Thursday, 15 February 2024

History of Novel Activity Sets

History of Novel 

 Set - 1👇

A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions.

1) Choose the correct alternatives and complete the given statements. 2

a) There are (six, seven, eight) essential elements of 'Novel' or 'Novella'

Answer:- Six

b) Novel as literary genre has a history of about years.

(two thousand, five thousand, thousand)

Answer:- two thousand years

c) After 1740 in (Rome, England, India) novel originated as literary form.

Answer:- England

d) Today the most recognised dominant literary genre is (drama, one Act Play, Rovel )

Answer:- Novel 

2) State whether the following sentences are 'True' or 'False' and rewrite them. 2

a) Readers follow the action of the main character in novel is called 'Protagonist'

Answer:- True 

b) Novel makes life easier to understand than drama and poetry.

Answer:- true 

c) The historical novel narrates the adventure of the Protagonist.

Answer:- False 

d) 'Stream of Consciousness' is a term coined by William Shakespeare.

Answer:- False 


Set - 2👇👇

5. A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions.

 Pick out the odd element from the group.

a) Plot, Conflict, Protagnist, Language

b) Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Thomas Hardy

c) Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthrone, H.G. wells, George eliot

d) The Heart of Darkness, The Turh of the screw, The pilgrims Progress, Death in venice

Answer :-

Protagnist

Thomas Hardy

George eliot

The pilgrims Progress



2) Write the language and meaning of the following words.


Words         Language         Meaning

a) Novella    Italian            new


b)Picaro         Spanish            rogue


c) Epistola     Latin                 letter 


d) Bildungsroman German   growth 


Set- 3👇👇


5. A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions: 2


1) Match the following items from column - A with those from the column B.



Column A                      Column B



a) Geoffrey chaucer i) Frankenstein


b) Daniel Defoe            ii) Jane Eyre


c) Mary shelley     iii) Robinson crusoe


d) Charlotte Bronte iv) The canterbury                                                 Tales


Answer:


a = The Canterbury Tales 

b= Robinson crusoe 

c= Frankenstein 

d= Jane Eyre 



ii) Choose the correct alternative and complete the statements. 2

a) The main character to which the readers follow. throughout the novel is a........... of the novel. 

(Protagonist, antagonist, villian, minor character)


b)..... is the central idea in the novel. 

(plot. character, setting, theme.)

c) Psychological novel treats the (external, personal, social, internal) life of the protagonist

d) Stream of consciousness is a phrase coined by (Jonathan swift, John Bunyan, william James, walter scott)

            Set- 4👇👇

A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions:

All Match the pairs:


1) Picaresque Novel a) bears more than                                            one layer of                                                       meaning


2) Historical Novel b) speculative fiction


3) Allegorical Novel c) adventures of an                                         accentric protagonist


4) Utopian Novel d) set in an earlier                                     period than of the writing

A21Complete the sentence:


1) The industrial revolution gave birth to.. (poor class/middle class/rich class)


2) Salman Rushdie, VS. Naipaul, Kazuo Ishigura are... 


(Indian authors, immigrant authors/ writers of Indian origion)

                       Set-5👇👇

Al Complete the activities given below as per the instructions: 

1) Fill in the blanks with correct alternative:


i) The Italian word 'novella 'means.

a) precious c) glamorous b) old d) new


Answer-       new

ii) Increase in trade and commerce along with the industrial revolution gave rise to the......

a) elite class b) poor c) middle class. class d) common class

Answer- middle class 

iii) The novels" Pamela and clarissa are

a) Historical

 c) Epistolary

b) Gothic

d) Allegorical.


Answer-  Epistolary novel 

iv) A famous satire Gulliver's Travel' is written by.........

a) Aphra Behn b) Jonathan Swift

c) Daniel Defoe  d) John Banyan.


Answer- Jonathan Swift 


 Match the following

A                                                            B 

i) Picaresque novel  a) include terror,                                          mistery, horror a                         thriller.

ii) Historical novel  b) bears more                                                     than one level                                   of meaning

iii) Gothic novel               c) set in period                                       erlier than that of                                           writing

 iv) Allegorical                 d) narrates the                                                adventure of                                            the protagonist                                         who isecentric person.


Answer- 


i) Picaresque novel    d) narrates the                                                adventure of                                            the protagonist                                         who isecentric person.


 ii) Historical novel  b) set in period                                       erlier than that of            writing


iii) Gothic novel          a) include terror,                                          mistery, horror a                         thriller.


 iv) Allegorical         b) bears more                                                     than one level                                   of meaning

          Set -6 👇👇

5. Al Complete the following statements.


i] The two types of conflicts that the plot may have are.

Ans:- internal and external conflicts 

ii] The word 'picareque is originated from


Ans:- Spanish word 'picaro'

The epistolary novel presents the narrative through.

