Question. Poetry according to Arnold, attaches its emotion to the
(a) theme
(b) style
(c) idea
(d) diction

Question. According to Matthew Arnold, poetry is –
(a) a criticism of life
(b) spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
(c) an escape from personality
(d) the sensuous way of expression

Question. Who, according to Arnold is the father of English poetry?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Wordsworth
(c) Chaucer
(d) Dryden

Question. According to Arnold, the scantiest and frailest of classics in English poetry is
(a) Gray
(b) Pope
(c) Burns
(d) Milton

Question. “Poetry attaches its emotion to the idea: the idea is the
(a) fact”
(b) knowledge”
(c) history”
(d) theory”

Question. Arnold states, “The strongest part of our religion is its
(a) unconscious verses”
(b) unconscious poetry”
(c) unconscious lyrics”
(d) unconscious history”

Question. Whom did Arnold regard as the high priest of prose and reason
(a) Milton
(b) Gray
(c) Dryden
(d) Pope

Question. In the study of poetry Arnold writes that we have to turn to poetry to
(a) understand life and to sustain us
(b) interpret life and to control us
(c) interpret life and to console and sustain us
(d) understand life and to strengthen us

Question. only the best poetry according to Arnold is capable of performing its ___
(a) duty
(b) job
(c) task
(d) systems

Question. according to Arnold, poetry interprets life in ____ ways.
(a) one
(b) two
(c) three
(d) four

Question. What confuses the distinctions between excellent and inferior, sound and unsound, true and untrue or only half-true in poetry?
(a) Charlatanism
(b) Philistinism
(c) Estimates
(d) High seriousness

Question. The definition of poetry as enunciated by Matthew Arnold in ‘The Study of Poetry” is
(a) A spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
(b) A criticism of life, governed by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty
(c) A just and lively image of human nature, to delight and instruct mankind
(d) An imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of certain magnitude

Question. What has the power of forming, sustaining and delighting us as nothing else can?
(a) Excellent prose
(b) Criticism
(c) The best poetry
(d) Drama

Question. According to Matthew Arnold, Chaucer is not one of the great classics because
(a) His poetry does not transcend and efface the poetry of Catholic Christendom
(b) His verse lacks liquidness and fluidity.
(c) his poetry lacks virtue of manner and movement
(d) None of the above

Question. In The Study of Poetry, Arnold puts stress on _______________ in poetry.
(a) bright humour
(b) high seriousness
(c) sensuousness
(d) want of seriousness

Question. The ‘touchstone method’ was propagated by –
(a) Matthew Arnold
(b) T.S. Eliot
(c) F.R. Leavis
(d) William Wordsworth

Question. Arnold believes that without poetry, “Science will appear
(a) complete”
(b) incomplete”
(c) immature
(d) undefined”

Question. Arnold feels the historic estimate and the personal estimate often supersedes the
(a) ideal estimate
(b) principal estimate
(c) critical estimate
(d) real estimate

Question. Arnold regards Dryden and Pope as the Classics of English __________.
(a) fiction
(b) poetry
(c) prose
(d) morals

Question. “The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming, sustaining and delighting us, as nothing else can” was said by –
(a) William Wordsworth
(b) Matthew Arnold
(c) John Dryden
(d) Alexander Pope

Question. The first great principle of criticism enunciated by Arnold is that of
(a) Disinterestedness or detachment
(b) Response to rhythm and metre
(c) Speculation and theorisation
(d) Measurement of knowledge

Question. Which poet does Arnold say lack ‘the high seriousness of the great classics’?
(a) Chaucer
(b) Dryden
(c) Pope
(d) Burns

Question. Middleton Murry had criticized the critical work of –
(a) Matthew Arnold
(b) F.R. Leavis
(c) T.S. Eliot
(d) Samuel Johnson

Question. What did Arnold say will appear incomplete if not for poetry?
(a) Religion
(b) Philosophy
(c) Science
(d) Knowledge

Question. the first great principle of criticism emancipated by Arnold is __________
(a) Disinterestedness
(b) Detachment
(c) Discernment
(d) Disaffectation

