1.
‘Morte d’ Arthur’ is a prose romance written by :
a. Thomas Malory
b. John Dryden
c. Philip Sidney
d. Alfred Tennyson
a. Thomas Malory
b. John Dryden
c. Philip Sidney
d. Alfred Tennyson
2.
Sidney’s ‘Apologie for Poetrie’ is a reply to :
a. Four Ages of Poetry
b. The School of Abuse
c. A Model Proposal
d. Euphues
a. Four Ages of Poetry
b. The School of Abuse
c. A Model Proposal
d. Euphues
3.
‘Culture and Anarchy’ is a prose work written by :
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Ezra Pound
c. Mathew Arnold
d. I.A.Richards
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Ezra Pound
c. Mathew Arnold
d. I.A.Richards
4.
Who wrote the philosophical treatise, “An Essay
Concerning Human Understanding”?
a. Francis Bacon
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. John Locke
d. J.S.Mill
a. Francis Bacon
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. John Locke
d. J.S.Mill
5.
The theory of mimesis was introduced by :
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. Homer
d. Dryden
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. Homer
d. Dryden
6.
The term “objective correlative” was introduced
by Eliot in the essay :
a. Tradition and the Individual Talent
b. Hamlet and His Problems
c. The Function of Criticism
d. The Metaphysical Poets
a. Tradition and the Individual Talent
b. Hamlet and His Problems
c. The Function of Criticism
d. The Metaphysical Poets
7.
Who among the following is the author of ‘A Room
of One’s Own’?
a. E.M.Forster
b. Sylvia Plath
c. D.H.Lawrence
d. Virginia Woolf
a. E.M.Forster
b. Sylvia Plath
c. D.H.Lawrence
d. Virginia Woolf
8.
Who is the author of ‘Seven Types of Ambiguity’?
a. William Empson
b. Cleanth Brooks
c. T.S.Eliot
d. I.A.Richards
a. William Empson
b. Cleanth Brooks
c. T.S.Eliot
d. I.A.Richards
9.
‘Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of
the Human Sciences’ was a paper presented by ………………in 1966.
a. Saussure
b. Derrida
c. Harold Bloom
d. Roland Barthes
a. Saussure
b. Derrida
c. Harold Bloom
d. Roland Barthes
10.
“Life is like a dream”, is an example of ……….
a. Metaphor
b. Metonymy
c. Personification
d. Simile
a. Metaphor
b. Metonymy
c. Personification
d. Simile
11.
Frantz Fanon, in his book ………… written during
the Algerian struggle for Independence, the controversial introduction of which
was written by Sartre, said “Decolonization is always a violent phenomenon.”
a. Black Skin, White Masks
b. The Wretched of the Earth
c. The Colonizer and the Colonized
d. The Pillar of Salt
a. Black Skin, White Masks
b. The Wretched of the Earth
c. The Colonizer and the Colonized
d. The Pillar of Salt
12.
Who called Spenser “the poet’s poet”?
a. Charles Lamb
b. Dr. Johnson
c. Matthew Arnold
d. T.S.Eliot
a. Charles Lamb
b. Dr. Johnson
c. Matthew Arnold
d. T.S.Eliot
13.
The biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson is :
a. Izaak Walton
b. Oliver Goldsmith
c. David Garrick
d. James Boswell
a. Izaak Walton
b. Oliver Goldsmith
c. David Garrick
d. James Boswell
14.
Under what name does Dryden speak in the essay,
“Of Dramatick Poesie”?
a. Eugenius
b. Crites
c. Lisideius
d. Neander
a. Eugenius
b. Crites
c. Lisideius
d. Neander
15.
Who called Milton “the poetical son of Spenser”?
a. Charles Lamb
b. Dr. Johnson
c. Matthew Arnold
d. John Dryden
a. Charles Lamb
b. Dr. Johnson
c. Matthew Arnold
d. John Dryden
16.
‘Culture and Society’ and ‘The Long Revolution’
are works written by :
a. Stuart Hall
b. Terry Eagleton
c. Louis Althusser
d. Raymond Williams
a. Stuart Hall
b. Terry Eagleton
c. Louis Althusser
d. Raymond Williams
17.
