Who proposed that poets should be banished from the ideal Republic ?

Related Mcqs:

1. In which book of the Republic did Plato ban poets from his ideal world ?

   A. Book 7
   B. Book 10
   C. Book 1
   D. Book 5

2. How many poets were included in Jhonson’s ‘The Lives of Most Eminent English Poets’ ?

   A. 48
   B. 50
   C. 52
   D. 54

3. John Milton deliberately distanced himself from the poets, a group of poets known for their light, elegant style and frivolous content ?

   A. Romantic
   B. Victorian
   C. Cavalier
   D. Enlightenment

4. The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the ?

   A. Puritan movement
   B. Romantic revival
   C. Neo-classical age
   D. Metaphysical school

5. Through an amendment in ____________ 1962, name of the State was declared Islamic Republic of Pakistan instead of Republic of Pakistan ?

   A. December
   B. October
   C. August
   D. None of these

6. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning John Milton’s ideal republic ?

   A. There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords.
   B. There were to be no churches except Anglican churches.
   C. There was to be no Oxford University.
   D. A and C

7. An Elizabethan Puritan critic denounced the poets as ‘fathers of lies’,’schools of abuse’ and’caterpillars of a commonwealth’. Mark him out from the following crities________________?

   A. William Tyndale
   B. Roger Ascham
   C. Stephen Gosson
   D. Henry Howard

8. What does Percy Shelley mean when he refers to poets as being the “unacknowledged legislators of the world” ?

   A. He is suggesting that artists serve to develop culture.
   B. He is suggesting that all artists are from high social classes.
   C. He is suggesting that artists are repressed throughout society.
   D. He is suggesting that the making of laws is itself an art.

9. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?

   A. Sexuality
   B. Criticism of the queen
   C. Murder
   D. Witchcraft

10. Which of the following poets would most likely be categorized as a modernist poet ?

    A. William Carlos Williams
    B. John Greenleaf Whittier
    C. George Herbert
    D. Robert Browning