Question. Charlatanism is for confusing or obliterating the distinctions between
(a) Excellent and inferior
(b) Sound and unsound
(c) True and untrue
(d) All of the above

Question. In poetry, as a criticism of life, the spirit of our race will find its _____________
(a) Consolation
(b) Beauty
(c) Truth
(d) Sanctity

Question. Mathew Arnold said that the best poetry will be found to have a power of
(a) Informing, observing and delighting
(b) Guiding, reforming and appreciating
(c) Binding, combining and structuring
(d) Forming, sustaining and delighting

Question. The different kinds of estimations propounded by Arnold were
(a) Historical, Personal and Real
(b) Didactic, Prosaic and Autotelic
(c) Personal, Historical, Complete
(d) None of the above

Question. Arnold was of the view that Chaucer’s superiority is found in his______
(a) Diction and subject
(b) Manner and style
(c) Style and substance
(d) Form and subject

Question. Which quality is not needful for a fit prose according to Arnold?
(a) Regularity
(b) Precision
(c) Balance
(d) Exclusivity

Question. Poetry is a criticism of life under the ______ fixed for such a criticism
(a) Laws
(b) Ideals
(c) Morals.
(d) Conditions

Question. Arnold regards Dryden and Pope as the Classics of English______
(a) Prose
(b) Morals
(c) Fiction
(d) Poetry

Question. In the age of Pope and Dryden, Arnold regards _________ as a unique poet.
(a) Milton
(b) Keats
(c) Pope
(d) Gray

Question. Keats, according to Arnold, is with _________
(a) Milton
(b) Wordsworth
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Shelley

Question. What attaches its emotion to facts according to Arnold?
(a) Poetry
(b) Prose
(c) Religion
(d) Tradition

Question. How should we conceive poetry as advocated by Arnold?
(a) Worthily and Highly
(b) Highly and Mightily
(c) Worthily and Prayerful
(d) Mighty and Powerful

Question. Arnold states, “But for poetry the idea is everything, the rest is a world of illusion; of
(a) godlike illusion”
(b) human illusion”
(c) divine illusion”
(d) wonderful illusion”

Question. To Arnold, the superiority of best poetry is marked by the superior character of
(a) truth and seriousness
(b) truth and ideas
(c) seriousness and knowledge
(d) knowledge and truth

Question. Arnold defines poetry as
(a) ‘The criticism of life, governed by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty’.
(b) ‘The breath and finer spirit of all knowledge’.
(c) ‘Not an expression of emotion, but as escape from emotion’.
(d) ‘A speaking picture with its end, to teach and delight’.

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

Question. The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by _______     

Question. The historic estimate affects our judgment and language when we are dealing with ______ poets    

Question. Arnold regards Dryden and Pope as the Classics of English______     

Question. To fulfil high destinies, poetry must be of high order of _______ according to Arnol(d)    

Question. ________ is for confusing or obliterating the distinctions between excellent and inferior.     

Question. We have to turn to ____ to interpret life, and to sustain and console us, according to Arnold   

Question. According to Arnold Truth and Seriousness is inseparable from diction and __________   

Question. In the ‘Study of Poetry’ Arnold puts stress on ___________ in poetry    

Question. Arnold feels the historic estimate and the personal estimate often supersedes the ________ estimate   

Question. According to Matthew Arnold, poetry is a _____ of life    

Question. Arnold praises Burns ___________ poems     

Question. Arnold pleads for __________ method   

Question. According to Arnold, poetry interprets life in _______ ways.    

Question. To Arnold, the only true one to estimate a poet or a poem is the ______ estimate.    

Question. ________ is, according to Arnold, the father of English poetry.    

Question. Arnold defines poetry as being defined by ______ truth and beauty.    

Question. Dryden and Pope are not classics of our poetry, they are classics of our _____    

Question. The real estimate, the only true one, is liable to be superseded, if we are not watchful by two other kinds of estimate, the _______ estimate and the ______ estimate.   

Question. Arnold believes that without poetry, science will appear ______  

Question. Poetry is a criticism of life under the ______ fixed for such a criticism