1. The term “Objective Correlative,” proposed by T. S. Eliot, refers to:
A. Direct emotional expression by poet
B. A set of objects/events that evoke a specific emotion
C. Reader’s interpretation of text
D. Personal biography in poetry
2. John Ruskin used “Pathetic Fallacy” to describe:
A. Scientific reasoning
B. Attribution of human emotions to nature
C. Objective realism
D. Religious symbolism
3. “Dissociation of Sensibility,” by T. S. Eliot, refers to:
A. Unity of thought and feeling
B. Separation of intellect and emotion in poetry
C. Romantic imagination
D. Symbolic writing
4.Which is the correct chronological order?
A. Structuralism → Poststructuralism → Deconstruction
B. Deconstruction → Structuralism → Marxism
C. Marxism → Structuralism → Formalism
D. Postcolonialism → Structuralism → Formalism
5. S. T. Coleridge distinguished between Fancy and Imagination as:
A. Same faculties
B. Mechanical vs creative power
C. Logical vs emotional
D. Real vs unreal
6. “Willing Suspension of Disbelief” means:
A. Rejecting fiction
B. Accepting improbability for artistic pleasure
C. Ignoring author
D. Logical criticism
7. The “Intentional Fallacy” by Wimsatt and Beardsley argues that:
A. Author’s intention determines meaning
B. Author’s intention is irrelevant to interpretation
C. Reader decides meaning
D. Text has no meaning
8. “Affective Fallacy” warns against:
A. Author’s intention
B. Reader’s emotional response as basis of meaning
C. Structural analysis
D. Linguistic study
9. “Defamiliarization” by Viktor Shklovsky refers to:
A. Simplifying language
B. Making familiar things appear strange
C. Emotional reading
D. Cultural interpretation
10. “Death of the Author” by Roland Barthes implies:
A. Author is irrelevant in interpretation
B. Author controls meaning
C. Reader is passive
D. Text has fixed meaning
11. “Deconstruction,” associated with Jacques Derrida, focuses on:
A. Fixed meaning
B. Instability of language
C. Historical context
D. Moral values
12. Ferdinand de Saussure contributed to Structuralism by:
A. Psychoanalysis
B. Linguistic sign theory
C. Marxism
D. Feminism
13. “Archetypal Criticism” by Northrop Frye studies:
A. Individual psychology
B. Universal patterns and myths
C. Language structure
D. Social class
14. “Stream of Consciousness” technique represents:
A. External narration
B. Continuous flow of thoughts
C. Dramatic dialogue
D. Objective description
15. “Hybridity,” in postcolonial theory by Homi K. Bhabha, refers to:
A. Linguistic Structure
B. Cultural mixing and interaction
C. Colonial dominance
D. Cultural purity
16. “Orientalism,” by Edward Said, critiques:
A. Eastern philosophy
B. Western representation of the East
C. Linguistics
D. Poetry only
17. “Subaltern” in Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak refers to:
A. Elite class
B. Marginalized groups without voice
C. Colonial rulers
D. Linguists
18. Marxist criticism focuses on:
A. Language
B. Class struggle and ideology
C. Psychology
D. Myth
19. Psychoanalytic criticism is rooted in:
A. Marx
B. Freud
C. Saussure
D. Derrida
20. Feminist criticism examines:
A. Class struggle
B. Gender roles and patriarchy
C. Language structure
D. Mythology
21. “Touchstone Method” by Matthew Arnold means:
A. Personal reading
B. Comparing with great literary works
C. Emotional response
D. Structural analysis
22. “Objective criticism” is closest to:
A. Reader-response
B. New Criticism
C. Marxism
D. Feminism
23. “Close Reading” emphasizes:
A. Author’s biography
B. Detailed textual analysis
C. Historical context
D. Reader response
24. “Intertextuality” refers to:
A. Single text meaning
B. Relationship between texts
C. Author’s intention
D. Historical facts
25. “Mimesis,” from classical theory, means:
A. Imagination
B. Imitation of reality
C. Symbolism
D. Satire
26. “Catharsis,” from Aristotle, refers to:
A. Emotional purification
B. Intellectual growth
C. Moral teaching
D. Structural unity
27. “Hamartia” in tragedy refers to:
A. Plot twist
B. Hero’s fatal flaw
C. Comic relief
D. Resolution
28. “Anagnorisis” means:
A. Conflict
B. Recognition or discovery
C. Climax
D. Irony
29. “Peripeteia” refers to:
A. Character
B. Reversal of fortune
C. Theme
D. Symbol
30. “Bildungsroman” is:
A. War novel
B. Coming-of-age novel
C. Satirical poem
D. Gothic drama
31. The concept of “Ideology” is central to:
A. Structuralism
B. Marxism
C. Formalism
D. New Criticism
32. “Can the Subaltern Speak?” questions:
A. Colonial economy
B. Voice of marginalized people
C. Linguistic structure
D. Literary canon
33. Which critic is associated with “close reading”?
A. Cleanth Brooks
B. Edward Said
C. Freud
D. Bhabha
34. Which pair is incorrectly matched?
A. Marxism – Karl Marx
B. Psychoanalysis – Freud
C. Poststructuralism – Saussure
D. Deconstruction – Derrida
✔ Saussure = Structuralism
35. Which work is associated with postcolonial discourse?
A. Orientalism
B. The Waste Land
C. Biographia Literaria
D. Defence of Poesy
36. Who among the following is NOT a Structuralist?
A. Roman Jakobson
B. Claude Lévi-Strauss
C. Ferdinand de Saussure
D. Jacques Derrida
37. Which term is wrongly matched?
A. Objective Correlative – Eliot
B. Negative Capability – Keats
C. Pathetic Fallacy – Wordsworth
D. Touchstone Method – Arnold
✔ It is John Ruskin
38. Who wrote "The Anxiety of Influence?"
A. Harold Bloom
B. Northrop Frye
C. Roland Barthes
D. Jacques Derrida
39. Who among the following proposed “Practical Criticism” as a method?
A. F. R. Leavis
B. I. A. Richards
C. T. S. Eliot
D. Matthew Arnold
40. “Hybridity” is a key concept in:
A. Homi K. Bhabha
B. Said
C. Fanon
D. Spivak
41. “Willing Suspension of Disbelief” is by:
A. S. T. Coleridge
B. Wordsworth
C. Shelley
D. Keats
42. “Fancy and Imagination” distinction is made by:
A. Coleridge
B. Keats
C. Arnold
D. Eliot
43. “Archetypal Criticism” is associated with:
A. Northrop Frye
B. Jung
C. Freud
D. Adler
44. “Myth Criticism” is closely related to:
A. Northrop Frye
B. Arnold
C. Elliot
D. Leavis
45. “Psychological Criticism” is rooted in:
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Marx
C. Saussure
D. Barthes
46. “Marxist Criticism” is based on:
A. Karl Marx
B. Freud
C. Jung
D. Frye
47. “Feminist Criticism” is associated with:
A. Virginia Woolf
B. T. S. Eliot
C. Arnold
D. Leavis
48. “Subaltern Studies” is associated with:
A. Ranajit Guha
B. Said
C. Foucault
D. Derrida
49. “Postcolonial Criticism” is linked with:
A. Edward Said
B. Foucault
C. Derrida
D. Barthes
50. “Negative Capability,” coined by John Keats, implies:
A. Rejection of imagination
B. Ability to remain in uncertainties without irritation
C. Logical reasoning in poetry
D. Moral instruction