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Novella is greater in length than Novel.

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Novella is greater in length than Novel. - False

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History of Novel
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Chapter 4: Section 4 : Study of Literary Genre - Set 6: A. History of Novel

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SCERT Maharashtra English [Marathi] 12 Standard HSC
Chapter 4 Section 4 : Study of Literary Genre
Set 6: A. History of Novel | Q 4.07

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Match the columns:

Column A Column B
(a) Murasaki Shikibu (1) Cervantes
(b) Novella (2) Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya
(c) Don Quixote (3) Tale of Genji
(d) Rajmohan’s Wife (4) New

Pick out the odd element from the group.

Arun Joshi, Vikram Seth, Graham Greene, Kiran Nagarkar


Pick out the odd element from the group.

Theme, Plot, Character, Novella


Complete the following statement:

The two types of conflicts that the plot may have are _______.


Complete the following statement:

The word ‘picaresque’ originated from _______.


Complete the following statement:

The epistolary novel presents the narrative through _______.


Complete the following statement:

In the eighteenth century, the middle class could get time for reading and discussing novels because _______.


Write a short note on:

Style of the novel


Write a short note on:

Stream of consciousness novel


Write a short note on:

Indian tradition of novels


Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:

Eighteenth century gifted mankind with _____________


Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:

Novel soon became dominant literary genre as it _____________


Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:

Indian writers in English Novel initially wrote about the theme of _____________


Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:

Gothic novel contains ________________


Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:

Strike out the unnecessary Detective fiction is ____________.


English word ‘Novel’ is derived from the Italian word ______.


Geoffrey Chaucer wrote ___________


The Tale of Genji by Muraski Shikabu was published in the year __________


‘The Pilgrims Progress’ is a Novel written by ___________


The first Indian English novel ‘Rajmohan’s wife’ was written by ___________


Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with ___________


Write in chronological order

  1. Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji
  2. Greek Romances
  3. The appearance of magazines and newspapers
  4. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales

Write in chronological order

  1. Industrial Revolution
  2. Drama and Poetry started fading away
  3. Novel gained popularity
  4. The rise of middle class

Given below are some novels, events and writers of Indian English. Arrange them in chronological order.

  1. Rise of famous Indian Trio
  2. Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Manohar Malgaonkar
  3. Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar
  4. Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya

A Novel is relatively a short narrative.


Novel gave voice to the aspirations and longings of middle class.


Setting doesn’t affect plot or characters.


The struggle in between opposite forces in a story is called as conflict.


Match essential elements of the novel in column A with relevant points in column B.

Column A Column B
1. Theme a) can be a thumbnail or deep detailed sketch
2. Plot b) the background of the story
3. Character c) philosophical statement, a central idea
4. Setting d) Course of the events

Match the following.

Column A Column B
1. Theme a) philosophical statement, a central idea
2. Plot b) the struggle in between opposite forces
3. Conflict c) techniques of the narration
4. Language, Style d) Course of the events

Match the following.

Column A Column B
1. Agatha Christie a) stream of consciousness
2. William James b) crime fiction
3. George Eliot c) science-based novels
4. Mary Shelly d) psychological novels

Match the following.

Column A Column B
1. Virginia Woolf a) gothic novels
2. Mary Shelly b) novel of manners
3. Frances Burney c) science-based novels
4. Ann Radcliffe d) stream of consciousness

Match the following.

Column A Column B
1. Daniel Defoe a) Gulliver’s Travels
2. Jonathan Swift b) Robinson Crusoe
3. Samuel Richardson c) The Pilgrim’s Progress
4. John Bunyan d) Pamela

Match the following.

Column A Column B
1. Thomas Mann a) The Heart of Darkness
2. John Steinbeck b) The Turn of the Screw
3. Henry James c) Death in Venice
4. Joseph Conrad d) Pearl

The Periodical Essay and Novel are the gifts of ______________.


The industrial revolution gave birth to _______.


Salman Rushdie, V. S. Naipaul, Kazuo Ishigura are __________.


Pick the odd word out:


Pick the odd word out:


Pick the odd one out:


Match the following items from column ‘A’ with those from column ‘B’:

Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
(a) Oroonoku (i) Joseph Conrad
(b) The Heart of Darkness (ii) John Bunyan
(c) Frankenstein (iii) Aphra Behn
(d) The Pilgrim’s Progress (iv) Mary Shelly

Novels with the elements of horror, bloodshed and mystery are called ______ novels.


The German word ‘bildungsroman’ indicates _______.


There are ______ essential elements of ‘Novel’ or ‘Novella’.


Struggle between the opposite forces in the story is called ______.


The novel that bears more than one level of meaning is called ______ novel.


______ novel is concerned with the protagonist’s overall growth from childhood to adulthood.


______ novel is a novel based on the author's life.


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