Top 150+ Solved Literary Criticism and Theory MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Plato was the most celebrated disciple of -----
a. socrates
b. aristotle
c. aristophanes
d. none of the above
Q. Which among the following books contains Plato’s ideas?
a. poetics
b. the new atlantis
c. on the sublime
d. republic
Q. Art, according to ---------is twice removed from reality
a. plato
b. aristotle
c. longinus
d. francis bacon
Q. Who said “the productions of art helped neither to mould character nor topromote the well-being of the state”
a. plato
b. aristotle
c. longinus
d. francis bacon
Q. On which of the following grounds does Plato condemn poetry?
a. poetic inspiration
b. the emotional appeal of poetry
c. its non-moral character
d. all the above
Q. Why, according to Plato, is tragedy enjoyable?
a. feelings of anger fear and grief afford pleasure when indulged in excess
b. incongruity between what a character is and what he pretends to be
c. catharsis
d. hamartia.
Q. What, according to Plato is the source of pleasure in comedy?
a. feelings of anger fear and grief afford pleasure when indulged in excess
b. incongruity between what a character is and what he pretends to be
c. catharsis
d. hamartia.
Q. Which among the following constitute Plato’s comments on Drama?
a. its appeal to baser instincts
b. effects of impersonation
c. tragic and comic pleasure
d. all the above.
Q. Plato’s view of art is closely bound up with his theory of ------
a. rasa
b. ideas
c. sublimity
d. decorum
Q. Aristotle was the most distinguished disciple of ------
a. socrates
b. aristotle
c. aristophanes
d. plato
Q. Aristotle’s ideas of poetry are expressed in--------
a. poetics
b. rhetoric
c. republic
d. rhetoric