Questions 26 5
Questions 26 5
Questions 26 5
1. Who defined a work of art as the ‘sum total of all the stylistic devices employed in it”?
5. Judging the merit of a work through the intent and purpose of the author who created it is called
12. I.A. Richards’ ‘The Principals of Literary Criticism’ was published in the year
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14. Which among the following is not an American critic?
15. Who propagated the theory of the ‘poetry of synthesis’ in his critical theories?
17. Who said “English has no clear form for the Oratio Oblique?
19. Who said, “Poetry is not turning loose of emotions, but an escape from emotion”?
20. The Seven Types of Ambiguity was first published in a) 1924 b) 1930 c) 1940 d) 1941
21. According to William Empson, which is ‘the most ambiguious type that can be conceived’?
22. Being a poet, Empson was greatly influenced by a) Shakespeare b) Milton c) Donne d) Keats
23. The terms ‘ambiguity’, ‘irony’ and ‘tension’ laid the foundation for
24. According to Empson, the seventh type of ambiguity is traced in a work when ‘two words that are opposite in a
context shows a fundamental ________ in authors mind’. a) harmony b) ecstasy c) division d) peace
25. The Hopkins poem chosen for analysis of ambiguity by Empson is a a) lyric b) sonnet c) ode d) ballad
28. According to Empson what is possible at the end of every conflict or ambiguity we locate in a text?
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29. “The Windhover” is a more evident example of the use of poetry to convey ______
a) the personality of the author b) the beauty of the bird c) an indecision d) the power of Jesus
30. To whom does Empson offer his gratitude before analyzing the text of “The Windhover”?
31. The ideas are no longer thought as contradictory by the author, or if so, only from a _______ point of view.
32. According to Empson the ‘fire’ image in the poem might refer
a) the fire set by the hunters to trap the bird d) the end of the world
35. How many poems does Empson analyse in his essay The Seventh Type of Ambiguity? a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 7
36. The ‘gold-vermilion’ in the last line of the poem of Hopkins symbolizes
39. The refrain “Was ever grief like mine?” used in The Sacrifice is taken from
a) Love of Christ vs Terrors of sacrifice b) Christians vs the Jews c) Sin vs Virtue d) Both A & C
42. “Man stole the fruit, but I must climb the tree” is a line from
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a) The Windhover b) The Vine c) The sacrifice d) Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
44. How many difficulties of reading poetry does I.A.Richards list out in his Practical Criticism?
a) 10 b) 7 c) 8 d)4
45. The difficulties pointed out by Richards are related to one another like
a) the flowers are a plant b) the thorns of a plant c) the diseases of a man d) the cluster of monkeys
46. According to IA. Richards, the original difficulty of all reading is the problem of making out the
47. Richards mocking reference to the phrase ‘Open sesame’ is to attack the _________ understanding of the meaning
48. In making out the several kinds of meaning I.A. Richards refers to the game of
50. Which one of the following is not a kind of meaning Richards classifies?
51. The speaker’s attitude to the subject he is talking about is called a) intention b) feeling c) tone a) sense
52. We use words to direct our hearers’ attention upon some state of affairs. It is called
53. The exclamatory terms such ‘Hurrah’ and ‘Damn’ come under Richards classification
54. Which according to Richards is the exceptional case where no feelings enter?
55. When the speaker chooses or arranges his words considering the different audience, it is called
56. The aim and the effect the speaker is endeavoring to promote through his speech is called
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a) intention b) tone c) sense d) feeling
60. According to Richards feeling (and sometimes tone) may take charge of and operate through
61. In which type of poetry according to Richards occurs a great danger of confusion while making out the meaning?
62. The statements which appear in poetry are there for the sake of their effects upon_______not for their own sake.
64. Who said “Poetry is a spirit”? a) Richards b) Empson c) Dr. Bradley d) Dr. Mackail
65. According to Tate “good poetry is unity of all the meanings from furthest extremes of _______ and _______”
68. Allan Tate’s Tension means a simultaneity of ______ and ______ meaning
a) internal and external b) scientific and emotive c) literal and contextual d) literal and figurative
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a) Canonization b) To His Coy Mistress c) To Destiny d) Valediction
a) The Man of Letters in the Modern World b) Fearful Symmetry c) Practical Criticism
76. The nineteenth century English verse, according to Tate, is a poetry of_________
78. Which of the following poems of Donne is superior to Miss Millay’s Justice
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