This document contains 36 multiple choice questions about literary terms and concepts from Aristotle and Sir Philip Sidney. The questions cover topics like the key elements of tragedy according to Aristotle, details about Sidney's sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella, definitions of terms like flat and round characters, and works that Sidney's Defence of Poesie responded to. The document is authored by Dr. Sudhir Mathpati and provides the questions, multiple choice answers, and explanations for educational purposes.

1. MCQs & Answers
Aristotle
Sir Philip Sidney
Literary Terms
Dr Sudhir Mathpati
(M.A.,B.Ed.,M.Phil.,Ph.D.,NET)
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Adarsh Mahavidyalaya, Omerga, Dist.
Osmanabad, MS, India

2. MCQs & Answers
Q.1. The most important element of a tragedy, in Aristotle’s view, is______
A Plot.
B Spectacle.
C Historical accuracy.
D Character.
A Plot
Q.2. Number of poems in Sidney’s Sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella are:
A 99
B 47
C 112
D 108
D 108

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Q.3.___________talks about the term ‘Flat and Round Character’
A E. M. Forster
B P. B. Shelly
C Sir Philip Sidney
D T. S. Eliot
A E M Forster
Q.4. Plato confused the study of art with the study of____________
A Poetry
B Prose
C Moral
D Tragedy
C Moral

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Q.5. The Defence of Poesie/Poetrie was published in_________
A 1593
B 1594
C 1595
D 1596
C 1595
Q.6. The Character that has complications, flexibility and it does not stick up
with his temperament presented initially and keep changing it by
surprising the readers is known as _____
A Round
B Flat
C Both
D None of the above
A Round

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Q.7. Aristotle borrows the term Mimesis from____________
A Plato
B Aristotle
C Horace
D Quantilian
A Plato
Q.8. An Apology of Poetry’s first section deals with______
A Language
B Poetry
C Essay
D Conventional Poetry
D Conventional Poetry

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Q.9.No Second Troy by W. B. Yeats is an example of___________
A Allegory
B Satire
C Irony
D Myth
D Myth
Q.10. For Aristotle________is the soul of tragedy
A Plot.
B Spectacle.
C Historical accuracy.
D Character.
A Plot

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Q.11. Sidney adopts the_________classification of Poetry
A Traditional
B Modern
C Classical
D Romantic
A Traditional
Q.12. To imitate mockingly or humorously at a subject or matter is the
function of______________
A Irony
B Myth
C Bathos
D Burlesque
D Burlesque

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Q.13. The unique function of tragedy, according to Aristotle, is_______
A To give us pleasure.
B To arouse fear and pity.
C To make us better people.
D All of the above.
B To arouse fear and pity.
Q.14. Which two writers have written essays on the Defence of Poetry?
A Sir Philip Sidney & P. B. Shelly
B Sir Philip Sidney & William Wordsworth
C Sir Philip Sidney & John Keats
D None of the above.
A Sir Philip Sidney & P. B. Shelly

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Q.15. The word ‘Allegory’ came from the_____ word ‘Allegoria’
A Latin
B German
C Spanish
D Latin
D Latin
Q.16. Who first gave certain purely aesthetic Principles?
A Plato
B Aristotle
C Horace.
D Quantilian.
B Aristotle

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Q.17. Sir Philip Sidney wrote An Apology for Poetry in immediate response to____
A Plato’s Republic
B Aristotle’s Poetics
C Stephen Gosson’s The Second Abuse
D Jeremy Collier’s Immortality and Profaneness of the English Stage
C Stephen Gosson’s The Second Abuse
Q.18. ______ is a kind of figure of speech which describes the abstract ideas
through characters, images, events, symbolically
A Irony
B Allegory
C Myth
D Genre
B Allegory

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Q.19. Aristotle’s Poetics is a short treatise of_______Chapters.
A 25
B 26
C 27
D 28
B 26
Q.20. Sir Philip Sindey was born on_________
A 30th November 1554
B 30th December 1554
C 30th January 1555
D 30th February 1555
A 30th November 1554

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Q.21. E. M. Forster’s Aspects of Novels published in_____
A 1924
B 1925
C 1926
D 1927
B 1925
Q.22. Aristotle’s Poetics is considered to be an answer to____________
A Plato
B Aristotle
C Horace.
D Quantilian.
A Plato

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Q.23. The Defence of Poesie/Poetrie contains the most definite and vigorous
statement of Sidney’s_________
A Modernism
B Classicism
C Post-modernism
D Realism
B Classicism
Q.24. The character that remains flat in throughout the course of work and
does not change or create any kind of complication is known as _____
A Flat
B Round
C Both
D None of the above
A Flat

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Q.25. Aristotle calls the poet____________
A Motivator
B Imitator
C Creator
D Teacher
B Imitator
Q.26. The Defence of Poesie/Poetrie contains the most definite and vigorous
statement of Sidney’s_________
A Modernism
B Classicism
C Post-modernism
D Realism
B Classicism

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Q.27. _________ term is more applied to graphic representation than literary
ones
A Imagery
B Caricature
C Burlesque
D Bathos
B Caricature
Q.28.________is a subtly humourous perception of inconsistency, in which an
apparently straightforward statement of event is undermined by its context
so as to give it a very different significance.
A Myth
B Satire
C Irony
D Symbol
C Irony

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Q.29. According to Aristotle, the tragedy has______main elements.
A 2
B 4
C 6
D 8
C 6
Q.30. An Apology is a ______Criticism
A Psychological
B Judicial
C Classical
D Modern
B Judicial

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Q.31. ________is the turning point of incidents
A Peripety
B Discovery
C Denouement
D Catastrophe
A Peripety
Q.32. Sidney visualizes an ideal and______world
A Monotones
B Perfect
C Tedious
D Beautiful
B Perfect

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Q.33. The poet is known not by his______
A Versing
B Rhyming
C Name
D Versing and Rhyming
D Versing and Rhyming
Q.34. Poetry is classified into______kinds
A One
B Two
C Three
D Four
C Three

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Q.35.________is a well-known story which was made up in the past to explain
natural events or to justify religious beliefs or social customs.
A Myth
B Satire
C Irony
D Symbol
A Myth
Q.36. Aristotle divides plot into________types
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 5
B 3

20. Thank you !
Dr Sudhir Mathpati
(M.A.,B.Ed.,M.Phil.,Ph.D.,NET)
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Adarsh Mahavidyalaya, Omerga, Dist.
Osmanabad, MS, India