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Literary Criticism MCQs: 274 Questions & Answers in Faculty

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Literary Criticism MCQs: 274 Questions & Answers in Faculty

The function of poetry is both to instruct and delight, but for Wordsworth it is to give

Wordworth’s poet is a man speaking to

To Wordsworth, poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, emotions recollected in

For Wordsworth the function of poetry is to give

According to Dr. Johnson, authors are rated by their best when they are _____.

Tragedy was not in those times a poem of more general dignity or elevation than __.

An action which ended happily to the principal persons is a __.

The end of writing is to instruct, the end of poetry is to instruct by __.

Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind, but in one __.

This, therefore is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the __ of life.

Which of the following critics preferred Shakespeare's comedies to his tragedies?

When we read a Shakespearean play, we are not bothered by consideration of

According to Johnson, Shakespeare presented nature

In the violation of Unities, Johnson

According to Johnson, the plays of Shakespeare were originally classified into

Shakespeare’s first defect according to Johnson was that Shakespeare

Johnson insists that Shakespeare’s mode of composition

The two modes of imitation according to Dr. Johnson are

Johnson praises Shakespeare and comments that his drama is the mirror of __________.

Johnson is of the opinion that Shakespeare writes without moral purpose and is more careful to please than to ___________.

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