MCQs Quiz: Relation of Literature to Life
1. What is the relationship between literature and life?
A) Literature is completely separate from life.
B) Literature has no relation to reality.
C) Literature is an expression of life in artistic form. ✔️
D) Literature is only a collection of facts.
2. According to Plato, what is poetry?
A) A truthful account of life.
B) A scientific analysis of reality.
C) An imitation of imitation, twice removed from truth. ✔️
D) A philosophical truth.
3. What concept forms the basis of Plato’s objection to poetry?
A) Economic value.
B) Moral values only.
C) True reality consists of permanent ideas or forms. ✔️
D) Political influence.
4. Which object does Plato use as an example to explain his theory?
A) A painting of a tree.
B) A black dog, lame dog, etc. ✔️
C) A house and its foundation.
D) A mountain and its shadow.
5. How did Aristotle respond to Plato’s criticism?
A) He agreed fully.
B) He ignored it.
C) He argued that poetry is an imaginative reconstruction of life. ✔️
D) He said literature is only for entertainment.
6. According to Aristotle, what makes poetry more serious than history?
A) It uses rhyme.
B) It tells real events.
C) It deals with universal truths, not just particular events. ✔️
D) It includes dialogue and drama.
7. What did Sir Philip Sidney believe about poets?
A) They only copy others.
B) They imitate reality like painters.
C) They create an ideal world using imagination. ✔️
D) They must report facts.
8. According to Dryden, what does imaginative literature offer?
A) Historical accuracy.
B) A dry imitation of facts.
C) A “just and lively” image of human nature. ✔️
D) A list of ancient customs.
9. What was Dr. Johnson’s view of the poet’s role?
A) To entertain only.
B) To imitate specific individuals.
C) To provide a mirror to general human nature. ✔️
D) To promote personal beliefs.
10. What must a poet understand, according to Dr. Johnson?
A) Laws and science.
B) General truths and modes of life. ✔️
C) Modern technology.
D) Only his own culture.
11. Walter Pater believed literature is:
A) A direct copy of reality.
B) A collection of historic facts.
C) A transcription of the writer’s sense of reality. ✔️
D) A parody of the world.
12. What is Matthew Arnold’s famous idea about literature?
A) It is a joke.
B) It is only entertainment.
C) It is a criticism of life. ✔️
D) It is equal to science.
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