Literary Criticism Set 1

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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.
Q2 | Choose the work from the choices below that is in the form of scholarly exchanges betweenPlato and his teacher Socrates.
Q3 | In which work did Aristotle firmly refute Plato’s pronouncements deriding art, artists andpoetry?
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?
Q5 | Who is the young half-brother of Plato whose name means “owl” or “gleaming eyes”?
Q6 | Which book in the Republic ends with the Phoenician myth, which Socrates feels would serveas the effective mythical explanation for their State/
Q7 | Who attempts to define a philosopher and introduces the Theory of Forms?
Q8 | Which form of government is based primarily on wealth?
Q9 | The Republic concludes with Socrates’ vibrant description of the tale of which hero?
Q10 | Who mentions: “God is not the author of all things, but of good only”
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?
Q12 | Which genre, according to Aristotle is divided into the epic and the dramatic according to themanner of its imitation?
Q13 | Which type of drama, according to Aristotle is considered a representation of characters of abase type, which means ridiculous?
Q14 | Which chapter of Aristotle’s Poetics discusses the construction of an ideal plot, which isfundamental to tragedy?
Q15 | What is the Greek term for “resolution of complication”?
Q16 | Which is the entire part of a tragedy placed between the complete choric songs, in thedivisions of a tragedy when staged?
Q17 | Whose misfortunes should an ideal plot depict?
Q18 | Which unity has not been mentioned by Aristotle?
Q19 | Whose plays are considered the primary models of artistic unity, dramatic construction andthe author’s role in the epic by Aristotle?
Q20 | Which kind of poetry has been ignored because Aristotle considers it more suited to musicthan poetry?
Q21 | What is the structure of Longinus’ “On the Sublime”?
Q22 | What is the excessive use of verbal ornamentation that obstructs the natural use of languageand hence it should be avoided?
Q23 | How many sources of sublimity are mentioned by Longinus?
Q24 | Which figure of speech is useful in heightening expression, in the opinion of Longinus?
Q25 | When was the pastoral romance Arcadia was published?
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