Who is the author of Ars Poetica ?
Correct answer: C. Horace
- A. Plato
- B. Aristotle
- C. Horace
- D. Longinus
Explanation
Ars Poetica is Horace’s verse treatise on poetic art and literary principles. It influenced later European ideas about decorum, style, and the purpose of poetry.
Report an error
The more specific you are, the faster it gets fixed. A source beats an opinion.
Prefer email? [email protected]
Practise Literary Criticism
268 free Literary Criticism MCQs from English Literature, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Discussion
Stuck on an option, or know a faster way to get there? Ask or explain it here.
No comments yet. Be the first to explain this one.
Exams that ask English Literature questions like this
English Literature is on 2 papers prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for every one of them.
More Literary Criticism questions
"The end of writing is to instruct, the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing." Whose view is this ?
Regarding the observance of the three Classical Unities in a play, Dr. Johnson's view is that ?
In which book of the Republic did Plato ban poets from his ideal world ?
Who considers poetry 'a mother of lies' ?
In which essay did Arnold say that for good literature to flourish two powers are necessary - creative and the critical ?
Aristotle and Plato belong to phase of criticism ?