Roland Barthes’ essay “Death of the Author” was
published in the year ……….
a. 1966
b. 1968
c. 1970
d. 1975
a. 1966
b. 1968
c. 1970
d. 1975
18.
The major feminist text ‘The Second Sex’ was
written by :
a. Kate Millett
b. Elaine Showalter
c. Simone de Beauvoir
d. Toril Moi
a. Kate Millett
b. Elaine Showalter
c. Simone de Beauvoir
d. Toril Moi
19.
‘Madness and Civilization’, ‘The Birth of the
Clinic’ and ‘The Order of Things’ are the works written by :
a. Michel Foucault
b. Jacques Derrida
c. Mikhail Bakhtin
d. Jacques Lacan
a. Michel Foucault
b. Jacques Derrida
c. Mikhail Bakhtin
d. Jacques Lacan
20.
Who of the following critics does Sidney NOT
draw upon in ‘Apologie for Poetrie’?
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. Horace
d. Longinus
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. Horace
d. Longinus
21.
Who among the following is NOT a Yale critic?
a. Geoffrey Hartman
b. Harold Bloom
c. Paul de Man
d. Barbara Johnson
a. Geoffrey Hartman
b. Harold Bloom
c. Paul de Man
d. Barbara Johnson
22.
In ‘Anatomy of Criticism’, Northrop Frye relates
tragedy to ……….
a. Spring
b. Summer
c. Autumn
d. Winter
a. Spring
b. Summer
c. Autumn
d. Winter
23.
Where do you find these lines : “True wit is
Nature to advantage dressed / What oft was thought, but never so well
expressed?”
a. MacFlecknoe
b. Essay on Man
c. Essay on Criticism
d. Vanity of Human Wishes
a. MacFlecknoe
b. Essay on Man
c. Essay on Criticism
d. Vanity of Human Wishes
24.
Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary was published in the
year ………
a. 1735
b. 1745
c. 1750
d. 1755
a. 1735
b. 1745
c. 1750
d. 1755
25.
‘Essay on Man’ is a philosophical poem in heroic
couplets by :
a. Abraham Cowley
b. John Dryden
c. Alexander Pope
d. Samuel Johnson
a. Abraham Cowley
b. John Dryden
c. Alexander Pope
d. Samuel Johnson
26.
Who is the author of ‘Writing Degree Zero’?
a. Jacques Derrida
b. Roland Barthes
c. Terry Eagleton
d. Gayatri Spivak
a. Jacques Derrida
b. Roland Barthes
c. Terry Eagleton
d. Gayatri Spivak
27.
…….. is an influential figure within the New
Left, whose work laid the foundations of Cultural Studies, and who wrote
novels, short stories and plays along with pioneering critical texts like
‘Marxism and Literature’.
a. Louis Althusser
b. Raymond Williams
c. Terry Eagleton
d. Georg Lukacs
a. Louis Althusser
b. Raymond Williams
c. Terry Eagleton
d. Georg Lukacs
28.
In ‘The World, the Text and the Critic’, ………….
Says, “Texts are in the world and hence wordly.”
a. Gayatri Spivak
b. Michel Foucault
c. Roland Barthes
d. Edward Said
a. Gayatri Spivak
b. Michel Foucault
c. Roland Barthes
d. Edward Said
29.
Who said ‘image’ is “an intellectual and
emotional complex in an instant of time”?
a. T.S.Eliot
b. F.R.Leavis
c. Ezra Pound
d. William Carlos Williams
a. T.S.Eliot
b. F.R.Leavis
c. Ezra Pound
d. William Carlos Williams
30.
The first life in Johnson’s ‘Lives of the Poets’
was that of …………..
a. John Donne
b. Abraham Cowley
c. Richard Savage
d. John Milton
a. John Donne
b. Abraham Cowley
c. Richard Savage
d. John Milton
31.
Who defined the Essay as “A loose sally of the
mind; an irregular indigested piece; not a regular and orderly composition”?
a. Charles Lamb
b. Dr. Johnson
c. Joseph Addison
d. Matthew Arnold
a. Charles Lamb
b. Dr. Johnson
c. Joseph Addison
d. Matthew Arnold
32.
