Who said that Arnold was a propagandist for literature rather than a critic ?

Related Mcqs:

1. A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?

   A. Reader Response
   B. Feminist
   C. Mimetic
   D. Formalist

2. 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

3. A critic argues that in John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes,” the shearing of Samson’s locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using ?

   A. Mimetic approach
   B. Formalist approach
   C. Historical approach
   D. Psychological approach

4. A critic examining Pope’s “An Essay on Man” asks herself: How well does this poem accord with the real world? Is it accurate? Is it moral? She is most likely a critic?

   A. Feminist
   B. Reader Response
   C. Formalist
   D. Mimetic

5. In which essay did Arnold say that for good literature to flourish two powers are necessary – creative and the critical ?

   A. The Function of Criticism
   B. The Study of Poetry
   C. Preface to Eighteen Fifty Three poems
   D. Essay on Wordsworth

6. The basic theme of Arnold’s Literature and Dogma is____________?

   A. Contemporary literary criticism
   B. Art and Literature
   C. Theology
   D. Social changes in the Victorian Age

7. This feminist critic proposed that all female characters in literature are in at least one of the following stages of development: the feminine, feminist, or female stage ?

   A. Virginia Woolf
   B. Elaine Showalter
   C. Mary Wolstencraft
   D. Ellen Mores

8. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?

   A. Addison
   B. Bunyan
   C. Crabbe
   D. Dryden

9. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?

   A. Addison
   B. Bunyan
   C. Crabbe
   D. Dryden

10. One of the potential disadvantages of this approach to literature is that it can reduce meaning to a certain time frame, rather than making it universal throughout the ages ?

    A. Formalist
    B. Historical
    C. Feminist
    D. Mimetic