4.1 A History of Novel | Q5 Activities & Answers
Welcome to the complete solution for 4.1 A History of Novel. This topic is covered under Question 5 (A) of the Class 12 Maharashtra HSC Board English exam, carrying a weightage of 4 Marks. Below are the important objective activities including MCQs, Chronological Order, True/False, and Match the Following.
Table of Contents
- Choose the correct alternative
- Fill in the blanks
- Chronological Order
- State True or False
- Match the following
- Complete the sentence
1. Choose the Correct Alternative
-
Eighteenth century gifted mankind with....
a) Drama and poetry
b) Novel and drama
c) Poetry and novel
Answer: d) Novel and periodical essays -
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.
Answer: d) All of these. -
Indian writers in English Novel initially wrote about the theme of.....
a) Domestic violence.
Answer: b) Nationalistic and Social virtues.
c) Scientific theories.
d) Psychological insights. -
Gothic novel contains.......
a) Terror and super natural.
b) Mystery and thriller.
c) Horror and haunted buildings.
Answer: d) All of these. -
Strike out unnecessary: Detective fiction is...
a) A sub-genre of crime fiction.
b) Agatha Christie mastered the art of crime fiction.
c) Detectives can be professional or amateur.
Answer: d) Protagonist is a necessarily an eccentric person.
2. Fill in the Blanks
- A novel is relatively a long narrative.
- English word 'Novel' is derived from the Italian word Novella.
- Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales.
- The Tale of Genji by Muraski Shikabu was published in the year - 1010.
- 'The Pilgrims Progress' is a Novel written by John Bunyan.
- Virginia Woolf is the pioneer of the 'Stream of Consciousness' novel.
- The first Indian English novel 'Rajmohan's wife' was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya.
- Joseph Conrad wrote the novella named as The Heart of Darkness.
- Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with Futuristic settings.
- The famous trio of Indian writers is Mulkraj Anand, R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao.
3. Chronological Order
Activity 1
- Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji
- Greek Romances
- The appearance of magazines and newspapers
- Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Activity 2
- Industrial Revolution
- Drama and Poetry started fading away
- Novel gained popularity
- The rise of middle class
Activity 3 (Indian English Literature)
- Rise of famous Indian Trio
- Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Manohar Malgaonkar
- Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar
- Rajmohan's Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Activity 4 (English Literature Novels)
- The Pilgrim's Progress and Oroonaku
- Ecologues and Morte De Arthur
- Pamela and Gulliver's Travels
- The Tale of Genji and Don Quxiote
4. State whether True or False
| Statement | Answer |
|---|---|
| Novel is recognized as the most dominant literary genre in modern times. | True |
| A Novel is relatively a short narrative. | False |
| 'Tale of Genji' is described as world's first novel. | True |
| Middle class people had a little interest in romances and tragedies. | True |
| Novel gave voice to the aspirations and longings of middle class. | True |
| The women novelists haven't contributed significantly in English Literature. | False |
| Novella is greater in length than Novel. | False |
| Setting doesn't affect plot or characters. | False |
| The struggle in opposite forces in a story is called as conflict. | True |
| Epistolary Novel is a series of correspondence, other documents and diary entries as well. | True |
5. Match the Following (Correct Matches)
| Column A | Column B (Correct Match) |
|---|---|
| 1. Theme | philosophical statement, a central idea |
| 2. Plot | Course of the events |
| 3. Character | can be a thumbnail or deep detailed sketch |
| 4. Setting | the back ground of the story |
| 5. Conflict | the struggle in between opposite forces |
| 6. Language, Style | techniques of the narration |
Authors & Genres
| Column A | Column B (Correct Match) |
|---|---|
| 1. Agatha Christie | crime fiction |
| 2. William James | stream of consciousness |
| 3. George Eliot | psychological novels |
| 4. Mary Shelly | science-based novels |
| 5. Virginia Woolf | stream of consciousness |
| 6. Frances Burney | novel of manners |
| 7. Ann Radcliffe | gothic novels |
Historical Context & Novel Types
| Column A | Column B (Correct Match) |
|---|---|
| 1. Rise of the middle-class | Industrial Revolution |
| 2. The spirit of realism and denial of romanticism | 18th century literature |
| 3. Novel and periodical essay | Novel as a literary genre |
| 4. The tales of Greek romances | Stories of ideal love and adventures |
| 5. The flow of thoughts | Stream of Consciousness |
| 6. The internal life of the protagonist | Psychological novel |
| 7. The novel based on the life of the author | Autobiographical novel |
| 8. The growth of protagonist's mind, spirit and characters | Bildungsroman novel. |
Books & Authors / Novel Types
| Column A | Column B (Correct Match) |
|---|---|
| 1. Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe |
| 2. Jonathan Swift | Gulliver's Travels |
| 3. Samuel Richardson | Pamela |
| 4. John Bunyan | The Pilgrim's Progress |
| 5. Picaresque Novel | adventures of an eccentric protagonist |
| 6. Historical Novel | set in an earlier period than of the writing. |
| 7. Allegorical Novel | bears more than one layers of meaning. |
| 8. Utopian Novel | speculative fiction |
Famous Works & Authors
| Column A | Column B (Correct Match) |
|---|---|
| 1. Thomas Mann | Death in Venice |
| 2. John Steinbeck | Pearl |
| 3. Henry James | The Turn of the Screw |
| 4. Joseph Conrad | The Heart of Darkness |
| 5. Murasaki Shikibu | Tale of Genji |
| 6. Novella | New |
| 7. Don Quixote | Cervantes |
| 8. Rajmohan's Wife | Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya |
6. Complete the Sentence
- The Periodical Essay and Novel are the gifts of 18th century.
- A Novel is relatively a long narrative fiction.
- The industrial revolution gave birth to middle class.
- Appearance of newspaper in 18th century attracted a large number of readers from Middle class.
- Rise of Novel as a literary genre resulted in lowering the importance of Drama and Poetry.
- Salman Rushdie, V.S.Naipaul, Kazuo Ishigura are immigrant authors.
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