Name : Israa Saad Atyaa Ali
• Choose the correct answer
1. Durin which period did literary consciousness have its
beginning In England?
a) Renaissance
b. Classical Age
c. Middle Ages
d. Modern Age
**Answer: c. Middle Age **
[Link] was the main function of literature according to Medieval
theory?
a) To entertain individuals
b) To help individuals become better Christians
c) To challenge societal norms
d) To promote political ideologies
**Answer: b) To help individuals become better Christians**
3. What was the main object of Medieval Textual Criticism?
a) To create new works of literature
b) To analyze the way works should be written
c) To focus on the way existing works are written
d) To critique the moral values in literature
**Answer: c) To focus on the way existing works are Written**
[Link] are the key concepts of classical poetics preserved In
Medieval Criticism?
[Modify the answers]
a) The concept of originality and innovation
b) The concept of imitation and decorum
c) The concept of satire and parody
e) The concept of ambiguity and irony
**Answer: b) The concept of imitation and decorum**
[Link] medieval genre focused on treatises on letter-writing?
a) Artes poeticae
b) Artes dictaminis
c) Artes praedicandi
d) Artes rhetoricae
**Answer: b) Artes dictaminis**
[Link] two philosophical schools were compared in the medieval
age ?
a) Stoicism and Epicureanism
b) Platonism and Aristotelianism
c) Cynicism and Skepticism
d) Rationalism and Empiricism
**Answer: b) Platonism and Aristotelianism**
[Link] did the fate of Greek authors differ from Latin authors in
the Medieval Ages?
a) Greek authors were more popular than Latin authors
b) Greek authors were unknown during the Middle Ages
c) Greek authors were imitated more than Latin authors
e) Greek authors were more influential than Latin authors
**Answer: b) Greek authors were unknown during the Middle
Ages*
8. Who challenged George Saintsbury’s claim that the Middle
Ages Were not ages of criticism?
a. J.W.H Atkins
b. W. K. Wamsutta
c. Cleanth Brooks
d. Giovanni Boccaccio
**Answer: a. J.W.H Atkins**
[Link] religion prevailed in Western Europe during the Medieval
Age?
a. Buddhism
b. Hinduism
c. Roman Catholicism
d. Judaism
**Answer: c. Roman Catholicism*
10. What was the term used to classify literature under Grammar,
rhetoric, and poetry during the Medieval Age?
a. Syntax
b. Prosody
c. Grammar
d. Phonetics
**Answer: c. Grammar
A. [Link] ancient poet had a clear influence on the midd le
ages?
Homer
b. Virgil
c. Horace
e. Ovid
**Answer: c. Horace**
[Link] is the core of criticism in the Classical Age?
A. Divine plan
B. Literary consciousness
C. Hermeneutics
D. Aesthetics
**Answer: A. Divine plan**
[Link] Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci represents:
Modify the answers
A. Realism
B. Humanism
C. Romanticism
D. Classicism
**Answer: B. Humanism**
[Link] language was common in centers of learning during
The Medieval period?
A. English
B. French
C. Latin
D. German
**Answer: C. Latin**
15. According to George Saintsbury, the Middle Ages were not
Ages of:
A. Criticism
B. Literary taste
C. Humanism
D. Realism
**Answer: A. Criticism**
[Link] period of Medieval criticism was characterized by the
Influence of Humanism?
A. Late classical
B. Carolingian
C. High medieval
D. Humanist
**Answer: D. Humanist**
17. What did J. W. H. Atkins suggest about the
Medieval phase of English Literary Criticism?
A. It was a period of confused thinking in literary Matters
B. It was a period of great literary achievements
C. It was a period of religious enlightenment
D. It was a period of scientific discoveries
**Answer: A. It was a period of confused thinking in Literary
matters**
[Link] to Medieval Criticism, what was poetry considered
equal To in the old world?
a. Science
b. Philosophy
c. Mathematics
d. History
Answer: b. Philosophy
[Link] infused life into literary studies in the 12 th Century?
a. Bede
b. Alcuin
c. John Salisbury
d. Geoffrey of Vinsauf
Answer: c. John Salisbury
[Link] work is considered the earliest surviving English lyrics
xxx Of the medieval period?
a. Beowulf
b. The Owl and the Nightingale
c. Canterbury Tales
d. Divine Comedy
Answer: b. The Owl and the Nightingale
•True or false
[Link] criticism may be divided into five broad periods.
- True
2. Medieval theory was based on a divine plan where Literature
was meant to help individuals become better Christians.
- True
[Link] in the Medieval Ages was considered equal to Philosophy.
- True
4. Medieval criticism dealt with biblical criticism and mysticism.
- -True
[Link] textual criticism focused on how works should be
Written.
- False
6. Most of the great Latin authors did not remain A part of the
cultural tradition of Europe.
- False
[Link] Middle Ages were not considered a dark period In history.
- False
[Link] Criticism did not have a focus on the Art of poetry.
- False
[Link] Criticism did not have a focus on the Formation of the
basis of literary creation
-False
[Link] did not exist alongside grammar, rhetoric, logic, and
Philosophy in the Middle Ages.
- False
