1. The major literary form Novel is ………….. century gift to English Literature.
a) sixteenth century b) seventeenth century
c) eighteenth century d) nineteenth century
2. A novel is a long
narrative ………. describing intimate human experiences.
a) verse fiction b) prose fiction
c) poetic fiction d) epic fiction
3.
The English word ‘novel’ is derived
from the ……………… word ‘novella’.
a) Italian b) Spanish
c) Latin d) German
4. The
Italian word ‘novella’ means ……………………
a)
precious b)
old
c)
glamorous d)
new
5. The
literary from ‘Novel’ has a history of about………. years.
a)
four thousand b)
three thousand
c)
two thousand d)
six thousand
6. ‘The
Canterbury Tales’ is written by ………
a)
Malory b)
Geoffrey Chaucer
c)
Virgil d)
Murasaki Shikibu
7. Choose
the correct pair of the ‘novel and its writer’.
a)
Tale of Genji – Samuel Richardson
b)
Frankenstein- Merry Shelley
c)
The Wuthering Heights- Charlotte Bronte
d)
Evelina- Ann Radcliff
8. The
world’s first novel ‘Tale of Genji’ is written by………
a)
Miguel de Cervantes b) Daniel
Defoe
c)
Samuel Richardson d) Murasaki
Shikibu
9. The
European novel is said to begin with a novel titled ……
a)
Don Quixote b)
The Pilgrim’s Progress
c)
Oroonoku d)
Robinson Crusoe
10. The
Spanish novel ‘Don Quixote’ is written by…….
a)
Miguel de Cervantes b) Daniel Defoe
c)
Jonathan Swift d)
Henry Fielding
11. The
18th century new literature was characterized by …….
a)
passion and imagination b)
realism and denial of romanticism
c)
love and adventure d)
horror and mystery
12. Increase in trade and commerce along with the Industrial Revolution gave rise to the ……
a)
elite class b)
poor class
c)
middle class d)
common class
12. ‘The
Pilgrim’s Progress’ is written by…….
a)
Aphra Behn b)
Daniel Defoe
c)
Jonathan Swift d)
John Banyan
.13. Gulliver’s
Travel by Jonathan Swift is a ………..
a) satire b)
parody c) travelogue d)
epic
14.
Which of the following two novels
initiated the plenteous and colourful tradition
of English novel?
a) Robinson Crusoe, Mall Flanders
b) Pamela, Clarissa
c) The Pilgrim’s Progress, Oroonoku
d) Gulliver’s Travel, Wuthering Height
15. The
novel, ‘Oroonoku’ is written by…….
a)
Aphra Behn b)
Daniel Defoe
c) Jonathan Swift d) John Banyan
16. ‘Robinson Crusoe’ and ‘Mall Flanders’ are
the novels written by
a)
Aphra Behn b) Daniel Defoe
c) Jonathan Swift d) John Banyan
17.
A famous satire ‘Gulliver’s Travel’ is
witten by……
a)
Aphra Behn b)
Daniel Defoe
c) Jonathan Swift d)
John Banyan
18.
An Epistolary novel ‘Pamela’ written
by Samuel Richardson is subtitled as……
a) Virtue Rewarded b) Clarissa
c) Mall Flanders d)
Evelina
19.
The novels ‘Pamela’ and ‘Clarissa’ are
………….
a) Historical novels b) Gothic novels
c) Epistolary novels d)
Allegorical novels
20.
Choose the correct pair of the name of
an immigrant author and the nation.
a) Salman Rushdie – India b) V.S. Naipaul – Japan
c) Kazuo Ishigura – Trinidad d) none of the given
21.
The novel of manners ‘Evelina’ is
written by ….
a) Frances Burney b) Merry Shelley
c) Jane Austen d) George Eliot
22. The novelist Ann Radcliff mainly wrote ……..
a) Realistic novels b) Gothic novels
c) Autobiographical novels d) Utopian novels
23.
Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein is a
type of ……
a) a) Realistic novel b) Gothic novel
c) Autobiographical novel d) Science fiction
24.
Emily Bronte’s The Wuthering Height is
an example of a/an ……….
a)
Autobiographical
novel b) Epistolary novel
c) Gothic novel d) Picaresque novel
25.
The novel …. ………. is written by
Charlotte Bronte.
a) The Wuthering Heights b) Frankenstein
c) Jane Eyre d) Evelina
26.
George Eliot was the pen name of ……………
a) Jane Austen b) Virginia Woolf
c) Mary Ann Evans d)
Agatha Christie
27.
Choose the mismatched pair of the
novelist and her type of writing.
a) George Eliot – Psychological novels
b) Virginia Woolf – Stream of
Consciousness novel
c) Emily Bronte - Gothic novels
d) Charlotte Bronte – Historical
novels
28.
………………. is the pioneer of Stream of
Consciousness technique.
a) George Eliot b) William James
c) Margaret Atwood d) Toni Morison
29.
Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple are the
evergreen detectives created by …..
a) Agatha Christie b) Alice Walker
c) Harper Lee d) Margaret Atwood
30.
………….. created her own place by
writing many novels based on crime.
a) Agatha Christie b) Alice Walker
c) Harper Lee d) Margaret Atwood
31.
The first Indian English novel
‘Rajmohan’s Wife’ is written by ………….
a) Raja Rao b) Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay
c) Mulkraj Anad d) R. K. Narayan
32.
‘Rajmohan’s Wife’ written by Bankimchandra
Chattopadhyay was serialized in …………. magazine.
a) The Asian Quarterly b) The Indian Field
c) The Asian Field d) The Indian Quarterly
33.
Which of the following Indian
novelists are known as the ‘Trio’ in Indian English literature?
a) Amitav Ghosh, Vikram Seth, Upamanyu
Chatterjee
b) Anita Desai. Arun Joshi, Manohar
Malgaonkar
c) Salman Rushdie, Arvid Adiga, Kiran
Nagarkar
d) Mulkraj Anand, R.K. Narayan,
Raja Rao
34.
Pick out the odd element from the
group.
a) Mulkraj Anand, R.K Narayan, Raja
Rao, Manohar Malgaonkar
b) Vikram Seth, Kiran Desai, Salman
Rushdie, V.S. Naipaul
c) Setting, plot, theme, conflict
d) Realistic novel, Picaresque novel,
Epistolary novel, Gothic novel
35.
A prose fiction which is longer than a
short story and shorter than a novel is known as……….
a) Novella b) Novel
c) A long story d) Detective story
36. Select the incorrect example of ‘novella’.
a) The Heart of Darkness b) Death of Venice
c) Seize the Day d) Morte De Arthur
37. Identify the element of novel by reading
the following description
Description: It is a story, develops
the theme and results from the conflict
a) Plot b) Theme c) Conflict d) Setting
38.
Identify the element of novel by
reading the following description
Description: It is a central idea, it
is a philosophical statement
a) Plot b) Theme c)
Conflict d) Setting
39.
The plot consisting the interweaving
of many subplots is known as…….
a) Round plot b) Complex plot
c) Simple plot d) Flat plot
40.
The main character to which the
readers follow throughout the novel is ………. of the novel.
a) Protagonist b) Antagonist
c) Villain d) Major character
41.
The protagonist is always in conflict
with a character which is known as
a) Protagonist b)
Antagonist
c) Villain d) Major character
42.
The background in which the story
takes place is ………. of the novel.
a) conflict b) theme c)
plot d) setting
43.
The struggle between the opposite
forces in the story is called………..
a) setting b) plot c)
conflict d) theme
44.
The language and the techniques used
by the author for narration is known
as……..
a) style b) theme c) plot d)
setting
45.
Choose the appropriate statement that
describes the nature of ‘Epistolary Novel’.
