Dickens’ first novel which focused on the specific social ills was______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which method of narration has been employed by Dickens in his novel “Great Expectations” ?

   A. Direct or epic method
   B. Documentary method
   C. Stream of Consciousness technique
   D. Autobiographical method

2. In which Dickens novel does Pip appear?

   A. Bleak House
   B. Great Expectations
   C. A Tale of Two Cities
   D. The Pickwick Papers

3. Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ?

   A. Fanny Burney
   B. Mary Wollstonecraft
   C. Anna Letitia Barbauld
   D. Jane Austen

4. Which of the following social issues does Dickens confront in Great Expectations ?

   A. Penal reform
   B. Educational reform
   C. The role of the monarchy
   D. Both A and B

5. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens involves which two cities ?

   A. London and Rome
   B. Paris and Rome
   C. London and Paris
   D. Berlin and London

6. According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s version of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s “The Historical Novel and the Historical Narrative”, what is the difference between a historical narrative and a historical novel ?

   A. A historical narrative and a historical novel are the same thing.
   B. A historical narrative tells only part of the story surrounding a historical event; a historical novel tells the whole story.
   C. A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth of a historical event, while a historical narrative attempts to tell the entire truth of a historical event.
   D. Faruqi actually argues that historical novels do not exist.

7. In her text, “History of the Novel”, How does Dr. Agatha Taormina define the novel ?

   A. A narrative that emphasizes character development
   B. A narrative with a unified, plausible plot structure
   C. A narrative that conveys the illusion of reality
   D. All of these

8. In what way does the Gothic novel of the 18th century differ from the modern English novel that began to emerge in the 17th century and flourished in the 18th century ?

   A. The focus on the middle and working classes
   B. The consideration of the sensibilities of the protagonists
   C. Plots taken from everyday life
   D. The exploration of cultural taboos

9. Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?

   A. Its character’s movement from slavery to freedom.
   B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.
   C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence.
   D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice.

10. Yeats was______________?

    A. Victorian poet
    B. a modern poet
    C. Both
    D. None of these