Introduction to Literary Forms (Prose) | Set 1

1. An Essay is a__________.

A. Short Composition in Poem

B. Short Composition in prose

C. Short Composition

D. All of the above

Correct : B. Short Composition in prose

2. ______ said "An Essay is a Short Composition in Prose".

A. Charles Lamb

B. Francis Bacon

C. Montaigne

D. Voltaire

Correct : A. Charles Lamb

3. The word 'essay' is derived from________ word.

A. Latin

B. French

C. Greek

D. Chinese

Correct : A. Latin

4. _______is the father of English Essays.

A. Charles Lamb

B. Francis Bacon

C. Montaigne

D. Voltaire

Correct : B. Francis Bacon

5. Personal essay is called________.

A. subjective

B. objective

C. autobiographical

D. None

Correct : A. subjective

6. Of Studies' is a famous essay of _________.

A. Hazlitt

B. Montaigne

C. Charles Lamb

D. Francis Bacon

Correct : D. Francis Bacon

7. _______is the father of Essays.

A. Voltaire

B. Francis Bacon

C. Montaigne

D. Hazlitt

Correct : C. Montaigne

8. The Ideal length of writing short story is ________.

A. 2000-6000 Words

B. 50000 words

C. 15000 words

D. 1000-20000 words

Correct : D. 1000-20000 words

9. The main idea of short story is called___________.

A. Plot

B. Theme

C. Story

D. Setting

Correct : A. Plot

10. ___________is not short story writer.

A. Rudyard Kipling

B. Edgar Poe

C. Henry James

D. Charles Lamb

Correct : D. Charles Lamb

11. The Necklace' is famous short story of____________.

A. D.H.Lawrence

B. Maupassant

C. Henry James

D. R.K Narayan

Correct : B. Maupassant

12. ________said "Short story is a work of prose fiction".

A. H.G. Wells

B. M.H.Abram

C. Henry James

D. Oxford Dictionary

Correct : D. Oxford Dictionary

13. The setting of the short story is __________.

A. Single

B. Double

C. Multiple

D. Mixed

Correct : A. Single

14. Shkespeare's sister is an essay by_______.

A. Shakespeare

B. Tagore

C. Virginia Woolf

D. R.K Narayan

Correct : C. Virginia Woolf

15. Virginia's short essay 'Shakespeare's sister' is published in___.

A. 1928

B. 1828

C. 1935

D. 1929

Correct : D. 1929

16. _________is the narrator of the essay 'Shakespeare's sister'.

A. Woolf

B. Mary Beton

C. Mary Shelley

D. Shakespeare

Correct : B. Mary Beton

17. The Religion of the Forest' is an essay by_________.

A. Sarojini Naidu

B. M.K Gandhi

C. Tagore

D. Mulk Raj

Correct : C. Tagore

18. The Religion of the Forest' is originally written in__________.

A. Bengali

B. English

C. Gujarati

D. Hindi

Correct : A. Bengali

19. The founder of Shantiniketan was____________.

A. Arbindo Ghosh

B. Tagore

C. Raja Rao

D. M.K Gandhi

Correct : B. Tagore

20. _________translated 'The Religion of the Forest' into English.

A. Khushwant Singh

B. Priya Adarkar

C. Mohit K Roy

D. Tagore

Correct : C. Mohit K Roy

21. Tagore was given Nobel prize in_____.

A. 1912

B. 1913

C. 1911

D. 1910

Correct : B. 1913

22. According to Tagore,_________is the symbol of unity.

A. water

B. air

C. river

D. forest

Correct : D. forest

23. The Two Lady Rams' is a short story by__________.

A. Raja Rao

B. Mulk Raj Anand

C. R.K Narayan

D. Tagore

Correct : B. Mulk Raj Anand

24. _____________is not a character of 'The Two Lady Rams'.

A. Sukhiram

B. Shakutanla

C. Lalla Jinda Ram

D. Chhotu Ram

Correct : D. Chhotu Ram

25. Lalla Jinda Ram is __________.

A. farmer

B. teacher

C. contractor

D. doctor

Correct : C. contractor

26. Lalla Jinda Ram was awarded___________________.

A. Nobel prize

B. Knighthood

C. Sir Award

D. Businessman Award

Correct : B. Knighthood

27. The Fall of the House of Usher' is a/an__________.

A. essay

B. short story

C. novel

D. poem

Correct : B. short story

28. The story 'The Fall of the House of Usher' is published in________.

A. 1860

B. 1802

C. 1939

D. 1890

Correct : C. 1939

29. At the End of 'The Fall of the House of Usher', Roderick Usher dies of ________.

A. Cancer

B. T.B

C. Corona

D. Fear

Correct : D. Fear

30. Godan' is a novel by_________.

A. Premchand

B. O'Henry

C. Tagore

D. Ruskin Bond

Correct : A. Premchand

31. R.K Narayan immortalized___________in his novels.

A. Kodinar

B. Malgudi

C. Madras

D. Rameshwaram

Correct : B. Malgudi

32. Swami and Friends' is a novel by________.

A. Raja Rao

B. Mulk Raj Anand

C. R.K Narayan

D. Ruskin Bond

Correct : C. R.K Narayan

33. Our Trees still Grow in Dehra' is a novel by________.

A. Ruskin Bond

B. Anton Chekov

C. Raja Rao

D. Mulk Raj Anand

Correct : A. Ruskin Bond

34. __________is the writer of 'Cherry or Chard'.

