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Epistolary Novel is a series of correspondence, other documents and diary entries as well.

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Epistolary Novel is a series of correspondence, other documents and diary entries as well. - True

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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 4.1

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

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The epistolary novel presents the narrative through _______.


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


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Stream of consciousness novel


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Novella


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Eighteenth century gifted mankind with _____________


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Novel soon became dominant literary genre as it _____________


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Gothic novel contains ________________


English word ‘Novel’ is derived from the Italian word ______________


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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

Given below are some Novels in English literature. Arrange them in their order of their appearance.

  1. The Pilgrim’s Progress and Oroonaku
  2. Ecologues
  3. Pamela and Gulliver’s Travels
  4. The Tale of Genji

‘Tale of Genji’ is described as world’s first novel.


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.


Novella is greater in length than Novel.


Setting doesn’t affect plot or characters.


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


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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

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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

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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

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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. Picaresque Novel a) bears more than one layers of meaning.
2. Historical Novel b) speculative fiction
3. Allegorical Novel c) adventures of an eccentric protagonist
4. Utopian Novel d) set in an earlier period than of the writing.

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A Novel is relatively a _______________.


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


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


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


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