Which of the following is a critical work of Ben Jonson ?

Related Mcqs:

1. What does Ben Jonson mean by a ‘Humorous Character’ ?

   A. A character who is always cheerful and gay
   B. A character who is by nature melancholy
   C. A character whose temper is determined by the predominance of one out of the four fluids in the human body
   D. An eccentric person

2. Which was not among the \new\genres promoted by poets such as Jonson, Donne, and Herbert ?

   A. the Petrarchan sonnet
   B. the classical satire
   C. the country-house poem
   D. the epigram

3. Jonson was also an important innovator in the specialized literary sub-genre of the….., which went through an intense development in the Jacobean era ?

   A. William Shakespeare
   B. Ben Jonson
   C. Masque
   D. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

4. Browning’s famous poem ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’ is included in ?

   A. Dramatis Personae
   B. Dramatic Idyls
   C. Asolando
   D. Red Cotton Night-Cap Country

5. The first play of Ben Johnson is ____________?

   A. Every Man in His Humour
   B. Cynthia Revels
   C. The Alchemist
   D. Epicene or The Silent Woman

   Submitted by: Shabana

6. Aristotle’s critical work is entitled_______________?

   A. Ars Poetica
   B. Poetics
   C. De Arte Poetica
   D. Art Poetique

7. What approach is described by the paragraph? Users of this approach believe that all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself; there is no need to bring in outside information about the history, politics, or society of the time, or about the author’s life ?

   A. Historical/Biographical Approach
   B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach
   C. Formalism
   D. Psychological Approach

8. Everyday before the Fall Adam and Eve went out to work. What did their work consist of ?

   A. Hunting and gathering food
   B. Tending to the Garden of Eden
   C. Building shelter to live in
   D. Naming all God’s creatures and plants

9. What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene ?

   A. pastoral work
   B. religious work
   C. allegorical work
   D. natural work

10. Which of the following serves as the best definition of the literary critical practice of formalism ?

    A. Formalism focuses on examining how a text exemplifies its writer’s psychology.
    B. Formalism focuses on examining the structural dynamics of poems.
    C. Formalism focuses on examining the use of literary devices within a literary text.
    D. Formalism focuses on examining the historical contexts and backgrounds of literary texts.