A. Victorian poets
B. Romantic poets
C. Elizabethan poets
D. Modern poets
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8497. “The business of a literary critic is to attain a peculiar completeness of response” is stated by –
A. F.R. Leavis
B. Middleton Murry
C. Matthew Arnold
D. Rene Wellek
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8494. For Leavis, the reading demanded by poetry is of a different kind from that demanded by ___________.
A. drama
B. essay
C. philosophy
D. science
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8491. Leavis boldly announced that Literary Criticism is not _____________
A. Psychology
B. History
C. Philosophy
D. Physiology
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8488. The ideal critic according to Leavis is the __________
A. Ideal poet
B. Ideal reader
C. Ideal philosopher
D. Ideal person
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8485. Leavis asserts that words in poetry demands________________ responsiveness.
A. Total
B. Absolute
C. Complex
D. Complete
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8482. A critic’s constant concern is never to lose his ________________
A. Completeness of possession
B. Value Judgment
C. Completeness of response
D. Irrelevant generalizing
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8480. Dr. Wellek’s first criticism of Leavis is that Leavis didn’t develop
A. cogency
B. theoretical implications
C. coherence of response
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8478. Dr. Wellek’s main criticism of Leavis was that
A. Leavis was biased
B. Leavis lacked interest in philosophy
C. Leavis was not a romantic
D. Leavis was ambiguous
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8476. The difference between a poet and a philosopher according to Leavis is
A. Symbolical representations
B. Interests of rhythm
C. Laxity of expression
D. Evocative powers
✅ The correct answer is option C.