Literary Criticism Assignment Solution
ASSIGNMENT A
- Who were the main collaborators in the Preface to Lyricall Ballads and when was it published?
- What is the subject of thought in his Preface to the Lyricall Ballads?
- Why did Wordsworth write his Preface to the Lyricall Ballads?
- What was the principal object of Wordsworth in these poems?
- What is “the only way to imitate without loss of originality”? Why?
- According to Coleridge, what is the “primary imagination”?
- What Coleridge calls, in Chapter 13, the “secondary imagination” is the creative imagination of the artist.
- What characterizes all objects as objects, and how does the secondary imagination differ.
ASSIGNMENT B
- In what ways does “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time” by Matthew Arnold represent?
- What is the primary similarity or difference between Emerson and Arnold?
- Can you compare Pope’s An Essay on Criticism” to Matthew Arnold’s The Function of Criticism?
ASSIGNMENT C
Q1: Which is not something Aristotle says he will address in the Poetics?
the revision process for poetry
the method in which a poem is divided into parts
the different kinds of poetry
the structure necessary for a good poem
Q2: What does Aristotle mean by imitation?
mimicry of sound
representation of life
mimicry of language
representation of death
Q3: Which is not included in the definition of poetry?
essay
tragedy
comedy
music
Q4:Which is not included in poetry’s imitation?
instinct
rhythm
language
harmony
Q5:What does ‘dramitas’ mean?
drama of music
drama of language
drama of action
drama of dancing
Q6:Tragedy presents men…
worse than they are
as they are
as they ought to be
better than they are
Q7:Comedy presents men…
as they ought to be
worse than they are
as they are
better than they are
Q8: Epic presents men…
better than they are
as they ought to be
worse than they are
as they are
Q9:According to Aristotle, Homer tends to present men…
better than they are
as they ought to be
worse than they are
as they are
Q10:What is one of the reasons poetry emerged?
the instinct for dance
man’s instinct for imitation
the necessity for public entertainment
the rise of court music
Q11:Who is the first critic of Wordsworth’s poetry?
Coleridge
Arnold
Wordsworth’s
Aristotle
Q12:A ——— is affected more than others by imagining things not immediately present to his perceptions.
Investigator
Reader
Writer
Poet
Q13:How many general reasons were required guiding the composition of the lyrical ballads?
Five
Four
Three
Six
Q14:The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads is an essay, composed by William Wordsworth, was published in January———-?
1801
1802
1803
1804
Q15:William Wordsworth was an English romantic poet.
True
False
…
..
Q16:A poet is affected more than others by imagining things not immediately present to his perceptions.
True
False
…
….
Q17:The preface to Lyrical Ballads was written to explain the ——–of poetry guiding Wordsworth’s composition of the poems.
Theory
Research
Practical
None of These
Q18:The ———reason guiding his poems are Wordsworth’s goal of emphasizing the purpose of poetry as art.
Fourth
Third
First
Second
Q19:Which is a generalization or abstraction from experience or the result of a transformation of existing ideas?
A concept
Data Analysis
Online Research
None of These
Q20:Which poetic diction was mainly derived from the classical poets such as Virgil, Spenser, and Milton?
Classical
The old-classical
The classical
The neo-classical
Q21:According to Coleridge, imagination has two forms:
Primary
Secondary
Primary and Secondary
None of these
Q22:Fancy is not a creative ——–at all.
Type
Form
Power
Authority
Q23:————imagination is merely the power of receiving inspiration of the external world through the senses.
Four
Three
Five
Primary
Q24:This secondary imagination is at the ——–of all poetic activity.
Root
Stem
Leaf
Fruit
Q25:——– calls secondary imagination a magical power.
Prem Chand
William
Steward
Coleridge
Q26:The BiographiaLiteraria was ——of Coleridge’s main critical studies.
Four
Three
One
Two
Q27:The Fancy is indeed no other than a mode of Memory emancipated from the order of ——– and space.
Time
Space
Concept
Market
Q28:What he discussed in BiographiaLiteraria.
Elements of writing
Elements of reading
None of these
All of the above
Q29:Who explained this property of the “Imagination” as “ESEMPLASTIC.
Evans
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Arnold
Q30:The creative act called the ——–soul of man into activity.
Whole
Half
One third
Two third
Q31:Who tells about three kinds of estimates?
Arnold
Prem Chand
Chauncer
Dryen
Q32:How many estimates are related to poetry and its reading?
Four
Three
Five
Two
Q33:Which is fallacious estimate that deals with the poets of past?
Historic Estimate
Personal Estimate
Real Estimate
None of These
Q34:Which is also fallacious estimate that deals with the contemporary (modern) poets?
Personal Estimate
Historic Estimate
Real Estimate
None of These
Q35:Which is the only TRUE ESTIMATE which is not affected by any kind of estimate?
Personal Estimate
Historic Estimate
Real Estimate
None of These
Q36:Everything depends on the reality of a poet’s Classic character.
True
False
,,
,,
Q37:———– age is regarded as superior to that of the others for ‘sweetness of poetry’.
Elizabethan Age
Puritan Age
The age of Dryden
Age of prose
Q38:Dryden and Pope are not the famous poets of the age of Dryden.
False
True
,
,
Q39:Arnold applies Touchstone Method on various poets and finds out that poets like Shakespeare, Milton and Gray are—————.
Non Classic poets
Classic poets
Both of these
None of these
Q40:According to———–, Chaucer is genuine source of joy and strength.
Milton
Dryden
Chaucer
Arnold
