The name “Ars Poetica” (Art of Poetry) was given to Horace’s Epistle to the Pisos by____________?

A. Horace
B. Quintillion
C. Cicero
D. Virgil

A critic of Thomas Otway’s “Venice Preserv’d” wishes to know why the play’s conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author’s life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a critic ?

A. Historical
B. Feminist
C. Tory
D. Psychological

‘On Translating Homer’ is written by________________?

A. Mathew arnold
B. Walter pater
C. T. s. eliot
D. William hazlit

Who is the meaning of the term Peripeteia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy ?

A. Change in the fortune of the hero from bad to good
B. Change in the fortune of the hero from good to bad
C. Constancy in the fortune of the hero
D. Fluctuations occurring in the fortune of the hero

“It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet no more than a long gown maketh an advocate”. Whose view is this ?

A. Shakespeare’s
B. Marlowe’s
C. Spenser’s
D. Sidney’s

Jacques Derrida’s concept of différance challenges us to think about language as a system that____________?

A. Mirrors our physical evolution as human beings.
B. Prevents us from communicating through writing or speech.
C. Involves a constant process of deferred meaning.
D. All of the above answers are correct.

What does the critical term ’esemplatic’ mean ?

A. The unifying power
B. Ability to coin new word
C. Power of imagination
D. Negative capability

‘Gynocriticism’ is associated with_________________?

A. Elaine showalter
B. Ellen moors
C. Julia kristeva
D. Kate millet

Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was written by_______________?

A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
C. Southey
D. Shelly

Who is the author of the notorious book entitled The School of Abuse ?

A. Roger ascham
B. Stephen hawes
C. John skelton
D. Stephen gosson