1.Who among the following Greek Philosophers has a bearing on the composition of Shelley’s “Adonais” ?
(1) Miletus
(2) Socrates
(3) Plato
(4) Aristotle
Answer: 3
2.Which of the following plays gained notoriety for its caricature of the philosopher Socrates?
(A) The Birds
(B) The Wasps
(C) The Clouds
(D) The Frogs
Answer: (C)
3.Arrange the following sentences in the order in which they appear in Emerson`s .Self-Reliance.:
(a) To be great is to be misunderstood.
(b) Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh.
(c) If it so bad then to he misunderstood!
(d) It is a right fools word.
(e) Misunderstood!
(1) (a), (e), (d), (c), (b)
(2) (e), (a), (b), (c), (d)
(3) (c), (d), (a), (b), (e)
(4) (e), (d), (c), (b),
Answer: 4
4.What does Socrates mean when in Plato’s Ion, he says “Poets are nothing but the interpreters of gods”?
1. The Poets are the markers of their poems
2. The Poets are acutely aware of gods in composing their poems
3. The Poets are divinely possessed when they compose their poems
4. The Poets first hear what gods say then put than into words
Answer: 3