Q. Who attempts to define a philosopher and introduces the Theory of Forms?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
socrates
Literary Criticism MCQs and Notes
Q. Which book in the Republic ends with the Phoenician myth, which Socrates feels would serve as the effective mythical explanation for their State/
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
third
Q. Who is the young half-brother of Plato whose name means “owl” or “gleaming eyes”?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
glaucon
Q. The pivotal speaker in Republic, Socrates recalls the visit to Piraeus, the port of Athens to take part in the festivities to honour which deity?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
bendis
Q. In which work did Aristotle firmly refute Plato’s pronouncements deriding art, artists and poetry?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
poetics
Q. Choose the work from the choices below that is in the form of scholarly exchanges between Plato and his teacher Socrates.
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
dialogues
Q. Identify the state festival held every year in honour of the God Dionysus in Greece.
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
great dionysia
Q. Leavis says that his and Wellek’s approaches are different because he is a critic, and Wellek is a
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Philosopher
Q. Dr. Wellek accuses Leavis of being unfair to the poets of the ______ Age.
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Romantic
Q. Leavis asserts that words in poetry demands _____ responsiveness.
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
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