Top 50+ Solved The Study Poetry - Matthew Arnold MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Arnold regards Dryden and Pope as the Classics of English __________.
a. fiction
b. poetry
c. prose
d. morals
Q. “The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming, sustaining and delightingus, as nothing else can” was said by –
a. William Wordsworth
b. Matthew Arnold
c. John Dryden
d. Alexander Pope
Q. Middleton Murry had criticized the critical work of –
a. Matthew Arnold
b. F.R. Leavis
c. T.S. Eliot
d. Samuel Johnson
Q. What attaches its emotion to facts according to Arnold?
a. Poetry
b. Prose
c. Religion
d. Tradition
Q. How should we conceive poetry as advocated by Arnold?
a. Worthily and Highly
b. Highly and Mightily
c. Worthily and Prayerful
d. Mighty and Powerful
Q. What did Arnold say will appear incomplete if not for poetry?
a. Religion
b. Philosophy
c. Science
d. Knowledge
Q. Charlatanism is for confusing or obliterating the distinctions between
a. Excellent and inferior
b. Sound and unsound
c. True and untrue
d. All of the above
Q. In poetry, as a criticism of life, the spirit of our race will find its _____________
a. Consolation
b. Beauty
c. Truth
d. Sanctity
Q. Mathew Arnold said that the best poetry will be found to have a power of
a. Informing, observing and delighting
b. Guiding, reforming and appreciating
c. Binding, combining and structuring
d. Forming, sustaining and delighting
Q. The different kinds of estimations propounded by Arnold were
a. Historical, Personal and Real
b. Didactic, Prosaic and Autotelic
c. Personal, Historical, Complete
d. None of the above
Q. Arnold was of the view that Chaucer’s superiority is found in his______
a. Diction and subject
b. Manner and style
c. Style and substance
d. Form and subject
Q. Which quality is not needful for a fit prose according to Arnold?
a. Regularity
b. Precision
c. Balance
d. Exclusivity
Q. Poetry is a criticism of life under the ______ fixed for such a criticism
a. Laws
b. Ideals
c. Morals.
d. Conditions
Q. Arnold regards Dryden and Pope as the Classics of English______
a. Prose
b. Morals
c. Fiction
d. Poetry
Q. In the age of Pope and Dryden, Arnold regards _________ as a unique poet.
a. Milton
b. Keats
c. Pope
d. Gray