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Reading Prose | Set 4
1. Boccaccio's Decameron is an example for......
A. frame story
B. novel
C. essay
D. novella
Correct : A. frame story
2. Who is referred to as the father of modern short story?
A. Edgar Allen Poe
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Dryden
Correct : A. Edgar Allen Poe
3. The action of the short story commences close to the.......
A. Climax
B. beginning
C. exposition
D. falling action
Correct : A. Climax
4. Medias res mean....
A. in the middle of the matter
B. towards the end
C. in the beginning
D. end
Correct : A. in the middle of the matter
5. When a short story conveys a specific moral or ethical perspective, it is called....
A. Parable
B. short story
C. essay
D. none of these
Correct : A. Parable
6. ….......was used by religious leaders to enlighten and educate their followers
A. Fables
B. Latin stories
C. Indian fables
D. none of these
Correct : A. Fables
7. Fables are said to be invented by.....
A. Aesop
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Dryden
Correct : A. Aesop
8. Gesta Ramanorum is a collection of....
A. Roman anecdotes
B. Latin stories
C. Indian fables
D. none of these
Correct : A. Roman anecdotes
9. Novella is a …...
A. short novel
B. essay
C. prose
D. none of these
Correct : A. short novel
10. The first modern translation of 'Thousand and One Nights' was by....
A. Antoine Galland
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Dryden
Correct : A. Antoine Galland
11. Novella was introduced in Germany by.....
A. John Henry Newman
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Dryden
Correct : B. Goethe