The Great Tradition by F. R. Leavis
  • 1. Who is the author of 'The Great Tradition'?
A) T. S. Eliot
B) E. M. Forster
C) F. R. Leavis
D) Virginia Woolf
  • 2. What is the primary focus of 'The Great Tradition'?
A) American history
B) French philosophy
C) English literature
D) Russian poetry
  • 3. In which year was 'The Great Tradition' published?
A) 1968
B) 1958
C) 1948
D) 1938
  • 4. Which novel is frequently referenced in 'The Great Tradition'?
A) Pride and Prejudice
B) Wuthering Heights
C) Great Expectations
D) Middlemarch
  • 5. Leavis viewed literature as an expression of?
A) Personal whims
B) Commercial interests
C) Artistic styles
D) Cultural values
  • 6. F. R. Leavis is associated with which literary theory?
A) New Criticism
B) Feminist Criticism
C) Psychoanalytic Criticism
D) Marxist Criticism
  • 7. Which genre is primarily examined in 'The Great Tradition'?
A) Poetry
B) Essays
C) Novel
D) Drama
  • 8. Which work by Leavis criticizes the decline of the English novel?
A) Revaluation
B) D.H. Lawrence
C) Culture and Environment
D) The Great Tradition
  • 9. Which of these authors wrote in the 'great tradition' according to Leavis?
A) J.K. Rowling
B) Stephen King
C) Henry James
D) Mark Twain
  • 10. Leavis believed that great literature reflects what?
A) Historical facts
B) Philosophical ideas
C) Scientific principles
D) Human experience
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