The book ………… by Michel Foucault is an
anti-humanist excavation of the human sciences.
a. The Archaeology of Knowledge
b. The Birth of the Clinic
c. The History of Sexuality
d. The Order of Things
a. The Archaeology of Knowledge
b. The Birth of the Clinic
c. The History of Sexuality
d. The Order of Things
33.
Who coined the term “objective correlative”?
a. T.S.Eliot
b. John Crowe Ransom
c. Ezra Pound
d. Washington Allston
a. T.S.Eliot
b. John Crowe Ransom
c. Ezra Pound
d. Washington Allston
34.
Who introduced the phrase, “The Empire writes
back to the centre”?
a. Edward Said
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Bill Ashcroft
d. Chinua Achebe
a. Edward Said
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Bill Ashcroft
d. Chinua Achebe
35.
The work ‘Spectres of Marx’ was written by :
a. Louis Althusser
b. Terry Eagleton
c. Jacques Derrida
d. Georg Lukacs
a. Louis Althusser
b. Terry Eagleton
c. Jacques Derrida
d. Georg Lukacs
36.
The ……… school of critics pioneered Structural
Linguistics.
a. Geneva
b. Chicago
c. Prague
d. Moscow
a. Geneva
b. Chicago
c. Prague
d. Moscow
37.
Who praised Addison’s style as “the model of the
middle style”?
a. Alexander Pope
b. Jonathan Swift
c. Matthew Arnold
d. Samuel Johnson
a. Alexander Pope
b. Jonathan Swift
c. Matthew Arnold
d. Samuel Johnson
38.
Who stated that literary meaning has four
functions : sense, feeling, tone and intention?
a. Northrop Frye
b. I.A.Richards
c. F.R.Leavis
d. T.S.Eliot
a. Northrop Frye
b. I.A.Richards
c. F.R.Leavis
d. T.S.Eliot
39.
Who of the following writers did the Bloomsbury
group not include?
a. Virginia Woolf
b. Lytton Strachey
c. A.C.Bradley
d. E.M.Forster
a. Virginia Woolf
b. Lytton Strachey
c. A.C.Bradley
d. E.M.Forster
40.
Harold Fromm is associated with ………….
a. Eco criticism
b. New Historicism
c. Post-Marxism
d. Reader Response Criticism
a. Eco criticism
b. New Historicism
c. Post-Marxism
d. Reader Response Criticism
41.
The idea of the Tabula Rasa put forward by the
enlightenment thinker John Locke is central to …………….
a. Rationalism
b. Empiricism
c. Idealism
d. Realism
a. Rationalism
b. Empiricism
c. Idealism
d. Realism
42.
The seminal 1947 essay “What is Literature?” was
written by :
a. Roland Barthes
b. Samuel Beckett
c. Michel Foucault
d. Jean Paul Sartre
a. Roland Barthes
b. Samuel Beckett
c. Michel Foucault
d. Jean Paul Sartre
43.
Which of the following novels by Virginia Woolf
follows in soliloquies the lives of six persons from childhood to old age?
a. Jacob’s Room
b. The Waves
c. To the Lighthouse
d. The Voyage Out
a. Jacob’s Room
b. The Waves
c. To the Lighthouse
d. The Voyage Out
44.
In which essay has Eliot presented the famous
‘catalyst analogy’?
a. Function of Criticism
b. Hamlet and His Problems
c. Metaphysical Poets
d. Tradition and the Individual Talent
a. Function of Criticism
b. Hamlet and His Problems
c. Metaphysical Poets
d. Tradition and the Individual Talent
45.
Who is the author of the poem “In Memory of
Sigmund Freud”?
a. Stephen Spender
b. W.H.Auden
c. Christopher Isherwood
d. Louis MacNeice
a. Stephen Spender
b. W.H.Auden
c. Christopher Isherwood
d. Louis MacNeice
46.
Who propounded the imagist theory of poetry in
the essay “Imagisme”?
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Ezra Pound
c. Wyndham Lewis
d. T.E.Hulme
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Ezra Pound
c. Wyndham Lewis
d. T.E.Hulme
47.
Which translation of Aristotle’s Poetics is
considered a classic?
a. Ingram Bywater
b. Butcher
c. Yeats
d. Eliot
a. Ingram Bywater
b. Butcher
c. Yeats
d. Eliot
48.
