8541. Who said that poetry is the most philosophic of all writing?
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Shakespeare
C. Aristotle
D. Matthew Arnold
✅ The correct answer is option C.
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8542. Poetry is a criticism of life under the ______ fixed for such a criticism
A. Laws
B. Ideals
C. Morals.
D. Conditions
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8543. According to Matthew Arnold, poetry is –
A. a criticism of life
B. spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
C. an escape from personality
D. the sensuous way of expression
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8544. Wordsworth said the poet should use the __ for removing what would otherwise be painful or disgusting in the passion.
A. Principal of selection
B. Metrical composition
C. Personification of abstract ideas
D. Real language of men
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8545. Which quality is not needful for a fit prose according to Arnold?
A. Regularity
B. Precision
C. Balance
D. Exclusivity
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8546. According to Matthew Arnold, Chaucer is not one of the great classics because
A. His poetry does not transcend and efface the poetry of Catholic Christendom
B. His verse lacks liquidness and fluidity.
C. his poetry lacks virtue of manner and movement
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8547. The language of every good poem can in no respect differ from that of good __.
A. Drama
B. Prose
C. Novel
D. Tragi- comedy
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8548. Arnold was of the view that Chaucer’s superiority is found in his______
A. Diction and subject
B. Manner and style
C. Style and substance
D. Form and subject
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8549. What has the power of forming, sustaining and delighting us as nothing else can?
A. Excellent prose
B. Criticism
C. The best poetry
D. Drama
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8550. The different kinds of estimations propounded by Arnold were
A. Historical, Personal and Real
B. Didactic, Prosaic and Autotelic
C. Personal, Historical, Complete
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.