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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Horace's Ars Poetica is addressed primarily to which Roman family?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Ars Poetica is traditionally known as the Epistle to the Pisos because Horace addresses a father and his sons of the Piso family.
• The poem offers practical advice on poetic composition, dramatic form and literary judgement.
• It is not a systematic philosophical treatise but a verse epistle shaped by Roman critical practice.
• The poem offers practical advice on poetic composition, dramatic form and literary judgement.
• It is not a systematic philosophical treatise but a verse epistle shaped by Roman critical practice.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
The Horatian phrase dulce et utile recommends that poetry should:
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Explanation:
• Dulce means sweetness or delight, while utile means usefulness or instruction.
• Horace values poetry that both pleases readers and offers benefit or wisdom.
• The phrase became central to later debates about the ethical and aesthetic functions of literature.
• Horace values poetry that both pleases readers and offers benefit or wisdom.
• The phrase became central to later debates about the ethical and aesthetic functions of literature.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
In Horatian criticism, decorum primarily requires:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Decorum is the principle of appropriateness or fitness.
• Language, action, tone and metre should suit the genre, subject and character represented.
• Horace does not demand uniform elevation; comic, tragic and lyric forms require different stylistic choices.
• Language, action, tone and metre should suit the genre, subject and character represented.
• Horace does not demand uniform elevation; comic, tragic and lyric forms require different stylistic choices.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which statement best expresses Horace's view of poetic composition?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Horace balances ingenium, or natural talent, with ars, or cultivated technique.
• He repeatedly stresses labour, judgement, revision and knowledge of literary models.
• Neither untrained inspiration nor mechanical rule-following alone is sufficient for accomplished poetry.
• He repeatedly stresses labour, judgement, revision and knowledge of literary models.
• Neither untrained inspiration nor mechanical rule-following alone is sufficient for accomplished poetry.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
What does Horace advise a poet to do with a newly written work before publication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Horace famously advises withholding a work for nine years before publication.
• The recommendation emphasizes patience, self-criticism and extensive revision.
• Once words are publicly released, the poet cannot easily recall them.
• The recommendation emphasizes patience, self-criticism and extensive revision.
• Once words are publicly released, the poet cannot easily recall them.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which image does Horace use to ridicule a work whose parts lack artistic unity?
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Explanation:
• Ars Poetica opens with the grotesque image of a human head attached to a horse's neck and limbs gathered from different creatures.
• The image illustrates the absurdity of an artwork whose parts do not form a coherent whole.
• Horace uses it to support structural unity and consistency.
• The image illustrates the absurdity of an artwork whose parts do not form a coherent whole.
• Horace uses it to support structural unity and consistency.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
According to Horace, which poetic practice best demonstrates sound judgement?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Horace advises poets to choose subjects proportionate to their abilities.
• A manageable subject allows clarity, order and effective expression.
• Overambition, obscurity and indiscriminate mixing of styles violate craft and decorum.
• A manageable subject allows clarity, order and effective expression.
• Overambition, obscurity and indiscriminate mixing of styles violate craft and decorum.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Statement I: Horace considers poetry a craft requiring revision and critical judgement.
Statement II: Horace argues that poets should ignore audience response because art has no public function.
Statement II: Horace argues that poets should ignore audience response because art has no public function.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Horace emphasizes training, revision, judgement and consultation with trustworthy critics.
• Statement II is incorrect because Horace is attentive to audience expectations, pleasure and instruction.
• The correct option is C because poetic craft and public effect are both important in Ars Poetica.
• Statement II is incorrect because Horace is attentive to audience expectations, pleasure and instruction.
• The correct option is C because poetic craft and public effect are both important in Ars Poetica.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Assertion: Horace insists that characters should speak and behave consistently with their age and social identity.
Reason: Decorum requires representation to be appropriate to character and circumstance.
Reason: Decorum requires representation to be appropriate to character and circumstance.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Horace describes appropriate traits for children, youths, mature adults and old people.
• The Reason is correct because decorum governs the fitness of speech and conduct to identity and situation.
• The Reason directly explains the Assertion, so option A is correct.
• The Reason is correct because decorum governs the fitness of speech and conduct to identity and situation.
• The Reason directly explains the Assertion, so option A is correct.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which pair is correctly matched?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Dulce et utile expresses Horace's ideal of combining pleasure with usefulness.
• Decorum requires appropriateness rather than unrestricted mixture.
• Ars refers to cultivated skill or craft, and the nine-year rule recommends delay and revision rather than immediate publication.
• Decorum requires appropriateness rather than unrestricted mixture.