‘Culture and Society’ is a book by :
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Matthew Arnold
c. Raymond Williams
d. Stuart Hall
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Matthew Arnold
c. Raymond Williams
d. Stuart Hall
49.
Which kind of meaning, according to I.A.Richards
predominates in poetry?
a. sense
b. feeling
c. tone
d. intention
a. sense
b. feeling
c. tone
d. intention
50.
Who of the following authors was NOT included by
F.R.Leavis in ‘The Great Tradition’?
a. George Eliot
b. Joseph Conrad
c. Thomas Hardy
d. Henry James
a. George Eliot
b. Joseph Conrad
c. Thomas Hardy
d. Henry James
51.
In which class of the society does Arnold place
himself in ‘Culture and Anarchy’?
a. barbarians
b. philistines
c. populace
d. a fourth class that is yet to emerge
a. barbarians
b. philistines
c. populace
d. a fourth class that is yet to emerge
52.
Arnold criticizes Chaucer for lacking in ………….
a. high seriousness
b. architectonics
c. verisimilitude
d. classical decorum
a. high seriousness
b. architectonics
c. verisimilitude
d. classical decorum
53.
The term ‘vehicle’ and ‘tenor’ in relation to
the metaphor were introduced by :
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Cleanth Brooks
c. I.A.Richards
d. John Searle
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Cleanth Brooks
c. I.A.Richards
d. John Searle
54.
Who of the following critiqued “Lycidas” for its
“inherent improbability”?
a. Matthew Arnold
b. P.B.Shelley
c. Samuel Johnson
d. T.S.Eliot
a. Matthew Arnold
b. P.B.Shelley
c. Samuel Johnson
d. T.S.Eliot
55.
“The language of poetry is a language of
paradox” is a line from ………….
a. Practical Criticism
b. The Well-Wrought Urn
c. The Verbal Icon
d. Principle of Literary Criticism
a. Practical Criticism
b. The Well-Wrought Urn
c. The Verbal Icon
d. Principle of Literary Criticism
56.
‘Gender Trouble : Feminism and the Subversion of
Identity’ is a book by :
a. Kate Millett
b. Toril Moi
c. Judith Butler
d. Patricia Meyer Spacks
a. Kate Millett
b. Toril Moi
c. Judith Butler
d. Patricia Meyer Spacks
57.
‘ASLE’ is an organization that works in the
field of ………..
a. Cultural Studies
b. Linguistics
c. Ecocriticism
d. Theatre
a. Cultural Studies
b. Linguistics
c. Ecocriticism
d. Theatre
58.
Of Grammatology, Writing and Difference and
Speech and Phenomena were all published in ……….
a. 1966
b. 1967
c. 1968
d. 1969
a. 1966
b. 1967
c. 1968
d. 1969
59.
Unlike the Russian Formalists, the New Critics
did not apply ……………. to an analysis of poetry.
a. semantics
b. phonotactics
c. morphology
d. linguistics
a. semantics
b. phonotactics
c. morphology
d. linguistics
60.
Which of the following English poetic movements
was influence by the Japanese verse form haiku?
a. Pre-Raphaelite
b. Symbolism
c. Imagism
d. The Movement
a. Pre-Raphaelite
b. Symbolism
c. Imagism
d. The Movement
61.
The term “difference” was first introduced by
Derrida in the book :
a. Writing and Difference
b. Speech and Phenomena
c. Of Grammatology
d. Spectres of Marx
a. Writing and Difference
b. Speech and Phenomena
c. Of Grammatology
d. Spectres of Marx
62.
Phenomenological criticism is associated with
the …………. School.
a. Geneva
b. Yale
c. Frankfurt
d. Chicago
a. Geneva
b. Yale
c. Frankfurt
d. Chicago
63.
The term ecocriticism was coined by :
a. Cheryll Glotfelty
b. Williant Rueckert
c. Annette Kolodny
d. Arne Naess
a. Cheryll Glotfelty
b. Williant Rueckert
c. Annette Kolodny
d. Arne Naess
64.
Who coined the phrase “dialectical criticism “
to denote a Marxist approach that synthesizes structuralist and
poststructuralist methodologies?
a. Macherey
b. Benjamin
c. Marcuse
d. Jameson
a. Macherey
b. Benjamin
c. Marcuse
d. Jameson
65.
