Sidney describes poetry as being superior to philosophy and history because:

Sidney uses the term “golden world” to describe:

According to Sidney, the highest kind of poet is:

In the Book of Job, which figure’s speeches are not answered directly by God in the final chapters?

The prologue and epilogue of the Book of Job are written in:

Ravi’s migration from his village to the city reflects which post-independence Indian literary theme in handful of rice?

Which female character represents the endurance of traditional values amidst poverty in handful of rice ?

Kamala Markandaya’s A Handful of Rice is often compared with which of her other novels for its treatment of hunger and survival?

In which year was Every Man in His Humour first performed?

The first recorded performance of Every Man in His Humour was staged by:

The “humours” in the play’s title refers to:

Every Man in His Humour is often cited as a prime example of:

Which Renaissance humanist principle is subtly present in Jonson’s use of “humours”?

The play is based on the technique of:

Leela Benare’s character in silence the court is in session is partly inspired by:

In the climax, Benare’s silent endurance functions as:

Bacon opens Of Truth by referring to which ancient philosopher’s skeptical questioning?

Bacon describes truth as the “naked and open daylight” and falsehood as:

In Bacon’s view, truth is valuable not only for its moral worth but also because:

In Of Truth, Bacon identifies the “love of lies” as rooted in:

Bacon identifies three principal fruits of friendship. The first fruit is:

Which classical statesman does Bacon mention as an example of someone relying heavily on the counsel of friends?

Bacon compares prosperity and adversity to:

Bacon compares prosperity and adversity to:

In Of Ambition, Bacon describes ambitious men as:

Which political figure’s name appears in “An Introduction” as part of the poet’s awareness of the outside world?

Kamala Das’s declaration “I am the sinner, I am the saint” reflects:

In An Introduction, The speaker first lists the names of politicians “like days of week” beginning with whom?

In An Introduction, “I speak three languages, write in two, dream in one.” In sequence, which capability is explicitly tied to one?

In An Introduction, Which clothing image marks her refusal of “womanliness” before the chorus orders “Dress in sarees”?

In An Introduction, The censure “Don’t write in English” comes from which cluster the poet names in a single breath?

In An Introduction, Which name is urged on her as a “role” alongside “Amy” and “Kamala”?

In An Introduction, Her metaphor for English—“It is as human as I am human”—is immediately justified by likening speech to which animal sounds?

In An Introduction, The love-hunger episode specifies the youth’s age as:

In An Introduction, Which paired self-definitions close the confession just before “I too call myself I”?

The poem "An Introduction" first geographic self-marker is:

In An Introduction, Which prohibition is listed among the “categorizers’” orders after clothes and roles?

Approximate composition of "Apology for Poetry" and first publication years are:

Sidney’s famous definition of poesy as a “speaking picture” presents its end as:

Which anti-poetry tract by Stephen Gosson helped provoke Sidney’s response?

Sidney’s ranking of the poet among disciplines—“our poet the monarch”—argues chiefly that poets:

The three general kinds Sidney names are usually summarized as:

Which list matches Sidney’s sub-kinds of the “right” poet most closely?

Sidney’s least-liar defense rests on which claim?

In Apology for Poetry, Complete the rhetorical pairing poetry vs.: “combining the liveliness of history with the ethical focus of ___.”

Sidney treats verse as:

Sidney’s preferred oration structure imitates:

“What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer.” This sentence opens which essay?

“Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability” pairs “ornament” with which activity?

“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man” culminates in:

“Crafty men condemn studies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them.” What vice does Bacon link to too much time in studies?

Finish: “For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no…”

“Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New”—Bacon immediately couples temperance with prosperity and ___ with adversity.

The essay "Of Truth" contrasts “mixture of a lie” with what sensory metaphor for truth?

Which medical image matches Bacon’s counsel that “histories make men wise; poets, witty…; bowling is good for the stone”?

The essay "Of Friendship" cites the adage “Magna civitas, magna solitudo.” Its context is:

The Old Testament/New Testament contrast is reinforced by which biblical pair?

Original Marathi title and first staging year of " Silence! The Court is in session"

Standard English translator credited on OUP edition of " Silence! The Court is in session"

In the mock trial of "Silence! The Court is in session", who plays the judge?

Which absent intellectual is implicated in Benare’s pregnancy?

In Silence! The Court is in session The group’s factotum/ward who ferries luggage and errands is:

The charge framed against Benare during rehearsal escalates to IPC 302 (murder/infanticide) in some stagings; which character gleefully legalizes the cruelty?

In Silence! The Court is in session The very first stage picture in Act One is an empty:

In Silence! The Court is in session Which outsider is co-opted as witness and straight-man for the troupe’s malice?

In Silence! The Court is in session The play’s structure pastiches which legal genre inside theatre?

Which recognition came early in its reception history for " Silence! The Court is in session"?

In A Handful of Rice Ravi marries:

In A Handful of Rice Apu’s trade when Ravi first attaches himself to the household is:

In A Handful of Rice The old tailor’s wife is:

In A Handful of Rice Which industrial shift threatens Apu’s artisanal work?

In A Handful of Rice Ravi’s temptations toward the underworld appear via:

In A Handful of Rice The emblematic final crowd movement toward a godown centers upon:

In A Handful of Rice Apu’s daughter other than Nalini is:

In A Handful of Rice Which smith admonishes Ravi at the godown—“The rice is for all…this way is wrong”?

In A Handful of Rice City predominantly depicted (1960s, south-Indian urban poverty):

In A Handful of Rice The novel’s core symbol that compresses hunger, dignity, and survival is:

Every Man in His Humour First performance and company/site:

Every Man in His Humour The 1598 Quarto set the action in Florence, but Jonson’s 1616 Folio reset it to:

Every Man in His Humour, The Folio’s original cast list includes:

In Every Man in His Humour The braggart “Paul’s man” is:

In Every Man in His Humour The jealous merchant whose subplot Garrick later amplified is:

In Every Man in His Humour The clever servant who outmaneuvers his betters is:

In Every Man in His Humour The water-bearer and his wife are:

In Every Man in His Humour The magisterial arbiter in the concluding scene is:

In Every Man in His Humour Jonson’s Folio prologue famously promises “deeds, and language, such as men do use” rather than:

In Every Man in His Humour The Stationers’ Register entries date the play’s publication steps to:

In Coolie Munoo’s first employer in Shamnagar is:

In Coolie The kindly pickle/chutney-factory owner at Daulatpur is:

In Coolie Prabha’s ruin is hastened by his partner:

In Coolie, who exploits new arrivals through “commissions” and rack-rents in Bombay?

The Anglo-Indian lady Munoo serves in Simla is:

Munoo finally dies of:

The Rai Bahadur who bullies Prabha is:

The loyal head worker in Prabha’s factory is:

The union-linked wrestler who briefly protects coolies in Bombay is:

Munoo’s age at the start is typically given as:

In Book of Job, Opening locale:

In Book of Job The prose frame (prologue/epilogue) encloses chiefly:

Job’s original listed livestock includes “seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred…”

In Book of Job,The first three friends are:

In Book of Job, The younger speaker who enters in chs. 32–37 is:

In Book of Job God’s theophany “out of the whirlwind” spans roughly:

In Book of Job, Two mythical creatures interrogated by God are:

After restoration, Job’s daughters are named:

Job’s post-trial lifespan given in the epilogue is:

In Book of Job, The heavenly dialogues with “the Satan” occur in: