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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Who wrote An Essay on Criticism?
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Explanation:
• Alexander Pope wrote An Essay on Criticism, first published anonymously in 1711.
• The poem presents neoclassical principles concerning nature, rules, wit, judgement and decorum.
• Johnson, Dryden and Addison were major critics, but they did not write this work.
• The poem presents neoclassical principles concerning nature, rules, wit, judgement and decorum.
• Johnson, Dryden and Addison were major critics, but they did not write this work.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
An Essay on Criticism is written chiefly in which verse form?
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Explanation:
• Pope composed An Essay on Criticism in heroic couplets, which consist of rhyming iambic pentameter lines.
• The balanced couplet suited his concise maxims, antitheses and polished argumentative style.
• Blank verse, terza rima and Spenserian stanzas are not the principal form of the poem.
• The balanced couplet suited his concise maxims, antitheses and polished argumentative style.
• Blank verse, terza rima and Spenserian stanzas are not the principal form of the poem.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
In Pope's critical vocabulary, true wit is best understood as:
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Explanation:
• Pope associates true wit with the effective and memorable expression of nature.
• It does not mean mere verbal cleverness or uncontrolled novelty.
• True wit reveals something already grounded in nature but presents it with precision, clarity and artistic force.
• It does not mean mere verbal cleverness or uncontrolled novelty.
• True wit reveals something already grounded in nature but presents it with precision, clarity and artistic force.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
What does Pope chiefly mean by following nature?
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Explanation:
• For Pope, nature includes universal order, human nature and enduring standards of artistic probability.
• Nature is not restricted to landscape or literal surface copying.
• Classical rules are valuable because they formulate discoveries made from nature rather than oppose it.
• Nature is not restricted to landscape or literal surface copying.
• Classical rules are valuable because they formulate discoveries made from nature rather than oppose it.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
According to Pope, the soundest literary rules were originally:
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Explanation:
• Pope presents genuine rules as principles discovered through observation of nature and successful artistic practice.
• The ancients did not create valid rules arbitrarily; they articulated patterns already present in nature.
• Rules should guide judgement without becoming mechanical restrictions.
• The ancients did not create valid rules arbitrarily; they articulated patterns already present in nature.
• Rules should guide judgement without becoming mechanical restrictions.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which principle requires style, language and conduct to suit subject, genre, character and occasion?
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Explanation:
• Decorum is the principle of fitness or appropriateness.
• It requires style, diction, action and characterization to suit the genre, speaker, subject and occasion.
• Catharsis, negative capability and defamiliarization belong to different critical traditions.
• It requires style, diction, action and characterization to suit the genre, speaker, subject and occasion.
• Catharsis, negative capability and defamiliarization belong to different critical traditions.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which statement best represents Pope's attitude toward the ancient critics?
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Explanation:
• Pope respects the ancients because their principles arise from nature and tested artistic practice.
• He does not advocate blind imitation or mechanical obedience.
• The critic must unite learning with judgement and apply inherited rules intelligently.
• He does not advocate blind imitation or mechanical obedience.
• The critic must unite learning with judgement and apply inherited rules intelligently.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Statement I: Pope regards partial learning as dangerous to criticism.
Statement II: He believes a critic should judge a whole work rather than magnify isolated faults.
Statement II: He believes a critic should judge a whole work rather than magnify isolated faults.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Pope warns that superficial learning encourages pride and error.
• Statement II is correct because fair criticism requires attention to the total design and dominant excellence of a work.
• Both statements express Pope's demand for humility, proportion and comprehensive judgement.
• Statement II is correct because fair criticism requires attention to the total design and dominant excellence of a work.
• Both statements express Pope's demand for humility, proportion and comprehensive judgement.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Who wrote the Preface to Shakespeare?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Samuel Johnson wrote the Preface to Shakespeare for his edition of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1765.
• The essay evaluates Shakespeare's strengths, faults, dramatic practice and enduring appeal.
• Pope and Rowe edited Shakespeare, while Rymer criticized Shakespeare, but none wrote Johnson's Preface.
• The essay evaluates Shakespeare's strengths, faults, dramatic practice and enduring appeal.
• Pope and Rowe edited Shakespeare, while Rymer criticized Shakespeare, but none wrote Johnson's Preface.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
In the Preface to Shakespeare, Johnson praises Shakespeare primarily as:
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Explanation:
• Johnson calls Shakespeare the poet of nature and emphasizes his representation of general nature.
• Shakespeare's characters display passions and principles recognizable across ages and societies.
• Johnson's praise rests on universality rather than strict conformity to neoclassical rules.
• Shakespeare's characters display passions and principles recognizable across ages and societies.
• Johnson's praise rests on universality rather than strict conformity to neoclassical rules.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
What does Johnson mean by general nature?
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Explanation:
• General nature refers to enduring human passions, motives, relationships and patterns of conduct.
• Johnson values Shakespeare because his characters are not confined to temporary fashions or local peculiarities.
• The concept supports a universal rather than narrowly historical standard of dramatic truth.
• Johnson values Shakespeare because his characters are not confined to temporary fashions or local peculiarities.
• The concept supports a universal rather than narrowly historical standard of dramatic truth.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which dramatic practice does Johnson defend against rigid neoclassical objections?
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Explanation:
• Johnson defends Shakespeare's mixture of tragedy and comedy because human life itself contains sorrow and pleasure together.
• He argues that mixed drama can provide variety and represent experience more fully.
• His defence challenges strict generic separation while retaining concern for overall dramatic effect.
• He argues that mixed drama can provide variety and represent experience more fully.
• His defence challenges strict generic separation while retaining concern for overall dramatic effect.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which unity does Johnson regard as essential to drama?
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Explanation:
• Johnson accepts unity of action as essential because the incidents of a play should form a coherent whole.
• He treats the unities of time and place as artificial conventions rather than absolute necessities.
• Unity of action preserves intelligibility and structural purpose.
• He treats the unities of time and place as artificial conventions rather than absolute necessities.
• Unity of action preserves intelligibility and structural purpose.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Why does Johnson reject strict enforcement of the unities of time and place?
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Explanation:
• Johnson argues that spectators understand theatrical representation and do not literally believe that the stage is the actual place shown.
• Changes of location or longer spans of time therefore do not necessarily destroy dramatic illusion.
• He rejects rigid enforcement of time and place while retaining unity of action.
• Changes of location or longer spans of time therefore do not necessarily destroy dramatic illusion.
• He rejects rigid enforcement of time and place while retaining unity of action.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Statement I: Johnson praises Shakespeare for representing universal human nature.
Statement II: Johnson claims that Shakespeare is entirely free from faults.
Statement II: Johnson claims that Shakespeare is entirely free from faults.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Johnson considers Shakespeare's representation of general nature his greatest strength.
• Statement II is incorrect because Johnson openly discusses faults such as verbal quibbles, loose plotting and occasional neglect of moral purpose.
• Johnson's criticism combines admiration with candid evaluation.
• Statement II is incorrect because Johnson openly discusses faults such as verbal quibbles, loose plotting and occasional neglect of moral purpose.
• Johnson's criticism combines admiration with candid evaluation.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which of the following is identified by Johnson as one of Shakespeare's characteristic faults?
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Explanation:
• Johnson criticizes Shakespeare's frequent attraction to quibbles and verbal conceits.
• He believes such wordplay can distract from serious action and emotional truth.
• This criticism demonstrates Johnson's willingness to balance praise with neoclassical judgement.
• He believes such wordplay can distract from serious action and emotional truth.
• This criticism demonstrates Johnson's willingness to balance praise with neoclassical judgement.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which work contains Johnson's biographical and critical accounts of major English poets?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Johnson's Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets combines biography, literary history and critical evaluation.
• The work was published in parts between 1779 and 1781.
• The other options were written by Addison and Steele, Coleridge and Bacon respectively.
• The work was published in parts between 1779 and 1781.
• The other options were written by Addison and Steele, Coleridge and Bacon respectively.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which description best fits Johnson's method in Lives of the Poets?
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Explanation:
• Johnson combines accounts of poets' lives with evaluation of their works, styles and intellectual qualities.
• He places literature within biographical and historical circumstances while applying critical judgement.
• His method is neither a bare chronology nor a purely formal analysis.
• He places literature within biographical and historical circumstances while applying critical judgement.
• His method is neither a bare chronology nor a purely formal analysis.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Match List I with List II.
List I:
1. Alexander Pope
2. Samuel Johnson
3. An Essay on Criticism
4. Preface to Shakespeare
List II:
a. General nature
b. True wit and critical rules
c. Lives of the Poets
d. Heroic-couplet critical poem
List I:
1. Alexander Pope
2. Samuel Johnson
3. An Essay on Criticism
4. Preface to Shakespeare
List II:
a. General nature
b. True wit and critical rules
c. Lives of the Poets
d. Heroic-couplet critical poem
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Alexander Pope is associated with true wit, nature and the proper use of critical rules.
• Samuel Johnson wrote Lives of the Poets.
• An Essay on Criticism is a critical poem written in heroic couplets.
• Preface to Shakespeare develops the idea of Shakespeare as a representative of general nature, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a.
• Samuel Johnson wrote Lives of the Poets.
• An Essay on Criticism is a critical poem written in heroic couplets.
• Preface to Shakespeare develops the idea of Shakespeare as a representative of general nature, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which sequence gives the correct order of publication?
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Explanation:
• An Essay on Criticism was published in 1711.
• Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare appeared in 1765.
• Lives of the Poets was published between 1779 and 1781.
• The correct sequence is therefore An Essay on Criticism → Preface to Shakespeare → Lives of the Poets.
• Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare appeared in 1765.
• Lives of the Poets was published between 1779 and 1781.
• The correct sequence is therefore An Essay on Criticism → Preface to Shakespeare → Lives of the Poets.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Consider the following statements about Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare:
1. Shakespeare represents general nature.
2. Tragicomedy can reflect the mixed condition of human life.
3. Unity of action is more important than rigid unities of time and place.
4. Shakespeare's faults should never be discussed because of his canonical status.
Which statements are correct?
1. Shakespeare represents general nature.
2. Tragicomedy can reflect the mixed condition of human life.
3. Unity of action is more important than rigid unities of time and place.
4. Shakespeare's faults should never be discussed because of his canonical status.
Which statements are correct?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Johnson praises Shakespeare's universal representation of humanity.
• Statement 2 is correct because Johnson defends the mixture of tragic and comic elements.
• Statement 3 is correct because he values coherent action while rejecting rigid time and place restrictions.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because Johnson openly identifies Shakespeare's faults; therefore 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because Johnson defends the mixture of tragic and comic elements.
• Statement 3 is correct because he values coherent action while rejecting rigid time and place restrictions.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because Johnson openly identifies Shakespeare's faults; therefore 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which contrast most accurately distinguishes Pope's critical emphasis from Johnson's?
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Explanation:
• Pope's An Essay on Criticism presents compact neoclassical maxims concerning nature, rules, wit, judgement and decorum.
• Johnson applies broad standards to particular writers through historical, biographical and practical criticism.
• Both critics value nature and judgement, but their characteristic methods and emphases differ.
• Johnson applies broad standards to particular writers through historical, biographical and practical criticism.
• Both critics value nature and judgement, but their characteristic methods and emphases differ.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Assertion: Johnson's neoclassical criticism is flexible rather than mechanically rule-bound.
Reason: He judges dramatic conventions by their relation to human experience, probability and actual theatrical effect.
Reason: He judges dramatic conventions by their relation to human experience, probability and actual theatrical effect.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Johnson respects order and judgement without treating every inherited rule as absolute.
• The Reason is correct because he evaluates conventions according to representation, audience understanding and dramatic effectiveness.
• The Reason directly explains his defence of tragicomedy and his rejection of rigid unities of time and place.
• The Reason is correct because he evaluates conventions according to representation, audience understanding and dramatic effectiveness.
• The Reason directly explains his defence of tragicomedy and his rejection of rigid unities of time and place.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
A critic praises a play for representing enduring human motives but also identifies structural faults and excessive wordplay. Which critical practice does this most closely resemble?
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Explanation:
• Johnson praises Shakespeare's representation of general nature while candidly discussing structural and verbal weaknesses.
• This method combines admiration, historical awareness and evaluative judgement.
• It avoids both uncritical worship and mechanical condemnation.
• This method combines admiration, historical awareness and evaluative judgement.
• It avoids both uncritical worship and mechanical condemnation.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best represents the neoclassical judgement of Pope and Johnson?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Pope grounds valid rules in nature and insists on learning, humility, proportion and decorum.
• Johnson evaluates writers by general nature, lasting merit, structure and practical effect while allowing for mixed excellence and fault.
• Together they exemplify a neoclassical criticism guided by reasoned judgement rather than mechanical prescription.
• Johnson evaluates writers by general nature, lasting merit, structure and practical effect while allowing for mixed excellence and fault.
• Together they exemplify a neoclassical criticism guided by reasoned judgement rather than mechanical prescription.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Alexander Pope సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. Heroic couplets సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Nature expressed with clarity and aptness సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Following universal order and human nature as understood through sound artistic principles సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: D. Discovered from the study of nature సమాధానం: D.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Decorum సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. They are guides whose rules reflect nature, but they must be understood with judgement. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct సమాధానం: A.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: B. Samuel Johnson సమాధానం: B.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: C. The poet of general nature సమాధానం: C.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: D. Universal human passions, motives and conduct recognizable across times and cultures సమాధానం: D.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: B. The mixture of tragic and comic elements సమాధానం: B.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: D. Unity of action సమాధానం: D.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: A. Audiences already know that the stage is a representation and do not literally mistake it for the real location or duration. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. An excessive fondness for quibbles and verbal conceits సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: D. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets సమాధానం: D.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. A combination of biography, historical context and critical judgement సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: A. 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a సమాధానం: A.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: C. An Essay on Criticism → Preface to Shakespeare → Lives of the Poets సమాధానం: C.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: C. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. Pope formulates maxims about rules, wit and decorum, whereas Johnson tests neoclassical standards through historical and practical evaluation of authors. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: B. Johnson's balanced evaluation of Shakespeare సమాధానం: B.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. Sound criticism joins nature, reason, learning, proportion and informed judgement rather than blind obedience to rules. సమాధానం: A.