1. What is the origin of the word ‘novel’?

a) Latin

b) Greek

c) Italian

d) French

Answer: c) Italian

2. Who is credited with writing the first novel in English?

a) Samuel Richardson

b) Daniel Defoe

c) Geoffrey Chaucer

d) John Bunyan

Answer: b) Daniel Defoe

3. Which novel is considered the first English novel?

a) Robinson Crusoe

b) Pamela

c) Don Quixote

d) Gulliver’s Travels

Answer: a) Robinson Crusoe

4. Who wrote ‘Pamela’, an early English novel?

a) Samuel Richardson

b) Henry Fielding

c) Tobias Smollett

d) Laurence Sterne

Answer: a) Samuel Richardson

5. Which of the following is a picaresque novel?

a) Tom Jones

b) Pride and Prejudice

c) War and Peace

d) The Great Gatsby

Answer: a) Tom Jones

6. What is the primary characteristic of a Gothic novel?

a) Focus on science fiction

b) Emphasis on horror and mystery

c) Exploration of psychological depth

d) Depiction of realistic social issues

Answer: b) Emphasis on horror and mystery

7. ‘Frankenstein’ is an example of which type of novel?

a) Gothic novel

b) Historical novel

c) Realistic novel

d) Allegorical novel

Answer: a) Gothic novel

8. Who wrote ‘Frankenstein’?

a) Mary Shelley

b) Jane Austen

c) Emily Brontë

d) Charlotte Brontë

Answer: a) Mary Shelley

9. Which novel is considered a Bildungsroman?

a) Oliver Twist

b) Jane Eyre

c) Wuthering Heights

d) Great Expectations

Answer: d) Great Expectations

10. Who is the author of ‘Great Expectations’?

a) Charles Dickens

b) William Thackeray

c) Thomas Hardy

d) George Eliot

Answer: a) Charles Dickens

11. What is the main feature of a stream of consciousness novel?

a) Linear narrative

b) Detailed character analysis

c) Representation of a character’s inner thoughts

d) Use of multiple narrators

Answer: c) Representation of a character’s inner thoughts

12. ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce is an example of which type of novel?

a) Stream of consciousness novel

b) Historical novel

c) Epistolary novel

d) Allegorical novel

Answer: a) Stream of consciousness novel

13. Which novel is considered the first modern novel in English?

a) Robinson Crusoe

b) Pamela

c) Tom Jones

d) Gulliver’s Travels

Answer: a) Robinson Crusoe

14. Who wrote ‘Don Quixote’, often regarded as the first modern European novel?

a) Miguel de Cervantes

b) Geoffrey Chaucer

c) William Shakespeare

d) John Bunyan

Answer: a) Miguel de Cervantes

15. In which century did the novel emerge as a distinct literary form?

a) 16th century

b) 17th century

c) 18th century

d) 19th century

Answer: c) 18th century

16. Who wrote ‘The Tale of Genji’, considered the world’s first novel?

a) Murasaki Shikibu

b) Geoffrey Chaucer

c) Homer

d) William Shakespeare

Answer: a) Murasaki Shikibu

17. ‘The Canterbury Tales’ is a work by which author?

a) Geoffrey Chaucer

b) William Shakespeare

c) John Milton

d) John Bunyan

Answer: a) Geoffrey Chaucer

18. Which of the following is an example of an epistolary novel?

a) Pamela

b) Wuthering Heights

c) Moby-Dick

d) Crime and Punishment

Answer: a) Pamela

19. Who wrote ‘Pamela’, the first epistolary novel in English?

a) Samuel Richardson

b) Henry Fielding

c) Tobias Smollett

d) Laurence Sterne

Answer: a) Samuel Richardson

20. What is the primary focus of a historical novel?

a) Future events

b) Realistic portrayal of contemporary life

c) Events and characters from the past

d) Psychological exploration

Answer: c) Events and characters from the past

21. Who wrote ‘War and Peace’, a historical novel set during the Napoleonic Wars?

a) Leo Tolstoy

b) Fyodor Dostoevsky

c) Anton Chekhov

d) Ivan Turgenev

Answer: a) Leo Tolstoy

22. Which of the following is a characteristic of a psychological novel?

a) Focus on external events

b) Exploration of characters’ inner thoughts and emotions

c) Emphasis on action and adventure

d) Use of supernatural elements

Answer: b) Exploration of characters’ inner thoughts and emotions

23. Who wrote ‘Crime and Punishment’, a psychological novel?

a) Fyodor Dostoevsky

b) Leo Tolstoy

c) Anton Chekhov

d) Ivan Turgenev

Answer: a) Fyodor Dostoevsky

24. What is the main feature of an allegorical novel?

a) Use of symbolism to convey deeper meanings

b) Focus on historical events

c) Detailed character development

d) Representation of realistic social issues

Answer: a) Use of symbolism to convey deeper meanings

25. Who wrote ‘Animal Farm’, an allegorical novel?

a) George Orwell

b) Aldous Huxley

c) Franz Kafka

d) William Golding

Answer: a) George Orwell

26. ‘The Great Gatsby’ is an example of which type of novel?

a) Allegorical novel

b) Realistic novel

c) Psychological novel

d) Gothic novel

Answer: b) Realistic novel

27. Who wrote ‘The Great Gatsby’?

a) F. Scott Fitzgerald

b) Ernest Hemingway

c) John Steinbeck

d) William Faulkner

Answer: a) F. Scott Fitzgerald

28. What is the primary characteristic of a realistic novel?

a) Focus on supernatural events

b) Depiction of everyday life and ordinary characters

c) Emphasis on action and adventure

d) Exploration of psychological depth

Answer: b) Depiction of everyday life and ordinary characters

29. Who wrote ‘Middlemarch’, a realistic novel?