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Who called Dryden the father of English Criticism?

• Sidney

• Dr. Johnson

• Ben Johnson

• Alexander Pope

When was the Essay on Dramatic Poesy published?

• 1668

• 1666

• 1688

• 1700

The writing of the Essay was occasioned by an unfavourable essay on English stage written by:

• Charles Sedley

• Joseph Addison

• Samuel Sorbier

• Samuel Johnson

Among the 4 interlocutors, Dryden goes by the character:

• Crites

• Neander

• Eugenius

• Lissideus

His comments on tragedy are mainly found in the preface to:

• Conquest of Granada

• Essay on Dramatic Poesy

• Annus Mirabilus

• Troilus and Cressyda

Crites stands for:

• Modernists

• Classicists

• Elizabethans

• Restoration poets

Who among the following preaches the superiority of French dramatists?

• Crites

• Eugenius

• Crites

• Lissideus

Which of the following is not a work by Dryden?

• Annus Mirabilus

• Absalom and Achitophel

• Conquest of Granada

• Astrophel and Stella

What's the nationality of Samuel Sorbier?

• English

• German

• French

• Spanish

Which of the following statements is not true?

• Dryden accepts the superiority of Ancients

• Dryden considers English theatre to be more vivacious

• Dryden is strict about the three Unities

• Dryden advocates tragicomedies