WorksheetsLiterary criticism
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Plato is the disciple of…..
A. Crito
B. Heraclitus
c.Socrates
D. Democritus
In which form did Plato present his philosophy?
A. Written
B. Oral
C. Dialogue
D. Pictorial
Which among the following is Not a dialogue by Plato?
A. Ion
B. Apology
C. Symposium
D. Poetics
In which book does Plato banish the poets?
A. Ion
B. Symposium
C. Apology
D. The Republic
Who advocates an open and strict censorship of poetry?
A. Plato
B. Socrates
C. Aristotle
D. Heraclitus
To which discipline does Plato associate poetry?
A. Philosophy
B. Logic
C. Democracy
D. Art
According to Plato poetry is ….
A. Imitation of an imitation
B. Imitation of reality
C. Imitation of the world
D. Imitation of the Divine
19. Who is regarded as the most brilliant student of Plato?
A. Democritus
B. Protagoras
C. Aristotle
D. Crito
Which is Aristotle’s theoretical treatise on the nature and functions of poetry?
A. Metaphysics
B. Topics
C. Categories
D. Poetics
The two notions which form the core of Aristotle’s Poetics are….. and …..
A. Imitation and action
B. Imitation and Imagination
C. Reason and action
D. Logic and action
Where does Aristotle define tragedy?
A. Poetics
B. Metaphysics
C. Topics
D. Politics
What is the effect of tragedy on the audience?
A. Anagnorisis
B. Peripeteia
C. Hamartia
D. Katharsis
According Aristotle ….is the soul of tragedy?
A. Character
B. Plot
C. Diction
D. Spectacle
Which play is the example of complex plot According Aristotle?
A. Antigone
B. Agamemnon
C. Oedipus Rex
D. Frogs
Who is the author of On the Sublime?
A. Longinus
B. Horace
C. Plato
D. Demosthenes
Who is known as the father of English criticism?
A. Sydney
B. Dr. Johnson
C. Pope
D. Dryden
Who called John Dryden the father of English Criticism?
A. Arnold
B. Dr. Johnson
C. Coleridge
D. T S Eliot
Who is the author of An Essay on Dramatic Poesy?
A. Sydney
B. Dr. Johnson
C. Dryden
D. Addison
Maximum time frame allowed according to the unity of time is….
A. 24 hours
B. 3 hours
C. 5 Hours
D.12 Hours
The Romantic Movement was initiated by the publication of….
A. Songs of Experience
B. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
C. Songs of Innocence
D. Lyrical Ballads
Lyrical Ballads was published in the year…
A. 1800
B. 1802
C.1798
D.1799
For his poems in the Lyrical Ballads Wordsworth chose incidents and situations from….
A. Imagination
B. Common life
C. City life
D. Life of the nobility
Who defined poetry as ‘the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings’?
A. Keats
B. Byron
C. Wordsworth
D. Coleridge
Which of the following is the earliest text of Indian aesthetics?
A. Natyasastra
B. Kavyalamkara
C. Rasagangadhara
D. Kavyadarsa
Bharatamuni’sNatyasastrais first and foremost a work on ------
A. Poetics
B. Dance
C. Philosophy
D. Dramaturgy
Who said that ‘Rasa is produced by the combination of vibhavas, anubhavas and vybhicaribhavas’?
A. Bharatamuni
B. Bhamaha
C. Anandavardhana
D. Abhinavagupta
What is the Sanskrit term for realism used in the Natyasastra?
A. Natyadharmi
B. Lokadharmi
C. Karana
D. Bhava
How many rasas did Bahratamuni enlist?
A. Seven
B. ten
C. nine
D. eight
The transitory moods that depend on and reinforce the sthayins are called -------
A. vibhava
B. vyabhicaribhava
C. Anubhava
D. alambanavibhava
The signs of emotions visible on the characters are known as------
A. Vibhava
B. Anuhbava
C. Bhava
D. Vyabhicaribhava
In which form did Plato present his philosophy?
A. Written
B. Oral
C. Dialogue
D. Pictorial
