Extra Board-Style Practice • Set 3
Fresh questions only • Strictly from the prescribed textbook
1 Choose the correct alternatives and rewrite the sentences
(a) The eighteenth century gifted English literature two entirely new forms, namely the Periodical Essay and the ______.
(b) The novel tried to instruct readers and help them to lead a more purposeful and ______ life.
(c) The novel presents the picture of the ______ of the period.
(d) In the modern era, the novel adopted literary ______.
2 State whether the following statements are True or False
(a) The novel has a history of about two thousand years.
(b) Greek Romances are mentioned as early precursors of the novel.
(c) The early Greek Romances were stories of ideal love and marvellous adventures.
(d) The novel has always remained limited to the upper class.
3 Complete the following statements
(a) The present English word ‘novel’ means ______ in Italian.
(b) The earlier threads of the novel can be found in Virgil’s ______.
(c) The novel is a relatively long narrative fiction normally written in ______ form.
(d) The European novel is often said to begin with ______.
4 Match the following
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| (a) The Canterbury Tales | (i) Virgil |
| (b) Morte De Arthur | (ii) Geoffrey Chaucer |
| (c) Ecologues | (iii) Malory |
| (d) Tale of Genji | (iv) Lady Murasaki Shikibu |
5 Choose the correct alternatives
(a) The realistic picture of everyday life appealed particularly to the newly educated ______ class.
(b) Drama and poetry were the two literary forms that were ______.
(c) The novel became prominent in the eighteenth century by encompassing social, political, cultural happenings and ______ progress.
(d) The advent of machines provided the educated middle class with time for reading and ______ about books.
6 Pick out the odd element from the group
(a) Virgil, Malory, Geoffrey Chaucer, Agatha Christie.
(b) Don Quixote, Tale of Genji, Morte De Arthur, Frankenstein.
(c) Social, Political, Cultural, Epistolary.
(d) Middle class, Industrial Revolution, Trade, Supernatural.
7 Choose the correct alternatives and rewrite the sentences
(a) ‘Oroonoku’ was written by ______.
(b) ‘Mall Flanders’ was written by ______.
(c) ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ is described in the chapter as a famous ______.
(d) ‘Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded’ is an example of an ______ novel.
8 State whether the following statements are True or False
(a) The novel combined some features of drama and poetry and added new features of its own.
(b) The eighteenth-century literature completely accepted romantic features such as enthusiasm, passion and imagination.
(c) Increase in trade and commerce and the Industrial Revolution contributed to the rise of the middle class.
(d) The realistic picture of common people's everyday life was considered respectable reading by the newly educated class.
9 Match the following
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| (a) Charles Dickens | (i) 20th century |
| (b) E.M. Forster | (ii) 18th century |
| (c) Frances Burney | (iii) Women novelists |
| (d) Salman Rushdie | (iv) Immigrant author |
10 Complete the following statements
(a) The tradition of Indian English novel has registered a marked shift exhibiting ______ concerns.
(b) Anita Desai, Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi and Manohar Malgaonkar ______ and revolutionized Indian English novel through their works.
(c) Amitav Ghosh, Vikram Seth and Upamanyu Chatterjee added ______ features to the Indian novel in English.
(d) Recent Indian novelists mentioned in the chapter include Salman Rushdie, Arvind Adiga, Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai and ______.
11 Choose the correct alternatives
(a) Ann Radcliffe is associated with ______ novels.
(b) Mary Ann Evans is the real name of ______.
(c) Harper Lee, Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker are mentioned as ______ novelists.
(d) Agatha Christie wrote many novels based on ______.
12 Complete the following statements
(a) The Greek Romances profoundly affected creative writing for the next ______ years.
(b) ‘Don Quixote’ was published in two parts between ______ and ______.
(c) ‘Tale of Genji’ was written in the year ______.
(d) The appearance of newspapers and magazines in the eighteenth century attracted a large number of ______ readers.