Introduction To Eighteenth Century Novel
The chief literary contribution of the Eighteenth century was the discovery of the modern novel, which at present is the most widely read and influential type of literature. The novel in its elementary form as a work of fiction written in prose was at first established in England by two authors- Bunyan and Defoe, who took advantage of the public interest in autobiography. During the Eighteenth century a number of English novelists-Goldsmith, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett and Sterne- all developed simultaneously the form of the novel as presenting life, as it really is, in the form of a story. All the MCQs on “Eighteenth Century Novel” Objective Questions and Answers are published according to the new study syllabus for academic year 2021-22.
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Objective Questions on Eighteenth Century Novel [ MCQs ]
✒ Eighteenth Century Novelists and Their Novels:
* John Bunyan (1628-1688) Pioneer of the Modern Novel:
Q1. The novel in its elementary form as a work of fiction written in prose was first established in England by:
- Bunyan
- Defoe
- Both a and b
Q2. Next to ________________, Bunyan was the greatest prose-writer of the period.
- William Congreve
- George Saville
- John Dryden
Q3. Like which literary personality, Bunyan was imbued with the spirit of Puritanism?
- Milton
- William Shakespeare
- William Congreve
Q4. If Milton is the greatest poet of Puritanism, who is its greatest story-teller?
- Dryden
- Bunyan
- Thomas Norton
Q5. The greatest work of John Bunyan is:
- History of the Royal Society
- The Pilgrim’s Progress
- Essay of Dramatic Poesy
Q6. Bunyan’s aim in The Pilgrim’s Progress was:
- to lead men and women into God’s way, the way of salvation
- to justify the ways to God to men
- none
Q7. Like ___________, Bunyan was endowed with a highly developed imaginative faculty and artistic instinct?
- Congreve
- Milton
- Dryden
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Q8. Who were deeply religious, and both, though they distrusted fiction, were the masters of fiction?
- Congreve and Milton
- Milton and Bunyan
- Dryden and Bunyan
Q9. In which critical work, Bunyan has described the pilgrimage of the Christian to the Heavenly City, the trials, tribulations and temptations?
- The Pilgrim’s Progress
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
- The Life and Death of Mr. Badman
Q10. Which critical work of Bunyan was written in the form of allegory?
- The Life and Death of Mr. Badman
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
- The Pilgrim’s Progress
Q11. Who remarked about the Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress that “This is the great merit of the book, that the most cultivated man cannot find anything to praise more highly, and the child knows nothing more amusing.”
- Milton
- Dr. Johnson
- William Congreve
Q12. Bunyan’s other works are:
- The Life and Death of Mr. Badman (1680)
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666)
- Both a and b
Q13. John Bunyan was called the pioneer of the modern novel because:
- he had qualities of the great story-teller
- deep insight into character, humour, pathos
- both a and b
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Q14. Who was neither a scholar, nor did he belong to any literary school, all that he knew and learned was derived straight from the English Bible?
- Dryden
- Bunyan
- Congreve
* Daniel Defoe (1661-1731):
Q15. Who was the real creator of autobiographical fiction as a work of art, the originator of the novel?
- Dr. Samuel Johnson
- Alexander Pope
- Daniel Defoe
Q16. Who is the earliest literary journalist in the English language?
- Edward Young
- Alexander Pope
- Daniel Defoe
Q17. Daniel Defoe wrote on which subjects?
- Social, Literary
- Political
- Both a and b
Q18. As a journalist, who was fond of writing and brought out about 250 publications?
- Daniel Defoe
- Thomas Nash
- John Gay
Q19. At the age of sixty, Defoe turned his attention to the writing of prose fiction and published his first novel- which was:
- Captain Singleton
- Essay on Criticism
- Robinson Crusoe
Q20. The other works of fiction by Daniel Defoe were:
- The Memoirs of a Cavalier, Captain Singleton
- Moll Flanders, Colonel Jack, Roxana and Journal of the Plague Year
- Both a and b
Q21. Who appropriately called Defoe’s works of fiction as ‘Fictitious biographies’ or ‘History minus the Facts’?
- Pope
- Sir Leslie Stephen
- James Thomas
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Q22. All Defoe’s fictions are written in which literary form?
- Biographical form
- Autobiographical form
- None
Q23. What qualities did Defoe apply in his literary works?
- Narrated in a haphazard manner, possess extraordinary minute realism
- Told in the plain, matter-of-fact, business-like way, appropriate to stories of actual life
- Both a and b
Q24. On account of all the writing qualities, Defoe is credited with being the originator of the English ______.
- novel
- poetry
- drama
Q25. Which ability made Defoe one of the masters of English prose?
- Ideal style
- natural style
- creative style
* Samuel Richardson (1689-1761):
Q26. Who is credited with the writing of the first modern novel- Pamela or Virtue Rewarded?
- Daniel Defoe
- Thomas Nash
- Samuel Richardson
Q27. Pamela or Virtue Rewarded is written in the form of:
- Diaries
- Familiar Letters
- Allegory
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Q28. Richardson’s second novel was:
- Clarissa or The History of a Young Lady
- Pamela or Virtue Rewarded
- Sir Charles Grandison
Q29. Clarissa or The History of a Young Lady and Sir Charles Grandison were the novels written in the form of:
- Diaries
- Letters
- Allegory
Q30.Who said about Richardson that he “enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue”?
- Dr. Johnson
- Daniel Defoe
- Henry Fielding
Q31. About Richardson’s Clarissa, who said that it was the first book in the world for the knowledge it displays of the human heart”?
- Pope
- Henry Fielding
- Dr. Johnson
Q32. Richardson’s main contribution to the English novel was:
- told stories of human life
- incidents
- adventures
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* Henry Fielding (1707-1754):
Q33. “Joseph Andrews” was the first great novel of which eighteenth century novelists?
- James Thomson
- Henry Fielding
- Thomas Gray
Q34. The novels that Fielding wrote are:
- Jonathan Wild, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Amelia
- The Alchemists
- Both a and b
Q35. Who is called the father of English novel, because he was the first to give genuine pictures of men and women of his age, without moralising over their vices and virtues?
- John Bunyan
- Samuel Richardson
- Henry Fielding
* Tobias Smollett (1721-1771):
Q36. Smollett’s best-known novels are:
- Roderick Random (1748)
- Peregrine Pickle (1751), and Humphrey Clinker (1771)
- Both a and b
Q37. Smollett is the originator of the _____________ novel.
- funny
- realistic
- pure comedy
* Lawrence Sterne (1713-1768):
Q38. Sterne best-known novel is/are:
- Tristram Shandy
- A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy
- Both a and b
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Q39. The main contributions of Sterne to the English novel are:
- his discovery of the delights of sensibility
- the pleasures of the feeling heart,
- Both a and b
* Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774):
Q40. Who wrote only one novel- “The Vicar of Wakefield”?
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Thomas Gray
- Robert Burns
Q41. Goldsmith’s novel is about domestic life, free from vulgarity and coarseness which we find in the novels of __________________.
- Smollett
- Sterne
- Both a and b
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