NEW CRITICISM-MCQs
1. New
Criticism is closely associated with which literary movement?
a) Romanticism
b) Realism
c) Modernism
d) Postmodernism
2.Which
New Critic is known for the concept of "verbal irony" and wrote
"The Verbal Icon"?
a) T.S. Eliot
b) Cleanth Brooks
c) W.K. Wimsatt
d) John Crowe Ransom
3.What
is the primary focus of New Criticism in literary analysis?
a) Author's biography
b)
Cultural and historical context
c) Textual analysis and close reading
d) Reader's response
4.Who
among the following New Critics co-authored the influential book
"Understanding Poetry"?
a) Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren
b)
T.S. Eliot and F.R. Leavis
c) W.K. Wimsatt and John Crowe Ransom
d)
Northrop Frye and Roland Barthes
5.In
New Criticism, the "heresy of paraphrase" refers to the idea that:
a)
Literary works should be paraphrased for understanding.
b)
Paraphrasing a text can enhance its meaning.
c)
Paraphrasing spoils the poem.
d)
Paraphrasing is the best way to appreciate a poem.
6.Which
term is used in New Criticism to describe a significant change or shift in
meaning?
a) Denouement
b) Epiphany
c) Climax
d) Closure
7.Which
of the following literary elements is NOT typically analyzed in New Criticism?
a) Plot structure
b) Character development
c) Symbolism
d) Authorial biography
8.New
Criticism often views a literary work as an autonomous entity, detached from
the author's personal life and intentions. This perspective is sometimes
referred to as:
a) Authorial dominance
b) Biographical analysis
c) Affective interpretation
d)
The intentional fallacy
9.
Which New Critic is known for his concept of "tension"?
a) Allen Tate
b) J C Ransom
c) T.S. Eliot
d) W.K.
Wimsatt
10.New
Criticism is primarily associated with the analysis of which literary genre?
a) Drama
b) Poetry
c) Prose fiction
d) Biography
11.’Heresey
of Paraphrase’ is the concept of
a)Eliot
b)Cleanth Brooks
c)I A Richards
d)William Empson
12.Which
is wrongly matched
a) Tension- Allen Tate
b)Structure
and Texture- Ransom
c)Ambiguity-I A Richards
d)Paradox-
Cleanth Brooks
13.How
many verbs are there in “Basic English”
a)850
b)18
c)uncountable
d)No
verbs
14. ‘The seven types of Ambiguity’ is a work by
a)Eliot
b)Cleanth Brooks
c)I A Richards
d)William Empson
15.
‘The meaning of meaning’ is a work by
a)Richards
b)Ogden
c)Richards and Ogden
d)Richards, Ogden and Jameswood
16. Eliot's quote "It was a
noble soul, as not made any more in London." is about?
a)Dryden
b)Marvel
c)Donne
d)Shakespeare
17.
“Metaphysical poets”- essay by Eliot was published in
a)1920
b)1922
c)1921
d)1923
18.“The
New Criticism (1940)” is a work by
a)J C Ransom
b)J E Spingarn
c)F R Leavis
d)Warren
19.Who
coined the term “New Criticism”
a)T S Eliot
b) Cleanth Brooks
c)Wellek
d)J E Spingarn
20.Who
said “Language of Poetry is the language of Paradox”
a)Empson
b)Brooks
c)Richards
d)Eliot
Answers:
|
1.C |
2.C |
3.C |
4.A |
5.C |
6.B |
7.D |
8.D |
9.A |
10.B |
|
11.B |
12.6 |
13.B |
14.D |
15.C |
16.B |
17.C |
18.A |
19.D |
20.B |
21.'Intentional
Fallacy' and 'Affective Fallacy' are coined by?
a) William K Wimsatt
b) Monroe C Beardsley
c) Both the above
d) None of the above
22.What is/are
the main aim/s of New Criticism?
a) Analyze text objectively
b) systemize the study of
literature
c) make more scientific
d) all the above
23.New criticism
considers text as a………...
a) Cultural construct
b)Historical Construct
c)Linguistic construct
d)autotelic
24.New Criticism
is a ............ century literary movement.
a) 19th
b) 18th
c) 17th
d)
20th
25.The four Kinds
of Meaning proposed in ‘Practical Criticism’ by I A Richards are……
a) Sense, Feeling, Tone, Intension
b)
Tone, Matter, Sense, Intention
c) Sound, Intension, Tone, Feeling
d) Sense,
Tone, Feeling, Matter
26.New criticism is
a ......... approach
a) Internal
b) External
c) both a and b
d)
None of the above
27.Error of
interpreting a text based on author's intention is ….......
a) Intentional Fallacy
b) Affective Fallacy
c) Both the above
d) None of the above
28.Who among the
following is a well-known Neo-Aristotelian critic
a)R P Blackmur
b)J C Ransom
c)R S Crane
d)Lionel
Trilling
29.Error of
evaluating a text based on its effect on reader is ..........
a) Affective fallacy
b) Intentional Fallacy
c) Both the above
d) None of the above
30.Historical
conditions, Sociological conditions, biography of author are ............
a) Internal elements
b) External elements
c) Inward elements
d) None of the above
31. Who is the
author of "Practical Criticism"(1929)?
a) F R Leavis
b) T S Eliot
c) I A Richards
d) William Empson
32.Who is called
as "The Father of New Criticism"?
a) J E Spingarn
b) T S Eliot
c) I A Richards
d)
William Empson
33.Who is the
author(s) of "The Verbal Icon"?
a) W K Wimsatt
b) Monroe C Beardsley
c) Both the above
d) None of the above
34.Which is
wrongly matched
a) Essays in Criticism-Arnold
b) An Essay
on Criticism- Pope
c) A Defence of poetry- Keats
d) The Defence
of Poesy- Sidney
35.“Studies in
the Meaning of Poetry” is subtitle of
a) Verbal Icon
b) Practical Criticism
c) The Seven types of ambiguity
d)Well Wrought Urn
36.Scrutiny is a journal by
a)F R Leavis
b)I A Richards
c)William Empson
d)T S Eliot
37.Which of the following is not belongs to ‘Fugitive Group’
a) Allen Tate
b) Brooks
c) Empson
d)
Donald Davidson
38.Which of the following is not a novelist mentioned in 8 great
novelists in F R Leavis’ The Great tradition.
a) Jane Austen
b)Joseph Conrad
c)Charles Dickens
d)Chinua
Achebe
39.Who is the author of ‘The Critical Monism of Cleanth Brooks’, which argues
strongly against Brooks' centrality of paradox?
a) R S Crane
b) Empson
c)Eliot
d)I
A Richards
40. “Studies in the
structure of poetry’ is the subtitle of
a) Verbal Icon
b) Practical Criticism
c) The Seven types of ambiguity
d)Well
Wrought Urn
Answers:
|
21.C |
22.D |
23.D |
24.D |
25.A |
26.A |
27.A |
28.C |
29.A |
30.B |
|
31.C |
32.C |
33.A |
34.C |
35.A |
36.A |
37.C |
38.D |
39.A |
40.D |
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