1)
Story is developed through the exchange of letters
2) Story includes
terror, mystery, deaths and haunted buildings
3) Story is based on the
life of the author
4)
Story
deals with the development of the author
46. Choose the appropriate statement that
describes the nature of ‘Gothic Novel’.
1)
Story
is developed through the exchange of letters
2) Story includes
terror, mystery, deaths and haunted buildings
3) Story is based on the
life of the author
4)
Story
deals with the development of the author
47. Choose the appropriate statement that
describes the nature of ‘Autobiographical Novel’.
1)
Story
is developed through the exchange of letters
2) Story includes
terror, mystery, deaths and haunted buildings
3) Story is based on the
life of the author
4)
Story
deals with the development of the author
48. Choose the appropriate statement that
describes the nature of ‘Bildungsroman Novel’.
1)
Story
is developed through the exchange of letters
2) Story includes
terror, mystery, deaths and haunted buildings
3) Story is based on the
life of the author
4)
A fictional biography or autobiography dealing with the
development of the author
49.
Utopian/ Dystopian novel depicts…….
1) an imaginary community or
society possessing the ideal qualities
2) terror, mystery, deaths,
supernatural, doom and haunted buildings
3) flow of the thoughts in the
sequence of their occurrences
4) internal life of the protagonists
as much as the external life
50. Match the types of novel given in column A
with their nature in column B.
|
Column A |
Column B |
|
i.
Realistic novel ii.
Historical novel iii.
Allegorical novel iv.
Psychological novel |
a.
Set in a period earlier than that of writing b.
Gives the effect of realism c.
Treats the internal life of the protagonist and other
characters d.
Surface meaning of such novel is different from the
symbolic meaning |
Ans: i. (b), ii. (a),
iii. (d), iv. (c)
51.
Which of the following is not a type
of novel?
1)
Realistic
novel
2) Utopian novel
3) Psychological novel
4) Imaginative novel
52. Choose the incorrect pair from the following.
1)
Background
of the novel- setting
2) Central idea in the
novel- theme
3) Struggle between the
characters- style
4)
Events that develop the theme - plot
52.
‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley is an
example of ……….. novel.
1) Epistolary 2) Historical 3)
Science 4) Gothic
54. The phrase ‘Stream of Consciousness’ is
coined by …………
1) William James 2) Virginia Woolf 3) Ann Radcliff 4)
Mary Shelley
55. ………………..is a speculative fiction dealing
with imaginative concepts such as
futuristic setting, futuristic science
and technology.
1) Gothic novel 2) Realistic Novel
3) Psychological novel 4) Science fiction
56. Match the column A with column B.
|
Column A |
Column B |
|
1.
The Heart of Darkness 2.
The Turn of the Screw 3.
Billy Bud 4.
Death in Venice |
a.
Henry James b.
Herman Melville c.
Thomas Mann d.
Joseph Conrad |
Ans.
1. The Heart
of Darkness - (d) Joseph Conrad
2. The Turn of the Screw - (a) Herny James
3. Billy Bud - (b) Herman Melville
4. Death in Venice - (c) Thomas Mann
57. ‘Seize the Day’ is a novella written by
…………
1) Thomas Mann 2) Herman Melville
3) Joseph Conrad 4) Saul Bellow
58.
The novella……………… is written by John
Steinbeck.
1) The Heart of Darkness 2) The Turn of the Screw
3) Pearl 4) Billy Bud
59. The word ‘epistolary’ is originated from
the ………..word ‘epistola’ which means a letter.
1) Spanish 2) Italian 3)
Latin 4) German
60. The word ‘picaresque’ is originated from
the ………..word ‘picaro’ which means a rogue.
1) Spanish 2) Italian 3) Latin 4)
German
61. The word ‘bildungsroman’ is the ………..word
which means ‘growth’.
1) Spanish 2) Italian 3)
Latin 4) German
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