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Setting doesn’t affect plot or characters.

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  • True

  • False

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Setting doesn’t affect plot or characters. - 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 4.08

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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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Style of the novel


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Indian tradition of novels


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Eighteenth century gifted mankind with _____________


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


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Gothic novel contains ________________


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Strike out the unnecessary Detective fiction is ____________.


A novel is relatively a _______ narrative.


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


‘The Pilgrims Progress’ is a Novel written by ___________


_____________ is the pioneer of the ‘Stream of Consciousness’ technique in English novel.


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


Joseph Conrad wrote the novella named as _____________


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

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

Novel is recognized as the most dominant literary genre in modern times.


A Novel is relatively a short narrative.


‘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.


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


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


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

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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. 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 industrial revolution gave birth to _______.


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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

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The German word ‘bildungsroman’ indicates _______.


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


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Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
(1) Novel (a) Greek Romances
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The novel that bears more than one level of meaning is called ______ novel.


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


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