1) In which year I. A. Richards wrote the book Practical Criticism?
A:) 1928
B:) 1929
C:) 1930
D:) 1931
springline- Correct option: B:) 1929
2) What is the original difficulty in reading according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) the challenge in finding out the deceit
B:) the challenge in making out the irony
C:) the challenge in finding out the subject
D:) the challenge in making out the meaning
springline- Correct option: D:) the challenge in making out the meaning
3) Which of the following is not true according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) In the study of literature various kinds of meanings are obtained by the reader.
B:) In the study of literature the reader arrives at a combination of different contributory meanings.
C:) Language performs numerous functions in the study of literature or any other forms of communication.
D:) In the study of literature the reader has to identify the manipulations to decipher the scientific notions of poetry.
springline- Correct option: D:) In the study of literature the reader has to identify the manipulations to decipher the scientific notions of poetry.
4) According to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning, what is reflects the speaker’s nature of relationship with the listener?
A:) speaker’s tone of utterances
B:) listeners’ tone of utterances
C:) subject’s tone of utterances
D:) characters’ tone of utterances
springline- Correct option: A:) speaker’s tone of utterances
5) I. A. Richards’ in his The Four Kinds of Meaning states that, the speaker’s _________ is different from Sense, Tone and Feeling.
A:) Affection
B:) Notion
C:) Attitude
D:) Intention
springline- Correct option: D:) Intention
6) Which of the following facts is false about the author’s or speaker’s intention, according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) The author’s intention influences the language used by him.
B:) The author’s intention may be conscious or unconscious.
C:) The author’s success cannot be measured on the basis of his intention.
D:) It is inevitable to understand the author’s intention in order to make out the meaning.
springline- Correct option: C:) The author’s success cannot be measured on the basis of his intention.
7) Which of the following is not a function of the language in making out the meaning, in accordance with I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning? (a) Sense (b) Attitude (c) Feeling (d) Intention (e) Tone
A:) d
B:) c
C:) b
D:) a
springline- Correct option: C:) b
8) According to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning, when did failure of functions occurred in the analysis of his students?
A:) in the analysis of ‘anonymous’ poetry
B:) in the analysis of ‘narrative’ poetry
C:) in the analysis of ‘concrete’ poetry
D:) in the analysis of ‘ironical’ poetry
springline- Correct option: A:) in the analysis of ‘anonymous’ poetry
9) In accordance with I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning, what is of importance in a scientific document?
A:) Sense
B:) Attitude
C:) Tone
D:) Intention
springline- Correct option: A:) Sense
10) What decides the tone according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) Social convention
B:) Connotative convention
C:) Collective convention
D:) Academic convention
springline- Correct option: D:) Academic convention
11) What happens when all the four functions fail together, since a partial collapse of one function entails aberrations in the others? (a) the reader garbles the sense (b) the reader contrive the attitude (c) the reader distorts the feeling (d) the reader mistakes the tone (e) the reader disregards the intention
A:) a
B:) b
C:) c
D:) d
springline- Correct option: B:) b
12) What is the blend of contributory meanings that, are of different meanings, according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) Thematic meaning
B:) Reflected meaning
C:) Affective meaning
D:) Total meaning
springline- Correct option: D:) Total meaning
13) What does I. A. Richards suggest to do in order to show variety in tone, in his The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) Facts and Illustrations
B:) Jokes and Illustrations
C:) News and Illustrations
D:) Riddles and Illustrations
springline- Correct option: B:) Jokes and Illustrations
14) What kind of relation must be created between the subject and the author’s lay audience according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) a factual relation
B:) a technical relation
C:) a human relation
D:) a scientific relation
springline- Correct option: C:) a human relation
15) What does the author have to do to evoke the reader’s interest according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) the author must explicit the feeling towards the subject
B:) the author must explicit the feeling towards the motive
C:) the author must explicit the feeling towards the irony
D:) the author must explicit the feeling towards the manipulations
springline- Correct option: A:) the author must explicit the feeling towards the subject
16) In The Four Kinds of Meaning, I. A. Richards inquires the ____________ of the four language functions in utterances made in political speeches.
A:) negligence
B:) rank and precedence
C:) agendas and value
D:) inter-connections
springline- Correct option: B:) rank and precedence
17) Which is the most important language function in the political speeches in a General election, according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) Intention
B:) Attitude
C:) Tone
D:) Sense
springline- Correct option: A:) Intention
18) In The Four Kinds of Meaning, I. A. Richards states that, ‘We will be pained or surprised’ to observe __________ getting the least importance in the political speeches in a General election.
A:) Tone
B:) Feeling
C:) Intention
D:) Sense
springline- Correct option: D:) Sense
19) According to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning, feeling and tone become dominant and operate through sense in __________.
A:) document
B:) biography
C:) poetry
D:) fiction
springline- Correct option: C:) poetry
20) When does the statements in a poetry affect the reader’s feeling according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) on the domination of feeling and intention
B:) on the domination of feeling and attitude
C:) on the domination of feeling and sense
D:) on the domination of feeling and tone
springline- Correct option: A:) on the domination of feeling and intention
21) I. A. Richards in his The Four Kinds of Meaning states that there is negligible danger of mistaking statements for facts in _________.
A:) concrete poetry
B:) narrative poetry
C:) blank verse
D:) Free verse
springline- Correct option: B:) narrative poetry
22) What leads to a complete stalemate of muddle-mindedness while reading poetry according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) when the reader considers the statement showing a blend of feelings as a fact
B:) when the reader considers the statement showing a blend of feelings as a manipulation
C:) when the reader considers the statement showing a blend of feelings as a deceit
D:) when the reader considers the statement showing a blend of feelings as a irony
springline- Correct option: A:) when the reader considers the statement showing a blend of feelings as a fact
23) Why does the poets subjugate the Sense in poetry, according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) to express a feeling or adjust the motive
B:) to express a feeling or adjust the attitude
C:) to express a feeling or adjust the sense
D:) to express a feeling or adjust the tone
springline- Correct option: D:) to express a feeling or adjust the tone
24) According to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning, the shifts in language functions place in ___________.
A:) social language or phatic communion
B:) rhetoric language or phatic communion
C:) conventional language or phatic communion
D:) graphic language or phatic communion
springline- Correct option: A:) social language or phatic communion
25) In which discipline language function Sense interferes and dominates Feeling and Tone according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) Philosophy
B:) Rhetoric
C:) Psychology
D:) Biography
springline- Correct option: C:) Psychology
26) Which language function is the most important in all scientific utterances that verified according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) Sense
B:) Feeling
C:) Tone
D:) Intention
springline- Correct option: A:) Sense
27) In accordance with I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning, what is known as ‘feeling’?
A:) the speaker’s attitude towards the motive
B:) the speaker’s attitude towards the subject
C:) the speaker’s attitude towards the language
D:) the speaker’s attitude towards the syntax
springline- Correct option: B:) the speaker’s attitude towards the subject
28) Where clearest examples of the shifts of language function is observed according to I. A. Richards’ The Four Kinds of Meaning?
A:) in science document
B:) in science fiction
C:) in conversations
D:) in political thesis
springline- Correct option: C:) in conversations
29) I. A. Richards through his literary criticism established the practical foundations and methodology of ____________.
A:) Reader- response criticism
B:) New Historicism
C:) Post- structuralism
D:) New Criticism
springline- Correct option: D:) New Criticism
30) What is the lifetime period of Ivor Armstrong Richards, a philosopher, linguist and literary critic?
A:) 1893 - 1977
B:) 1893 - 1978
C:) 1893 - 1979
D:) 1893 - 1980
springline- Correct option: C:) 1893 - 1979