Extra Board-Style Practice • Set 2
New questions only • Based strictly on the prescribed textbook
1 Choose the correct alternatives and rewrite the sentences
(a) ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ was written by ______.
(b) ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ is a famous ______.
(c) ‘Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded’ and ‘Clarissa’ are ______ novels.
(d) ‘Robinson Crusoe’ was written by ______.
2 Match the following
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| (a) Evelina | (i) Jane Austen |
| (b) Jane Eyre | (ii) Frances Burney |
| (c) Frankenstein | (iii) Charlotte Bronte |
| (d) The Wuthering Heights | (iv) Mary Shelley |
3 Pick out the odd element from the group
(a) Charles Dickens, Walter Scott, Thomas Hardy, Lady Murasaki Shikibu.
(b) Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Miguel de Cervantes.
(c) Salman Rushdie, V.S. Naipaul, Kazuo Ishigura, R.K. Narayan.
(d) Political, social, psychological, picaresque.
4 Complete the following statements
(a) Novel became the prominent form in the eighteenth century by encompassing social, political and cultural happenings and ______ progress.
(b) The 20th century is marked by modern topics and innovative styles and ______.
(c) E.M. Forster, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad and Henry James are among the ______ century novelists mentioned in the chapter.
(d) The 20th-century novelists widened the circumference of the genre by writing about political, social, psychological and other ______ issues.
5 Choose the correct alternatives
(a) A realistic novel is characterized by complex characters with ______ motives.
(b) The characters in a realistic novel undergo plausible and ______ experiences.
(c) Diary entries are also a popular form of the ______ novel.
(d) A psychological novel treats the ______ life of the protagonist.
6 State whether the following statements are True or False
(a) The realistic novel is rooted in social class.
(b) An epistolary novel can use diary entries as a form of presentation.
(c) An autobiographical novel must always be written in the first person.
(d) Utopia is an imaginary community or society possessing ideal qualities.
7 Match the following
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| (a) Samuel Richardson | (i) Gulliver’s Travels |
| (b) Jonathan Swift | (ii) Clarissa |
| (c) Daniel Defoe | (iii) Robinson Crusoe |
| (d) Aphra Behn | (iv) Oroonoku |
8 Complete the following statements
(a) The contribution of women novelists to the development of the novel cannot be ______.
(b) Mary Ann Evans is also known by the name ______.
(c) George Eliot wrote novels reflecting psychological ______.
(d) Jane Austen has been ruling over the minds of people through her ______.
9 Choose the correct alternative
(a) A psychological novel gives importance to the internal life of characters along with the ______ factors.
(b) The growth of the protagonist’s mind, spirit and character from childhood to adulthood is associated with ______.
(c) Utopian themes are especially common in science fiction or ______ fiction.
(d) Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other ______.
10 Pick out the odd element from the group
(a) Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Mary Shelley, R.K. Narayan.
(b) Pamela, Clarissa, Robinson Crusoe, Epistolary.
(c) Space travel, Time travel, Parallel universes, Diary entries.
(d) Terror, Mystery, Supernatural, Social class.