……………. is the expansion of the abbreviation MLA.
a. Modern Literary Analysis
b. Modern Literature Association
c. Modern Language Association
d. Mainstream Literature Analysts
a. Modern Literary Analysis
b. Modern Literature Association
c. Modern Language Association
d. Mainstream Literature Analysts
66.
Who argues in the book ‘Civilization and Its
Discontents’ that civilizations instill feelings of discontent in their
citizens by repressing their instinctual desires?
a. Herbert Marcuse
b. Jacques Lacan
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Carl Jung
a. Herbert Marcuse
b. Jacques Lacan
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Carl Jung
67.
Deconstruction and Criticism is an anthology of
essays that brought ………. into prominence.
a. The Yale School
b. Barbara Johnson
c. Gayatri Spivak
d. poststructuralist feminists
a. The Yale School
b. Barbara Johnson
c. Gayatri Spivak
d. poststructuralist feminists
68.
In which year was the First Reform Act
introduced?
a. 1825
b. 1832
c. 1867
d. 1884
a. 1825
b. 1832
c. 1867
d. 1884
69.
‘On the Genius of Biography’ was an important
essay written by :
a. Dr.Johnson
b. Lytton Strachey
c. D.H.Lawrence
d. James Boswell
a. Dr.Johnson
b. Lytton Strachey
c. D.H.Lawrence
d. James Boswell
70.
Which of the following was NOT a kind of meaning
described by I.A.Richards?
a. sense
b. context
c. feeling
d. intention
a. sense
b. context
c. feeling
d. intention
71.
Roland Barthes introduced the terms ‘lisible’
and ‘scriptible’ in the work :
a. S/Z
b. Writing Degree Zero
c. The Pleasure of the Text
d. Mythologies
a. S/Z
b. Writing Degree Zero
c. The Pleasure of the Text
d. Mythologies
72.
The term ‘ideology’ is central to …………….’s work.
a. Foucault
b. Lacan
c. Marx
d. Althusser
a. Foucault
b. Lacan
c. Marx
d. Althusser
73.
Who coined the term “contrapunctal reading” to
describe a reading strategy that exposes elements of colonial discourse within
a text?
a. Homi Bhabha
b. Edward Said
c. Gayatri Spivak
d. Partha Chatterjee
a. Homi Bhabha
b. Edward Said
c. Gayatri Spivak
d. Partha Chatterjee
74.
Who defined the text as “a tissue of quotations
drawn from innumerable centres of culture”?
a. Roland Barthes
b. T.S.Eliot
c. Jacques Derrida
d. Jacques Lacan
a. Roland Barthes
b. T.S.Eliot
c. Jacques Derrida
d. Jacques Lacan
75.
Name the founder of the Chicago School of
criticism :
a. I.A.Richards
b. F.R.Leavis
c. William Empson
d. R.S.Crane
a. I.A.Richards
b. F.R.Leavis
c. William Empson
d. R.S.Crane
76.
…………….. was the first biographer to use Freudian
insights in his analysis.
a. Dr. Johnson
b. Lytton Strachey
c. James Boswell
d. Margaret Cavendish
a. Dr. Johnson
b. Lytton Strachey
c. James Boswell
d. Margaret Cavendish
77.
What is the major concern of Arnold’s 'Literature and Dogma’?
a. Criticism
b. Culture
c. Theology
d. Society
a. Criticism
b. Culture
c. Theology
d. Society
78.
Which Modernist writer wrote the poem
‘Coriolanus’?
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Dylan Thomas
c. Louis MacNeice
d. Stephen Spender
a. T.S.Eliot
b. Dylan Thomas
c. Louis MacNeice
d. Stephen Spender
79.
Which is the first archaeological treatise in
English?
a. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
b. Hydriotaphia
c. The Antiquary
d. Anatomy of Melancholy
a. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
b. Hydriotaphia
c. The Antiquary
d. Anatomy of Melancholy
80.
Where was T.S.Eliot’s essay “Hamlet and his
Problems”, which regards Hamlet as an artistic failure, originally published?
a. The Criterion
b. The Egoist
c. The Sacred Wood
d. TLS
a. The Criterion
b. The Egoist
c. The Sacred Wood
d. TLS
81.
