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1 History of Novel

Q 5 A History of Novel (4.1)

Q. 5 A Complete the activities are given below as per the instructions. (4 Marks)

1. Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:

i. The Eighteenth-century gifted mankind with…
a) Drama and poetry
b) Novel and drama
c) Poetry and novel
d) Novel, and periodical essays
Answers:-i Eighteenth-century gifted mankind with Novels, and periodical essays

ii. Novel soon became dominant literary genre as it ….

a) Helped people to live a more purposeful life.
b) Caught the intellectual, sentimental, and realistic spirit.
c) grew gradually and gained popularity.
d) All of these.
Answer ii:- Novel soon became the dominant literary genre like it.
a.) Helped people to live a more purposeful life.
b) Caught the intellectual, sentimental, and realistic spirit.
c) grew gradually and gained popularity.
d) All of these

iii. Indian writers in English Novel initially wrote about the theme of …..
a) Domestic violence.
b) Nationalistic and Social virtues.
c) Scientific theories.
d) Psychological insights.
Answer:- Indian writers in English Novel initially wrote about the theme of
Nationalistic and Social virtues.

iv. Gothic novel contains …….

a) Terror and supernatural.
b) Mystery and thriller.
c) Horror and haunted buildings.
d) All of these.
Answer:- Gothic novel contains All of these.

v. Strike out the unnecessay

Detective fiction is ….
a) A subgenre of crime fiction.
b) Agatha Christie mastered the art of crime fiction.
c) Detectives can be professional or amateur.
d) Protagonist is necessarily an eccentric person.
Answer:-Detective fiction is a Protagonist is necessarily an eccentric person.
2. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct alternative.

1) A novel is relatively a …………narrative.

(Short / long /descriptive)
Answer:- A novel is relatively a long narrative.

2) English word ‘Novel’ is derived from the Italian word …….

(Novella, Novelle, Novellus)
Answer:- English word ‘Novel’ is derived from the Italian word Novella

3) Geoffrey Chaucer wrote …….

(Morte De Arthur, The Canterbury Tales, Tale of Genji)
Answer:- Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales.

4) The Tale of Genji by Muraski Shikibu was published in the year ……

(1010, 1605, 1050, 1600)
Answer:– Tale of Genji by Muraski Shikibu was published in the year 1010

5) ‘The Pilgrims Progress is a Novel written by …..

(John Bunyan, Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe)
Answer:- ‘The Pilgrims Progress is a Novel written by John Bunyan

6) ………is the pioneer of the ‘Stream of Consciousness’ novel.

(Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf)
Answer:- Virginia Woolf is the pioneer of the ‘Stream of Consciousness’ novel.

7) The first Indian English novel ‘Rajmohan’s wife’ was written by …

(Mulkraj Anand, R.K.Narayan, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya)
Answer:- The first Indian English novel ‘Rajmohan’s wife’ was written by Bankim Chandra
Chattopadhyaya

8) Joseph Conrad wrote the novella named as …….

(Billy Budd, The Heart of Darkness, Pearl)
Answer:- Joseph Conrad wrote the novella named The Heart of Darkness

9) Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with………

(Futuristic settings, death a, nd decay, earlier period than of writing)
Answer:-Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with Futuristic settings

10) The famous trio of Indian writers is …………

(Mulkraj Anand, R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao / Amitav Ghosh, Manohar Malgaonkar, Mulkraj
Anand / Amitav Ghosh ,R.K.Narayan, Arvind Adiga)
Answer:–The famous trio of Indian writers is Mulkraj Anand, R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao

3. Chronological Order
1. Write in chronological order

a) Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji

b) Greek Romances
c) The appearance of magazines and newspapers
d) Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales

Answer:-
b) Greek Romances.
a) Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji.
d) Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.
c) The appearance of magazines and newspapers.

2. Write in chronological order

a) Industrial Revolution
b) Drama and Poetry started fading away
c) Novel gained popularity
d) The rise of middle class

Answer:-
c) Novel gained popularity.
a) Industrial Revolution.
d) The rise of the middle class.
b) Drama and Poetry started fading away.

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

a) Rise of famous Indian Trio

b) Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Manohar Malgaonkar
c) Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar
d) Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya.

Answer:-
d) Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya.
a) Rise of famous Indian Trio.
b) Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Manohar Malgaonkar.
c) Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar.

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

a) The Pilgrim’s Progress and Oroonaku

 b) Ecologues and Morte De Arthur
c) Pamela and Gulliver’s Travels
d) The Tale of Genji and Don Quixote

Answer:-
d) The Tale of Genji and Don Quixote. b) Ecologues and Morte De Arthur.
a) The Pilgrim’s Progress and Oroonaku.
c) Pamela and Gulliver’s Travels.

4. State whether the following sentences are True or False

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

– True

2. A Novel is relatively a short narrative.

-False.

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

– True

4. Middle-class people had little interest in romances and tragedies.

– True

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

– True

6. The women novelists haven’t contributed significantly to English Literature.

–False.

7. Novella is greater in length than Novel.

–False.

8. Setting doesn’t off the ect plot or characters.

–False

9. The struggle in opposite forces in a story is called conflict.

– True

10. Epistolary Novel is a series of correspondence, another document, and diary

entries as well.
– True.

5. Match the following

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

(1) Theme

(2) Plot
(3)Character

(4) Setting

(a) can be a thumbnail or deep detail sketch.

(b) The background of the story

(c) philosophical statement, central idea.

(d) the course of the events.

Answer:-

(1) Theme (a) philosophical statement, central idea.

(2) Plot (b)the course of the events.

(3) Character (c) can be a thumbnail or deep detail

sketch.

(4) Setting (d) The background of the story.

2. Match the following

(1)The flow of thoughts.

(2) The internal life of the protagonist.

(3) The novis el is based on the life of the author.

(4) The growth of the protagonist’s mind, spirit, and characters

(a) Buildngsroman Novel.

(b)Stream Of Consciousness

(c)Psychological Novels.

(d) Autobiographical Novel

Answer:-
(1)The flow of thoughts. (a)Stream of Consciousness.

(2) The internal life of the protagonist. (b)Psychological Novel

(3) The novel is based on the life of the (c) Autobiographical

author.

(4) The growth of the protagonist’s mind, (d) Buildngsroman Novel.

spirit, and characters