Question 1

To Arnold, the superiority of best poetry is marked by the superior character of

Accepted Answer

A)  truth and seriousness
B)  truth and ideas
C)  seriousness and knowledge
D)  knowledge and truthE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 2

What attaches its emotion to facts according to Arnold?

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A)  Poetry
B)  Prose
C)  Religion
D)  TraditionE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 3

the first great principle of criticism emancipated by Arnold is __________

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A)  Disinterestedness
B)  Detachment
C)  Discernment
D)  DisaffectationE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Which quality is not needful for a fit prose according to Arnold?

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A)  Regularity
B)  Precision
C)  Balance
D)  ExclusivityE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Keats, according to Arnold, is with _________

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A)  Milton
B)  Wordsworth
C)  Shakespeare
D)  ShelleyE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 6

The different kinds of estimations propounded by Arnold were

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A)  Historical, Personal and Real
B)  Didactic, Prosaic and Autotelic
C)  Personal, Historical, Complete
D)  None of the aboveE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Arnold states, "But for poetry the idea is everything, the rest is a world of illusion; of

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A)  godlike illusion"
B)  human illusion"
C)  divine illusion"
D)  wonderful illusion"E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Arnold believes that without poetry, "Science will appear

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A)  complete"
B)  incomplete"
C)  immature
D)  undefined"E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Arnold regards Dryden and Pope as the Classics of English __________.

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A)  fiction
B)  poetry
C)  prose
D)  moralsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

"Poetry attaches its emotion to the idea: the idea is the

Accepted Answer

A)  fact"
B)  knowledge"
C)  history"
D)  theory"E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

According to Matthew Arnold, poetry is -

Accepted Answer

A)  a criticism of life
B)  spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
C)  an escape from personality
D)  the sensuous way of expressionE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Who, according to Arnold is the father of English poetry?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shakespeare
B)  Wordsworth
C)  Chaucer
D)  DrydenE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 13

The 'touchstone method' was propagated by ___________

Accepted Answer

A)  Matthew Arnold
B)  T.S. Eliot
C)  F.R. Leavis
D)  William WordsworthE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Whom did Arnold regard as the high priest of prose and reason

Accepted Answer

A)  Milton
B)  Gray
C)  Dryden
D)  PopeE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

According to Arnold, the scantiest and frailest of classics in English poetry is

Accepted Answer

A)  Gray
B)  Pope
C)  Burns
D)  MiltonE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

In the study of poetry Arnold writes that we have to turn to poetry to

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A)  understand life and to sustain us
B)  interpret life and to control us
C)  interpret life and to console and sustain us
D)  understand life and to strengthen usE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Which poet does Arnold say lack 'the high seriousness of the great classics'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chaucer
B)  Dryden
C)  Pope
D)  BurnsE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

What did Arnold say will appear incomplete if not for poetry?

Accepted Answer

A)  Religion
B)  Philosophy
C)  Science
D)  KnowledgeE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

only the best poetry according to Arnold is capable of performing its ___

Accepted Answer

A)  duty
B)  job
C)  task
D)  systemsE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 20

The first great principle of criticism enunciated by Arnold is that of

Accepted Answer

A)  Disinterestedness or detachment
B)  Response to rhythm and metre
C)  Speculation and theorisation
D)  Measurement of knowledgeE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Exam 3: The Study Poetry - Matthew Arnold

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only the best poetry according to Arnold is capable of performing its ___

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the first great principle of criticism emancipated by Arnold is __________

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Who, according to Arnold is the father of English poetry?

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