Question 1

What is Denouement?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ending of a Tragedy
B)  The ending of Comedy
C)  The Climax in a Tragedy
D)  The Climax in a comedy B

Question 2

The term hamartia is taken from…

Accepted Answer

A)  Smithy
B)  Hunting
C)  Swimming
D)  Archery D

Question 3

What is the meaning of the term Anagnorisis as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The hero's recognition of his tragic flaw
B)  The hero's ignorance about his tragic flaw
C)  The hero's recognition of his adversary
D)  The hero's recognition of his tragic end A

Question 4

What was the name of Aristotle's school?

Accepted Answer

A)  Oxford
B)  Cambridge
C)  Lyceum
D)  Temple

Question 5

The two notions which form the core of Aristotle's Poetics are….. and …..

Accepted Answer

A)  Imitation and action
B)  Imitation and Imagination
C)  Reason and action
D)  Logic and action

Question 6

"Comparative Literature is the study of the literature beyond the confines of one particular country" - whose definition of comparative literature is this?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ulrich Weisstein
B)  H.H. Remak
C)  Rene Wellek
D)  Anna Balakian

Question 7

Who says that Coleridge is a link "between German transcendentalism and English romanticism".

Accepted Answer

A)  Arthur Symons
B)  Stephen Gosson
C)  John Lock
D)  Rene Wellek

Question 8

About whom Atkins says that "In his works, appears for the first time the conception of memesis or imitation as the essential characteristic of all art".

Accepted Answer

A)  Plato
B)  Longinus
C)  Aristotle
D)  Horace

Question 9

What is the meaning of the Term Hamartia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tragic end of the Tragedy
B)  Working of Fate againts the hero
C)  A Weak trait in the character of the Hero
D)  A strong quality in the character of the hero

Question 10

Who is known as the first scientific critic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Longinus
B)  Aristotle
C)  Horace
D)  Plato

Question 11

What is meant by "Catastrophe"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ending of a Comedy
B)  The ending of tragedy
C)  The ending of a historical play
D)  The ending of tragi-comedy

Question 12

Who argued against Plato's theory of forms for the first time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle
B)  Socrates
C)  Hegel
D)  Kant

Question 13

Who said, "A tragedy is impossible without plot, but there may be one without character"

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle
B)  Socrates
C)  Cicero
D)  Arnold

Question 14

Which classical writer expresses, "Epic poetry and tragedy, comedy also dithyrambic poetry… are all in their general conception modes of imitation"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle
B)  Plato
C)  Horace
D)  Homer

Question 15

According to Aristotle, the objects of Imitation are…

Accepted Answer

A)  Natural defects
B)  Moral values
C)  Feeling of love
D)  Men in action

Question 16

Plato equated poetry with painting and Aristotle equated it with…

Accepted Answer

A)  Drama
B)  Dance
C)  Music
D)  None

Question 17

According to Aristotle what is the source of knowledge?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mind
B)  Senses
C)  Thought
D)  Dream

Question 18

Attempt at historical reconstruction has led to a great stress on the intention of the author. Identify the author of the statement:

Accepted Answer

A)  Wellek and Warren
B)  Schlegel - Tieck
C)  Carre - Guyard
D)  Hassan - Guillen

Question 19

Some believe literature should be judged primarily on its artistic merits. What approach possess this disadvantage?

Accepted Answer

A)  Formalism/New Criticism
B)  Psychological
C)  Moral/Philosophical
D)  Historical/Biographical

Question 20

According Aristotle ….is the soul of tragedy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Character
B)  Plot
C)  Diction
D)  Spectacle

Exam 1: Theoretical Concepts in Classical Literature and Criticism