A. comedy
B. tragedy
C. tragi-comedy
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8635. The defect or fault in Shakespeare according to Johnson is that
A. He sacrifices virtue to convenience
B. He is so much more careful to please than to instruct
C. He seems to write without any moral purpose.
D. All of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8633. Johnson said that Shakespeare showed no regard to
A. The unity of time and place
B. The unity of action
C. Characterization
D. Poetic language
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8631. According to Johnson what type of drama did Shakespeare write with much labour?
A. Comedy
B. Tragedy
C. Tragi-comedy
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8629. Samuel Johnson was a writer of the
A. 17th Century
B. 18th Century
C. 19th Century
D. 20th Century
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8626. Johnson said that Shakespeare often surpassed expectation or desire when he wrote
A. Comedy
B. tragedy
C. Tragi-comedy
D. All of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8623. Samuel Johnson’s Preface to Shakespeare was published in _________.
A. 1756
B. 1770
C. 1800
D. 1765
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8620. In Preface to Shakespeare, Johnson defended Shakespeare’s use of _________.
A. tragic-comedy
B. tragedy
C. comedy
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8657. “Shakespeare was the man, who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul” was said by –
A. Samuel Johnson
B. Matthew Arnold
C. John Dryden
D. Boyle
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8654. Johnson is of the opinion that Shakespeare writes without moral purpose and is more careful to please than to ___________.
A. dictate
B. instruct
C. sacrifice
D. inform
✅ The correct answer is option B.