Genius and Taste

What was Voltaire’s definition of genius?

• Pure originality

• Judicious imitation

• Emotional overflow

• Spontaneous creativity

What does Edward Young emphasize in his concept of genius?

• Ethical imagination

• Grandeur of generality

• Individual idiosyncrasy

• Judicious imitation

According to Babbitt, what did the neo-classical doctrine of imitations suffer from?

• Excessive originality

• Lack of imagination

• A taint of formalism

• Overemphasis on emotion

What does Dr. Spingarn claim about genius and taste?

• They are opposites.

• They are fundamentally the same.

• Genius is superior to taste.

• Taste is a subset of genius.

What was Voltaire’s critique of taste?

• It is a universal quality.

• It is an acquired skill.

• It requires special tact and intuition.

• It is unnecessary in art.

What is the primary focus of primitivist art, according to Edward Young?

• Universality

• Originality and free expression

• Ethical imagination

• Judicious imitation

What does Babbitt say about Shakespeare’s imagination?

• It is undisciplined.

• It is eccentric.

• It is ethical and disciplined to reality.

• It is purely emotional.

What is the neo-classical critic’s role, according to Babbitt?

• To sympathize with the creator’s emotions.

• To evaluate art based on universal standards.

• To promote emotional overflow.

• To eliminate all formal constraints.

How does Babbitt describe the 'empire of chimeras'?

• As a realm of disciplined imagination.

• As the primitivist’s free creative domain.

• As a neo-classical ideal.

• As a critique of originality.

What does Wilde argue in 'The Critic as Artist'?

• Criticism is subordinate to art.

• Criticism is a form of autobiography.

• Critics should adhere to universal standards.

• Critics should avoid creative expression.