Ans:- series of correspondence or other documents 


iv) In the eighteenth century middle class could get the time for reading and discussing the novels because

Ans:- the spread of the machines 


A2 Match the novelist and novel.

Novelist                       Novel.

1] Virgil         =          b] Ecologues

2] Malory     =      a) Morte De Arthur

3) Oroonoku =       Aphra Behn

4] Daniel Define =   Robinson crusoe

5. A) Complete the activities given below as per the instruction. 1) Rewrite the following sentences and state whether they are True or false.


a) The introduction of newspapers and magazins led to an increase in the


number of middle class readers to the 18th century.


b) The Indian English novel has undergone many changes and its future


appears break.


c) The rise of middle class played a vital role in the popularity of the novel.


d) Kazuo Ishiguro is a well-known American author of French origin.


2) Match the types of novel in column 'A'with their nature in column 'B'

A                                         B

Types of novel                   Nature


a) Story is developed through the exchange of letters. 

= Epistolary novel

b) Story includes terror, mistery, deaths and haunted buildings.

iv) Gothic novel

c) Story is based on the life of the author

i) Autobiographical novel

 d) Story deals with the development of

the author

i) Bildungsroman novel


Set - 7👇👇

A1) Complete the following activity 

i)choose the correct pair of the novel and its novelist

Answers 

 a)Tale of Genji- Murasaki Shikibu

b) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 

c) the Wuthering Heights - Charlotte Bronte

d) Evelina - Ann Radcliff

 ii) Complete the statement by writing the correct option from the following. 2

i)The World's first novel 'Tale of Genji' is written by 

a) Miguel de Cervantes b) Daniel Defoe

C)Samuel Richardson d) Murasaki Shikibu


 





History of Novel (From Board's Question Bank)

 

      History of Novel

 (From Board's Question Bank)

Q. 5 A Complete the activities given below as per the instructions. 

(4 Marks)

1. Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:

i. Eighteenth century gifted mankind with….

a) Drama and poetry

b) Novel and drama

c) Poetry and novel

d) Novel 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.


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.


iv. Gothic novel contains …….

a) Terror and supernatural.

b) Mystery and thriller.

c) Horror and haunted buildings.

d) All of these.


v. Strike out the 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.

d) Protagonist is a necessarily an eccentric person.


2. Fill in the blanks by choosing correct alternative.

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

(Short / long /descriptive)


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

(Novella, Novelle, Novellus)


3) Geoffrey Chaucer wrote …….

(Morte De Arthur, The Canterbury Tales, Tale of Genji)


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

(1010, 1605, 1050, 1600)


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

(John Bunyan, Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe)


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

(Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf)


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

(Mulkraj Anand, R.K.Narayan, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya)

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

(Billy Budd, The Heart of Darkness, Pearl)

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

(Futuristic settings, death and decay, earlier period than of writing)

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)


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,d,a,c


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      a,d,b,c

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,a,b,c

4. Given below are some Novels in English literature. Arrange them in their 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 Quxiote

Answer      b,d,a,c


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 world’s first novel.

True

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

True

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

True

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

False 

7. Novella is greater in length than Novel.

False 

8. Setting doesn’t affect plot or characters.

False 

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

False True

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

as well.

False True

5. Match the following

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

B.

A B

1. Theme   a) can be a thumbnail or deep                        detailed sketch

2. Plot           b) the background of the                                     story

3. Character     c) philosophicalstatement,                                a central idea

4. Setting           d) Course of the events


2. Match the following

A B

1. Theme a) philosophical statement, a central idea

2. Plot b) the struggle in between opposite forces

3. Conflict c) techniques of the narration

4. Language, Style d) Course of the events

3. Match the following

A 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

4. Match the following

A 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

5. Match the following

A B

1. Rise of the middle-class a) 18th century literature

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

6. Match the following

A B

1. The flow of thoughts a) Bildungsroman novel 

2. The internal life of the protagonist b) Stream of 

Consciousness

3. The novel based on the life of the author c) Psychological novel

4. The growth of protagonist’s mind, spirit and characters d) Autobiographical novel

7. Match the following

A B

1. Daniel Defoe a) Gulliver’s Travels

2. Jonathan Swift b) Robinson Crusoe

3. Samuel Richardson c) The Pilgrim’s Progress

4. John Bunyan d) Pamela

8. Match the following

A B

1. Picaresque Novel a) bears more than one layers of meaning.

2. Historical Novel b) speculative fiction

3. Allegorical Novel c) adventures of an eccentric protagonist

4. Utopian Novel d) set in an earlier period than of the writing.

9. Match the following

A 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


6. Complete the sentence:

1. The Periodical Essay and Novel are the gifts of ………… .

(18 th century/ 17 th century /19 Th century)