Who coined the term ‘Imagism’?
a. Charles Baudelaire
b. Immanuel Kant
c. Ezra Pound
d. T.S.Eliot
a. Charles Baudelaire
b. Immanuel Kant
c. Ezra Pound
d. T.S.Eliot
82.
Which century is known as the age of circulating
libraries?
a. 16th
b. 17th
c. 18th
d. 19th
a. 16th
b. 17th
c. 18th
d. 19th
83.
The landmark publication of ‘The Interpretation
of Dreams’ was in :
a. 1900
b. 1905
c. 1910
d. 1915
a. 1900
b. 1905
c. 1910
d. 1915
84.
Marxist philosophy of history is called ………………..
a. Historiography
b. Dialectical Materialism
c. Historical materialism
d. Cultural materialism
a. Historiography
b. Dialectical Materialism
c. Historical materialism
d. Cultural materialism
85.
Ferdinand de Saussure was a professor at the
university of ………….
a. Leipzig
b. Geneva
c. Frankfurt
d. Zurich
a. Leipzig
b. Geneva
c. Frankfurt
d. Zurich
86.
Who famously said, in the book ‘Keywords’, that
“Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English
language”?
a. Theodor Adorno
b. Raymond Williams
c. Stuart Hall
d. Roland Barthes
a. Theodor Adorno
b. Raymond Williams
c. Stuart Hall
d. Roland Barthes
87.
“Cultural poetics” is a term that has been used
in the place of ………….
a. Cultural Studies
b. Cultural Industry
c. New Historicism
d. Dialectical materialism
a. Cultural Studies
b. Cultural Industry
c. New Historicism
d. Dialectical materialism
88.
Who of the following authors have NOT been
criticized by Edward Said for colonial stereotyping of the Orient?
a. Jane Austen
b. W.B.Yeats
c. Rudyard Kipling
d. Henry Fielding
a. Jane Austen
b. W.B.Yeats
c. Rudyard Kipling
d. Henry Fielding
89.
CRT is the abbreviation of …………..
a. Centre for Reception Theory
b. Council for Revisionist Thought
c. Critical Race Theory
d. Centre for Romantic Thought
a. Centre for Reception Theory
b. Council for Revisionist Thought
c. Critical Race Theory
d. Centre for Romantic Thought
90.
The term ‘elan vital’ means :
a. essence
b. ideal form
c. life force
d. divine energy”
a. essence
b. ideal form
c. life force
d. divine energy”
91.
“Critical Philosophy” is a term that describes
the work of ……………..
a. Adorno
b. Rousseau
c. Hegel
d. Kant
a. Adorno
b. Rousseau
c. Hegel
d. Kant
92.
‘Shakespeare's Judgment Equal to His Genius’
is a work by :
a. Philip Sydney
b. Coleridge
c. Samuel Johnson
d. Wordsworth
a. Philip Sydney
b. Coleridge
c. Samuel Johnson
d. Wordsworth
93.
A language is a
self-contained relational structure, the elements of which derive their
existence and their value from their distribution and oppositions in texts or
discourse. This principle is called :
a. Laryngeal theory
b. Semiotics
c. Structuralism
d. Diachrony
a. Laryngeal theory
b. Semiotics
c. Structuralism
d. Diachrony
94.
Match the following Fredric Jameson’s work with
the subject they handle :
i.
Archaeologies of the Future - (a)Modernism
ii.
Representing Capital - (b)Utopia
and Science fiction
iii.
The Poetics of Social Forms - (c)Das Kapital
iv.
The Modernist Papers - (d)General
history of aesthetic forms
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-c,(iv)-b
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
c.
(i)-b,(ii)-d,(iii)-a,(iv)-c
d.
(i)-b,(ii)-c,(iii)-d,(iv)-a
95.
Match the following :
i.
The History of Sexuality - (a)Judith Butler
ii.
Undoing Gender - (b)Jacques Derrida
iii.
Of Spirit - (c)Sigmund Freud
iv. Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality - (d)Michel Foucault
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b. (i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
c. (i)-b,(ii)-d,(iii)-a,(iv)-c
d.
(i)-b,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-d
96.
