HSC
Maharashtra State Board Balbharati Solution
English
Yuvabharati
SECTION FOUR (Genre-Drama)
Chapter 4.1 History of Novel
Chapter 4.2 To Sir, With Love
Chapter 4.3 Around the world in Eighty Days
Chapter 4.4 The sign of Four
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4.1 History of Novel
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,
ManoharMalgaonkar, Mulkraj Anand / Amitav Ghosh ,R.K.Narayan,Arvind Adiga)
3. Chronological Order
1. Write in chronological order (b, a, c, d)
a) Murasaki Shikibu‟s Tale of Genji
b) Greek Romances
c) The appearance of magazines and newspapers
d) Chaucer‟s The Canterbury Tales
2. Write in chronological order (a, d, c, b)
a) Industrial Revolution
b) Drama and Poetry started fading away
c) Novel gained popularity
d) The rise of middle class
3. Given below are some novels, events and writers of
Indian English. Arrange them in chronological order. (d, a, b, c)
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
4. Given below are some Novels in English literature. Arrange
them in their order of their appearance. (b, d, a, c)
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
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.
4. Middle class people had a little interest in
romances and tragedies.
5. Novel gave voice to the aspirations and longings of
middle class.
6. The women novelists haven‟t contributed
significantly in English Literature.
7. Novella is greater in length than Novel.
8. Setting doesn‟t affect plot or characters.
9. The struggle in opposite forces in a story is
called as conflict.
10. Epistolary Novel is a series of correspondence,
other documents and diary entriesas well.
5. Match the following
1. Match essential elements of the novel in column A with relevant points in column
|
Column 'A' |
Column 'B' |
|
(1)
Theme |
a)
can be a thumbnail or deep detailed sketch |
|
(2) Plot |
b)
the background of the story |
|
(3) Character |
c)
philosophical statement, a central idea |
|
(4) Setting |
d)
Course of the events |
|
Column 'A' |
Column 'B' |
|
(1)
Theme |
c)
philosophical statement, a central idea |
|
(2) Plot |
d)
Course of the events |
|
(3) Character |
a) can be a thumbnail or deep detailed
sketch |
|
(4) Setting |
b) the background of the story |
2. Match the following
|
Column 'A' |
Column '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 |
|
Column 'A' |
Column 'B' |
|
(1)
Theme |
a)
philosophical statement, a central idea |
|
(2) Plot |
d) Course of the events |
|
(3) Conflict |
b) the struggle in between opposite
forces |
|
(4) Language, Style |
c) techniques of the narration |
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
A Answer
1. Agatha Christie crime fiction
2. William James stream of consciousness
3. George Eliot psychological novels
4. Mary Shelly science-based 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
A Answer
1. Virginia Woolf stream of consciousness
2. Mary Shelly science-based novels
3. Frances Burney novel of manners
4. Ann Radcliffe gothic novels
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
A Answer
1. Rise of the middle-class Industrial Revolution
2. The spirit of realism and denial of romanticism Novel as a literary genre
3. Novel and periodical essay 18th century literature
4.
The tales of Greek romances Stories
of ideal love and adventures
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
A Answer
1. The flow of thoughts Stream of
Consciousness
2. The internal life of the protagonist Psychological novel
3. The novel based on the life of the author Autobiographical novel
4. The growth of protagonist‟s mind,
spirit and
characters Bildungsroman
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
A Answer
1. Daniel Defoe Robinson
Crusoe
2. Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s
Travels
3. Samuel Richardson Pamela
4. John Bunyan The
Pilgrim’s Progress
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.
A Answer
1. Picaresque Novel adventures
of an eccentric protagonist
2. Historical Novel set
in an earlier period than of the writing
3. Allegorical Novel bears
more than one layers of meaning
4. Utopian Novel speculative
fiction
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
A Answer
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
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)
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