A. Ruskin Bond

B. Raja Rao

C. Anton Chekov

D. R.K Narayan

Correct : C. Anton Chekov

35. Edgar Allen Poe was a/an ____________short story writer.

A. British

B. American

C. Canadian

D. Indian

Correct : B. American

36. _______ said that “ A short story should be read in one sitting, anywhere from a half hour to two hours”.

A. H E Bates

B. Somerset Maugham

C. Boccacio

D. Edgar Allan Poe

Correct : D. Edgar Allan Poe

37. Tagore’s Eassay “The Religion of the forest” was published in English on __________ birth anniversary.

A. 125th

B. 150th

C. 100th

D. 140th

Correct : B. 150th

38. ________ is called the “Father of Hindi Fiction”

A. R K Narayan

B. Munshi Premchand

C. Raja Rao

D. Ahmad Ali

Correct : B. Munshi Premchand

39. Mulk Raj Anand won Sahitya Akademi Award in _________.

A. 1968

B. 1970

C. 1971

D. 1987

Correct : C. 1971

40. __________is the father of Short Story.

A. Somerset Maugham

B. H E Bates

C. Raja Rao

D. Edgar Allan Poe

Correct : D. Edgar Allan Poe

41. The Fall of the House of Usher' is______story.

A. romantic

B. Gothic

C. Moral

D. Didactic

Correct : B. Gothic

42. Indian Juggler' is a famous essay by ________________

A. Stevension

B. Bacon

C. Lamb

D. Hazlitt

Correct : D. Hazlitt

43. R.L. Stevenson was_______essayist.

A. British

B. Scottish

C. Indian

D. Chinese

Correct : B. Scottish

44. Tagore said that Forest is the source of ________.

A. Beauty

B. Joy

C. Harmony

D. All of the above

Correct : D. All of the above

45. ________said "An essay is an irregular, undigested piece".

A. Ben Johnson

B. Dr.Johnson

C. Edmund Gosse

D. Bacon

Correct : B. Dr.Johnson

46. The Prince of English essayists was__________.

A. Fancis Bacon

B. Charles Lamb

C. Hazlitt

D. Stevenson

Correct : B. Charles Lamb

47. The essay 'The Religion of the Forest' has ________parts.

A. Four

B. Three

C. Two

D. Seven

Correct : A. Four

48. Ruskin Bond was awarded the Padma Shri in __________.

A. 1996

B. 1997

C. 1999

D. 2000

Correct : C. 1999

49. Anton Chekov was a _______short story writer.

A. Indian

B. Russian

C. Scottish

D. British

Correct : B. Russian

50. Charles Lamb wrote under the pseudonym of _____.

A. Ela

B. Elia

C. Ila

D. Ibla

Correct : B. Elia

51. ___________ is considered as Critic's Critic.

A. Hazlitt

B. Bacon

C. Stevenson

D. Henry

Correct : A. Hazlitt

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Introduction to Literary Forms (Prose) | Set 1

1. An Essay is a__________.

2. ______ said "An Essay is a Short Composition in Prose".

3. The word 'essay' is derived from________ word.

4. _______is the father of English Essays.

5. Personal essay is called________.

6. Of Studies' is a famous essay of _________.

7. _______is the father of Essays.

8. The Ideal length of writing short story is ________.

9. The main idea of short story is called___________.

10. ___________is not short story writer.

11. The Necklace' is famous short story of____________.

12. ________said "Short story is a work of prose fiction".

13. The setting of the short story is __________.

14. Shkespeare's sister is an essay by_______.

15. Virginia's short essay 'Shakespeare's sister' is published in___.

16. _________is the narrator of the essay 'Shakespeare's sister'.

17. The Religion of the Forest' is an essay by_________.

18. The Religion of the Forest' is originally written in__________.

19. The founder of Shantiniketan was____________.

20. _________translated 'The Religion of the Forest' into English.

21. Tagore was given Nobel prize in_____.

22. According to Tagore,_________is the symbol of unity.

23. The Two Lady Rams' is a short story by__________.

24. _____________is not a character of 'The Two Lady Rams'.

25. Lalla Jinda Ram is __________.

26. Lalla Jinda Ram was awarded___________________.

27. The Fall of the House of Usher' is a/an__________.

28. The story 'The Fall of the House of Usher' is published in________.

29. At the End of 'The Fall of the House of Usher', Roderick Usher dies of ________.

30. Godan' is a novel by_________.

31. R.K Narayan immortalized___________in his novels.

32. Swami and Friends' is a novel by________.

33. Our Trees still Grow in Dehra' is a novel by________.

34. __________is the writer of 'Cherry or Chard'.

35. Edgar Allen Poe was a/an ____________short story writer.

36. _______ said that “ A short story should be read in one sitting, anywhere from a half hour to two hours”.

37. Tagore’s Eassay “The Religion of the forest” was published in English on __________ birth anniversary.

38. ________ is called the “Father of Hindi Fiction”

39. Mulk Raj Anand won Sahitya Akademi Award in _________.

40. __________is the father of Short Story.

41. The Fall of the House of Usher' is______story.

42. Indian Juggler' is a famous essay by ________________

43. R.L. Stevenson was_______essayist.

44. Tagore said that Forest is the source of ________.

45. ________said "An essay is an irregular, undigested piece".

46. The Prince of English essayists was__________.

47. The essay 'The Religion of the Forest' has ________parts.

48. Ruskin Bond was awarded the Padma Shri in __________.

49. Anton Chekov was a _______short story writer.

50. Charles Lamb wrote under the pseudonym of _____.

51. ___________ is considered as Critic's Critic.