10 MCQs from Literary Criticism - (1)

1. Plato is the disciple of….. 

A. Crito 

B. Heraclitus 

C. Socrates 

D. Democritus 

2. Which of the following pre- Socratic philosopher influenced Plato? 

A. Heraclitus 

B. Democritus 

C. Protagoras 

D. Crito 

3. Which philosopher said that “everything in the universe is in a state of flux”? 

A. Plato 

B. Aristotle 

C. Socrates 

D. Heraclitus

4. Who propounded the dialectical method of pursuing truth? 

A. Plato 

B. Socrates 

C. Aristotle 

D. Heraclitus 

5. In which form did Plato present his philosophy? 

A. Written 

B. Oral 

C. Dialogue 

D. Pictorial 

6. Which among the following is Not a dialogue by Plato? 

A. Ion 

B. Apology 

C. Symposium 

D. Poetics 

7. Plato expounded his theory of Forms in …… and ….. 

A. Ion and Apology 

B. Phaedo and The Republic 

C. Lysis and Gorgias 

D. Meno and The Republic 

8. According Plato reality exists in …… 

A. The External world 

B. The Realm of pure forms 

C. The world of reason 

D. World of Imagination. 

9. Who is a rhapsode? 

A. Dancer 

B. Spectator 

C. Interpreter who explains ideas 

D. Medium through which God speaks 

10. Which according to Plato is a divorce from reason? 

A. Philosophy 

B. Rhetoric 

C. Poetry 

D. Logic