  • 1756
  • 1770
  • 1800
  • 1765
Q15 | In Preface to Shakespeare, Johnson defended Shakespeare’s use of _________.
  • tragic-comedy
  • tragedy
  • comedy
  • None of the above
Q16 | “Shakespeare was the man, who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul” was said by –
  • Samuel Johnson
  • Matthew Arnold
  • John Dryden
  • Boyle
Q17 | Johnson is of the opinion that Shakespeare writes without moral purpose and is morecareful to please than to ___________.
  • dictate
  • instruct
  • sacrifice
  • inform
Q18 | Johnson praises Shakespeare and comments that his drama is the mirror of__________.
  • himself
  • nature
  • life
  • his family members
Q19 | The two modes of imitation according to Dr. Johnson are
  • Tragedy and comedy
  • Tragedy and tragicomedy
  • Tragicomedy and Comedy
  • None of the above
Q20 | Johnson insists that Shakespeare’s mode of composition
  • Was inconsistent
  • Lacked seriousness
  • Remained the same
  • Changed constantly
Q21 | Shakespeare’s first defect according to Johnson was that Shakespeare
  • Sacrifices virtue to convenience
  • He disregarded the distinction of time and place
  • His plots are loose
  • His declamations are cold and weak
Q22 | According to Johnson, the plays of Shakespeare were originally classified into
  • Comedies and tragedies
  • Comedies, tragedies and histories
  • Comedies, tragedies and love stories
  • None of the above
Q23 | In the violation of Unities, Johnson
  • Criticizes Shakespeare
  • Praises Shakespeare
  • Follows Shakespeare
  • Defends Shakespeare
Q24 | According to Johnson, Shakespeare presented nature
  • Faithfully
  • Artificially
  • Foolishly
  • Unrealistically
Q25 | When we read a Shakespearean play, we are not bothered by consideration of
  • Characterization
  • Dialogue
  • Time and Place
  • Humour and Pathos