2. A Novel is relatively a ………….

(a short narrative fiction/ a long narrative fiction / a fiction of moderate length)

3. The industrial revolution gave birth to ……… .

(poor class/ middle class/ rich class)

4. Appearance of newspaper in 18 th century attracted a large number of readers from

……….. (poor class/ middle class/ rich class)

5. Rise of Novel as a literary genre resulted in lowering the importance of ………………

(poetry/ drama/ Drama and Poetry)

6. Salman Rushdie, V. S. Naipaul, Kazuo Ishigura are ………..

(Indian authors/ immigrant authors/writers of Indian origin)


History of Novel ( From Board Activity Sheet)

           History of Novel

( From Board Activity Sheet)



SET - 1

👇 HSC Board Exam July 2022👇

5. (A) Complete the activities as per the instructions given below:



(1) Rewrite the given sentences by choosing the correct alternative given in the brackets:

(i) The word 'novella', originated from the.... word 'novelle', a type of prose fiction.

 (French; Italian; American; Mexican)

(ii) The psychological novel presents the the protagonist. .......of

(personal life; professional life; social life; internal life)

(iii) The word 'utopia' possesses the .......

(best qualities; worst qualities; ideal qualities; unequal qualities)

(iv) In the eighteenth century middle class could get time for reading and discussing the novels becauseof........

(ideas of life; the spread of superstitions; the spread of machines; ample free time)

Ans:-

i) picaresque novel - narrates the adventure of the protagonist 

ii) Alligorical novel  - the surface meaning of its is different from symbolic meaning. 

iii) Historical novel - describes earlier than its writing

iv) Bildungsroman  - indicate the growth of  the protagonists mind and spirit

SET - 2

👇 HSC Board Exam July 2021👇

Q. 5. (A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions:


(i) Pick out the odd element from each line:

(a) Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene, Daniel Defoe, Anthony Burgess.


(b) Mystery, Style, Conflict, Character.


(c) The turn of the screw, Aphra Behn, Rajmohan's Wife, Jane Eyre.


(d) Drama, Novel, Psychology, Poetry.


(ii) Choose the correct alternatives and rewrite the sentences: (2)


(a) The novel as a literary genre has a history of about years.

[two thousand five hundred, two thousand, five hundred]


(b) The new literature written in the 18th century was characterised by

[mystery, fantasy, spirit of realism]


(c) In .......novel, the surface meaning is different from the symbolic meaning.

[Allegorical, Dystopian, Gothic]


(d) has coined the phrase:

'Stream of Consciousness'.

[Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, William James]


SET - 3

👇 HSC Board Exam Feb. 2022👇

Q. 5. (A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions:

(1) Match the following items from column-A with those from the column-B Column 'A'

Ans:

(a) Murasaki Shikibu = Tale of Genji

(b) Jonathan Swift=(ii) Gulliver's Travels

(c) John Bunyan = 1) The Pilgrim's                                                 Progress

(d) Bankim Chandra= Rajmohan's                                                      Wife 


(ii) Pick the odd word out

(a) Amitav Ghosh, Vikram Seth, Henry Fielding, Anita Desai.

Ans: Henry Fielding

(b) plot, povella, setting, theme

Ans: novella

(c) place, time, climate, epistolary

Ans: epistolary

horror, mystery, picaresque, thriller

Ans: picaresque

(LITERARY GENRE - NOVEL)


SET - 3

👇 HSC Board Exam Feb. 2023👇

Q. 5. (A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions:

(i) Match the following items from column-A with those from the column-B:

(a) Oroonoku  (iii) Aphra Behn

(b) Joseph Conard(b) The Heart of                                                Darkness

(c) John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress

(d) Frankenstein   Mary Shelly

(ii) Choose the correct alternatives and complete the given statements:

(a) Novels with the elements of horror, blood-shed and mystery are called........ novels.

(Realistic, Gothic, Psychological)

(b) bildungsroman' indicates The German word 

(Letter. New Growth)

(c) There are essential elements of 'Novel'

or 'Novella'. 

(six, eight, eleven)

(d) Struggle between the opposite forces in the storyis called.

 (plot. conflict. setting)



SET - 3

👇 HSC Board Exam Jul. 2023👇


Q. 5. (A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions:

(i) Match the columns:


Column 'A'                            Column 'B'


(1) The Heart of Darkness  John Steinbeck

(2) The Turn of the Screw  Thomas Mann

(3) Death in Venice             Joseph Conrad

(4) Pearl Henry                               James


(ii) Choose the correct alternatives and rewrite the sentences:

(a) The central idea in the novel is

 [plot/theme/story ]

(b) The main character in the novel is referred to as [ antagonist/ clown / protagonist ]

(c) The struggle between the opposite forces in the story.

setting/character/conflict

(d) Language and techniques used in the novel is known as

[ manner / style/  texture ]





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