• Ars refers to cultivated skill or craft, and the nine-year rule recommends delay and revision rather than immediate publication.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
The treatise On the Sublime is traditionally attributed to:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• On the Sublime was long attributed to Cassius Longinus, though modern scholarship usually treats its author as unknown.
• The conventional designation is Longinus or Pseudo-Longinus.
• The work examines the sources, effects and failures of elevated discourse.
• The conventional designation is Longinus or Pseudo-Longinus.
• The work examines the sources, effects and failures of elevated discourse.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
For Longinus, the distinctive effect of the sublime is best described as:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Longinus distinguishes sublimity from mere persuasion.
• Sublime discourse transports, elevates or overwhelms the audience.
• Its power creates astonishment and lasting imaginative impact rather than only rational agreement.
• Sublime discourse transports, elevates or overwhelms the audience.
• Its power creates astonishment and lasting imaginative impact rather than only rational agreement.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which of the following is not one of Longinus's five principal sources of sublimity?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Longinus identifies grandeur of thought, powerful emotion, effective figures, noble diction and dignified composition as major sources of sublimity.
• The strict unities of time and place are not part of his scheme.
• Longinus focuses on elevated expression and its transporting effect.
• The strict unities of time and place are not part of his scheme.
• Longinus focuses on elevated expression and its transporting effect.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which two sources of sublimity does Longinus regard as largely innate?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Grandeur of thought and powerful emotion are treated as substantially rooted in natural capacity.
• The remaining sources can be more directly cultivated through rhetorical art and technical practice.
• Longinus nevertheless believes that natural greatness benefits from disciplined expression.
• The remaining sources can be more directly cultivated through rhetorical art and technical practice.
• Longinus nevertheless believes that natural greatness benefits from disciplined expression.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
In Longinus's theory, rhetorical figures contribute to sublimity when they:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Figures become sublime when they appear organically motivated by thought and passion.
• If a device seems mechanically inserted to attract attention, it loses force and may appear artificial.
• Longinus values technique that is concealed within the urgency of expression.
• If a device seems mechanically inserted to attract attention, it loses force and may appear artificial.
• Longinus values technique that is concealed within the urgency of expression.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Longinus uses the term puerility to criticize:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Puerility is a form of false sublimity characterized by petty cleverness, over-refinement and affected ornament.
• The writer strives for distinction but produces triviality instead of grandeur.
• Longinus contrasts this fault with genuine elevation rooted in great thought and disciplined expression.
• The writer strives for distinction but produces triviality instead of grandeur.
• Longinus contrasts this fault with genuine elevation rooted in great thought and disciplined expression.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which fault in On the Sublime refers to inflated language that exceeds the demands of the subject?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Tumidity is bombastic or swollen expression that aims at grandeur but becomes excessive.
• It is a major form of false sublimity.
• Genuine sublimity is elevated yet appropriate, whereas tumidity magnifies language without sufficient thought or occasion.
• It is a major form of false sublimity.
• Genuine sublimity is elevated yet appropriate, whereas tumidity magnifies language without sufficient thought or occasion.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
What does Longinus mean by frigidity?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Frigidity describes an affected attempt to be striking that instead appears cold, tasteless or unnatural.
• It often results from misplaced cleverness or excessive elaboration.
• Like tumidity and puerility, it imitates grandeur without achieving genuine transport.
• It often results from misplaced cleverness or excessive elaboration.
• Like tumidity and puerility, it imitates grandeur without achieving genuine transport.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Match List I with List II.
List I:
1. Grandeur of thought
2. Strong emotion
3. Noble diction
4. Dignified composition
List II:
a. Elevated vocabulary, metaphor and verbal choice
b. Majestic conception and intellectual elevation
c. Harmonious arrangement of words and clauses
d. Vehement passion expressed with force
List I:
1. Grandeur of thought
2. Strong emotion
3. Noble diction
4. Dignified composition
List II:
a. Elevated vocabulary, metaphor and verbal choice
b. Majestic conception and intellectual elevation
c. Harmonious arrangement of words and clauses
d. Vehement passion expressed with force
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Grandeur of thought corresponds to majestic conception and intellectual elevation.
• Strong emotion corresponds to vehement passion expressed with force.
• Noble diction includes elevated vocabulary, metaphor and verbal choice.
• Dignified composition concerns the harmonious arrangement of words and clauses, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c.
• Strong emotion corresponds to vehement passion expressed with force.
• Noble diction includes elevated vocabulary, metaphor and verbal choice.
• Dignified composition concerns the harmonious arrangement of words and clauses, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Statement I: Longinus judges sublime writing partly by its capacity to produce a lasting effect on repeated reading.
Statement II: He defines sublimity as flawless correctness without emotional elevation.
