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Question
‘Tale of Genji’ is described as world’s first novel.
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True
False
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Solution
‘Tale of Genji’ is described as world’s first novel. - True
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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.
Place, Period, Theme, Climate, Lifestyle
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:
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:
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:
Gothic novel contains ________________
A novel is relatively a _______ narrative.
‘The Pilgrims Progress’ is a Novel written by ___________
_____________ is the pioneer of the ‘Stream of Consciousness’ technique in English novel.
The famous trio of Indian writers is ___________
Write in chronological order
- Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji
- Greek Romances
- The appearance of magazines and newspapers
- Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
Write in chronological order
- Industrial Revolution
- Drama and Poetry started fading away
- Novel gained popularity
- The rise of middle class
Given below are some novels, events and writers of Indian English. Arrange them in chronological order.
- Rise of famous Indian Trio
- Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Manohar Malgaonkar
- Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar
- Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
A Novel is relatively a short narrative.
Middle class people had a little interest in romances and tragedies.
Novel gave voice to the aspirations and longings of middle class.
The women novelists haven’t contributed significantly in English Literature.
Setting doesn’t affect plot or characters.
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. Rise of the middle-class | a) 18th century literature characteristics |
| 2. The spirit of realism and denial of romanticism | b) Industrial Revolution |
| 3. Novel and periodical essay | c) Stories of ideal love and adventures |
| 4. The tales of Greek romances | d) Novel as a literary genre |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. The flow of thoughts | a) Bildungsroman novel |
| 2. The internal life of the protagonist | b) Stream of Consciousness |
| 3. The novel based on the life of the author | c) Psychological novel |
| 4. The growth of protagonist’s mind, spirit and characters | d) Autobiographical novel |
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 ______________.
A Novel is relatively a _______________.
Appearance of newspaper in 18th century attracted a large number of readers from ___________.
Rise of Novel as a literary genre resulted in lowering the importance of ____________.
Match the following items from column-A with those from the column-B:
| Column-A | Column-B |
| (a) Murasaki Sikibu | (i) The Pilgrim's Progress |
| (b) Jonathan Swift | (ii) Gulliver's Travels |
| (c) John Bunyan | (iii) Raja Mohan's Wife |
| (d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
(iv) Tale of Genji |
Pick the odd word out:
Pick the odd word out:
Pick the odd word out:
Pick the odd one out:
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’.
Match the columns:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| (1) Novel | (a) Greek Romances |
| (2) 18th Century Literature | (b) Middle class readers |
| (3) 2nd to 6th Century | (c) A long narrative fiction |
| (4) Newspapers and magazines | (d) Spirit of Realism |
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.
The novel based on an imaginary community possessing the ideal qualities is called ______ novel.