Which one of the following is Philip Sydney’s
famous work?
a. A Short Apologie of the Schoole of Abuse
b. The Defence of Poesy
c. Preface to Shakespear
d. The death of the Author
a. A Short Apologie of the Schoole of Abuse
b. The Defence of Poesy
c. Preface to Shakespear
d. The death of the Author
97.
Which one of the following is a concept of Karl
Marx?
a. the base is the whole of productive
relationships, not only a given economic element, e.g. the working class
b. the superstructure varies and develops
unevenly in society's different activities; for example, art, politics,
economics, etc
c. the base–superstructure relationship is reciprocal
d. All of them
d. All of them
98.
Who among the following is associated with
‘Theatre of the Absurd’?
a. Samuel Beckett
b. Tom Stoppard
c. Harold Pinter
d. All of them
a. Samuel Beckett
b. Tom Stoppard
c. Harold Pinter
d. All of them
99.
The term ‘New Historicism’ is coined by :
a. Edward Said
b. Michael Foucault
c. Stephen Greenblatt
d. Jacques Lacan
a. Edward Said
b. Michael Foucault
c. Stephen Greenblatt
d. Jacques Lacan
100.
Which of the following is NOT a work of
Aristotle?
a. Historia Animālium
b. Rhetoric
c. Poetics
d. Apology of Socrates
a. Historia Animālium
b. Rhetoric
c. Poetics
d. Apology of Socrates
101.
What is true about Liberal Humanism?
a. Good literature is timeless.
b. The context in which literature is created should not be considered.
c. Humans are motivated and influenced by the same things throughout history. Human nature is unchanging.
d. All of them
a. Good literature is timeless.
b. The context in which literature is created should not be considered.
c. Humans are motivated and influenced by the same things throughout history. Human nature is unchanging.
d. All of them
102.
A narrative mode or method that attempts to depict the multitudinous thoughts
and feelings which pass through the mind is called :
a. Stream of Consciousness
b. Hypodiegesis
c. Quibble
d. Paradox
a. Stream of Consciousness
b. Hypodiegesis
c. Quibble
d. Paradox
103.
Which among the following is Edward Said’s
autobiography?
a. Out of Place
b. Moments of Being
c. Holiday Memory
d. The Prime of Life
a. Out of Place
b. Moments of Being
c. Holiday Memory
d. The Prime of Life
104.
‘Common language in blank verse was more
majestic than difficult words in complex rhymes’ is a statement associated
with :
a. John Milton
b. Aristotle
c. Edmund Spenser
d. Joseph Addison
a. John Milton
b. Aristotle
c. Edmund Spenser
d. Joseph Addison
105.
Which one of William Empson’s work is often
described as a sustained attack on Christianity?
a. Faustus and the Censor
b. Milton’s God
c. Some Versions of Pastoral
d. Using Biography
a. Faustus and the Censor
b. Milton’s God
c. Some Versions of Pastoral
d. Using Biography
106.
Which among the following work, the Sanskrit
mantra, ‘ Shantih Shantih Shantih is included?
a. James Joyce’s Ulysses
b. Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse
c. T.S.Eliot’s The Wasteland
d. Ezra Pound’s The Cantos
a. James Joyce’s Ulysses
b. Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse
c. T.S.Eliot’s The Wasteland
d. Ezra Pound’s The Cantos
107.
Second-wave feminism was started in :
a. 1820s
b. 1880s
c. 1960s
d. 1990s
a. 1820s
b. 1880s
c. 1960s
d. 1990s
108.
The literary term
‘Objective Correlative’ is first presented by T.S.Eliot in his essay :
a. The Functions of Criticism
b. Hamlet and his problems
c. Culture and Anarchy
d. Tradition and Individual Talent
a. The Functions of Criticism
b. Hamlet and his problems
c. Culture and Anarchy
d. Tradition and Individual Talent
109.
Which one of the following is true?
a.
According to Richards, feedforward is the
concept of anticipating the effect of one's words by acting as our own critic.
b.
I.A. Richards and C.K. Ogden created the
semantic triangle to deliver improved understanding to how words come to mean.
c.
The semantic triangle has three parts, the
symbol or word, the referent, and the thought or reference.
d.
All of them
110.