Statement II: He defines sublimity as flawless correctness without emotional elevation.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Longinus associates genuine sublimity with enduring and repeatable power.
• Statement II is incorrect because technical correctness alone does not constitute sublimity.
• Sublime writing elevates and transports, even though great writers may sometimes display minor faults.
• Statement II is incorrect because technical correctness alone does not constitute sublimity.
• Sublime writing elevates and transports, even though great writers may sometimes display minor faults.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Assertion: Longinus can prefer a flawed work of genius to a faultless work of mediocrity.
Reason: Greatness of conception and transporting power may outweigh minor technical imperfections.
Reason: Greatness of conception and transporting power may outweigh minor technical imperfections.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Longinus distinguishes genuine greatness from mere technical impeccability.
• The Reason is correct because sublime power can survive occasional faults.
• The Reason directly explains why inspired magnitude may be valued above polished mediocrity.
• The Reason is correct because sublime power can survive occasional faults.
• The Reason directly explains why inspired magnitude may be valued above polished mediocrity.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Consider the following statements about false sublimity:
1. Tumidity involves bombastic excess.
2. Puerility involves affected triviality.
3. Frigidity involves strained and tasteless brilliance.
4. False passion involves emotion unsuited to the occasion.
Which statements are correct?
1. Tumidity involves bombastic excess.
2. Puerility involves affected triviality.
3. Frigidity involves strained and tasteless brilliance.
4. False passion involves emotion unsuited to the occasion.
Which statements are correct?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because tumidity is swollen and excessive expression.
• Statement 2 is correct because puerility results from petty cleverness and affected ornament.
• Statement 3 is correct because frigidity is a strained attempt at brilliance that becomes tasteless.
• Statement 4 is correct because false passion is excessive or misplaced emotion, so all four statements are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because puerility results from petty cleverness and affected ornament.
• Statement 3 is correct because frigidity is a strained attempt at brilliance that becomes tasteless.
• Statement 4 is correct because false passion is excessive or misplaced emotion, so all four statements are correct.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which contrast most accurately distinguishes Horace from Longinus?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Horace is strongly associated with poetic craft, appropriateness, revision and the union of pleasure with usefulness.
• Longinus focuses on greatness, elevation and the capacity of discourse to transport an audience.
• Both value art and judgement, but their dominant critical emphases differ.
• Longinus focuses on greatness, elevation and the capacity of discourse to transport an audience.
• Both value art and judgement, but their dominant critical emphases differ.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
A poet uses grandiose metaphors and emotional exclamations to describe a trivial household inconvenience. Which Longinian criticism applies most directly?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Grandiose language applied to a trivial subject can become tumid because the scale of expression is disproportionate.
• Emotional intensity unsuited to the occasion also risks false passion.
• Noble diction alone cannot create sublimity without adequate thought, emotion and appropriateness.
• Emotional intensity unsuited to the occasion also risks false passion.
• Noble diction alone cannot create sublimity without adequate thought, emotion and appropriateness.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best represents the shared critical concern of Horace and Longinus?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Horace balances talent with craft, revision and decorum.
• Longinus values innate grandeur and passion but also stresses figures, diction and composition.
• Both critics therefore recognize that natural power must find appropriate and disciplined expression.
• Neither reduces literary value to factual accuracy or technical correctness alone.
• Longinus values innate grandeur and passion but also stresses figures, diction and composition.
• Both critics therefore recognize that natural power must find appropriate and disciplined expression.
• Neither reduces literary value to factual accuracy or technical correctness alone.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. The Pisos సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Combine delight with usefulness సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Fitness among subject, style, genre, character and situation సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Natural ability must be disciplined by craft, study and revision. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. Keep it for nine years and revise it carefully సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. A human head joined to a horse's neck and miscellaneous limbs సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Selecting a manageable subject suited to the poet's powers సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: D. Dulce et utile — delight joined with instruction సమాధానం: D.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: B. Longinus సమాధానం: B.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: C. Transport or elevation beyond ordinary persuasion సమాధానం: C.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: D. Strict observance of the unities of time and place సమాధానం: D.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: A. Grandeur of thought and strong emotion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. Arise naturally from genuine thought and emotion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: C. Laboured cleverness and affected ornament that become trivial సమాధానం: C.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: D. Tumidity సమాధానం: D.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. A strained and tasteless attempt at brilliance సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: A. 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c సమాధానం: A.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: B. Horace emphasizes decorum and disciplined poetic practice, while Longinus emphasizes the transporting power of elevated discourse. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. The passage risks tumidity and false passion because expression exceeds the subject. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. Effective literature depends on a fitting relation between natural power and disciplined artistic expression. సమాధానం: A.