The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated in the sense of rhythm innate in man ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds _______________?

   A. Ding Dong theory
   B. The Bow-vow theory
   C. The Pooh-pooh theory
   D. The Gesture theory

2. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder_________________?

   A. Ding Dong theory
   B. The Bow__vow theory
   C. The Pooh__pooh theory
   D. The Gesture theory

3. The theory which Is based upon the assumption that language has been formed from the words uttered by groups of persons engaged in joint burdensome labour ?

   A. The Yo__He__Ho Theory
   B. The Gesture theory
   C. The Poo__Pooh theory
   D. Ding__Dong theory.

4. Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the _________ Man for the sword and for the ____________ she: Man with the head and woman with the …..: Man to command and woman to ____________?

   A. crop; scabbard; foot; agree
   B. throne; scepter; soul; decree
   C. school; scalpel; pen; set free
   D. hearth; needle; heart; obey

5. Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the …..: Man for the sword and for the ___________ she: Man with the head and woman with the __________Man to command and woman to _____________?

   A. crop; scabbard; foot; agree
   B. throne; scepter; soul; decree
   C. school; scalpel; pen; set free
   D. hearth; needle; heart; obey

6. “Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man.”- Who told it ?

   A. Shakespeare
   B. Chaucer
   C. Spenser
   D. Bacon

7. Who invented the term ‘Sprung rhythm’ ?

   A. Hopkins
   B. Tennyson
   C. Browning
   D. Wordsworth

8. What is study of meter, rhythm and intonation of a poem called as _______________-?

   A. Prosody
   B. Allegory
   C. Scansion
   D. Assonance

9. In poetry, each unit of rhythm is known as______________?

   A. a line.
   B. a foot.
   C. a measure.
   D. a meter.

10. In his essay “The Symbolism of Poetry,” William Butler Yeats argues that which of the following is the purpose of rhythm ?

    A. To “amplify and clarify the indistinct emotions created by metaphorical symbols”
    B. To “prolong the moment of contemplation”
    C. To “counteract the forces of dispersal inherent in metaphorical language”
    D. To “make poetry new”