Which one of the following is NOT a
post-modernist writer?
a. Jacques Derrida
b. D.H.Lawrence
c. Frederic Jameson
d. Jean-Francois Lyotard
a. Jacques Derrida
b. D.H.Lawrence
c. Frederic Jameson
d. Jean-Francois Lyotard
111.
Match the following :
i.
Literary Theory - (a)
managing humans in large groups
ii. Critical Theory - (b)
systematic study of the nature of literature
iii. Biopower - (c) neo-Marxist philosophy of the Frankfurt School
iv. Discourse - (d) written and spoken communications
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b. (i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
c. (i)-b,(ii)-d,(iii)-a,(iv)-c
d.
(i)-b,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-d
112.
Match the following :
(i) Letter to Thomas Butts - (a)Northrop
Frye
(ii) Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of
the Human Sciences - (b)Roland Barthes
(iii) The Structuralist Activity - (c)Jacques Derrida
(iv) Anatomy of Criticism - (d)William Blake
a. (i)-b,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-d,(ii)-c,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-b,(iii)-d,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-b,(ii)-c,(iii)-d,(iv)-a
113.
In literary Criticism, careful
sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text is called :
a. Close reading
b. Ambiguity
c. Sublimity
d. deconstruction
a. Close reading
b. Ambiguity
c. Sublimity
d. deconstruction
114.
Which one of the following is a work of Sigmund
Freud :
a. The Interpretation of Dreams
b. Studies on Hysteria
c. On Narcissism
d. All of them
a. The Interpretation of Dreams
b. Studies on Hysteria
c. On Narcissism
d. All of them
115.
Which among the following is a work of Michael
Foucault?
a. The History of Madness
b. The Birth of the Clinic
c. The Order of Things
d. All of them
a. The History of Madness
b. The Birth of the Clinic
c. The Order of Things
d. All of them
116.
‘Excellence in language’, the ‘expression of a
great spirit’, and the power to provoke ‘ecstasy’ is related to :
a. sublimity
b. creativity
c. catharsis
d. ambiguity
a. sublimity
b. creativity
c. catharsis
d. ambiguity
117.
Which among the following critics is NOT related
to ‘New Criticism’?
a. F.R.Leavis
b. I.A.Richards
c. William Empson
d. Cleanth Brooks
a. F.R.Leavis
b. I.A.Richards
c. William Empson
d. Cleanth Brooks
118.
Freud’s works ‘Totem and Taboo’ and ‘The Future
of an Illusion’ deals with :
a. Sexuality
b. Dreams
c. Religion
d. Child abuse
a. Sexuality
b. Dreams
c. Religion
d. Child abuse
119.
‘Hogarth Press’ is a publishing house associated
with who among the following?
a. Virginia Woolf
b. Mary Wollstonecraft
c. Elaine Showalter
d. Simone de Beauvoir
a. Virginia Woolf
b. Mary Wollstonecraft
c. Elaine Showalter
d. Simone de Beauvoir
120.
Which one of the following is NOT a work of
Samuel Johnson?
a. Life of Mr Richard Savage
b. London
c. Irene
d. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
a. Life of Mr Richard Savage
b. London
c. Irene
d. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
1. A
ReplyDelete2. B
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. D
15. D
16. D
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. D
21. D
22. C
23. B
24. D
25. C
26. B
27. B
28. D
29. C
30. B
31. B
32. D
33. D
34. B
35. C
36. A
37. D
38. B
39. C
40. A
41. B
42. D
43. B
44. D
45. B
46. B
47. A
48. C
49. B
50. C
51. B
52. A
53. C
54. C
55. B
56. C
57. C
58. B
59. D
60. C
61. B
62. A
63. B
64. D
65. C
66. C
67. A
68. B
69. A
70. B
71. A
72. D
73. B
74. A
75. D
76. B
77. C
78. A
79. B
80. C
81. C
82. C
83. A
84. C
85. B
86. B
87. C
88. D
89. C
90. C
91. D
92. B
93. C
94. D
95. A
96. B
97. D
98. D
99. C
100. D
101. D
102. A
103. A
104. A
105. B
106. C
107. C
108. B
109. D
110. B
111. D
112. B
113. A
114. D
115. D
116. A
117. A
118. C
119. A
120. D