Which two writers can be described as writing historical novels ?

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1. Which two writers can be described as writing historical novels ?

   A. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
   B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   C. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
   D. Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë

2. 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.

3. Which of the following writers wrote historical novels ?

   A. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte
   B. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
   C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   D. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley

4. The term ‘the Palliser Novels’ is used to describe the political novels of ______________?

   A. Charles Dickens
   B. Anthony Trollope
   C. W. H. White
   D. B.Disraeli

5. How is “Jane Eyre” different from the novels of the first wave of English Gothic novels ?

   A. Its protagonist is at risk for sexual transgression.
   B. It is a Bildungsroman.
   C. It explains strange phenomena.
   D. The theme of imprisonment is prominent.

6. According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s version of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s “The Historical Novel and the Historical Narrative”, which of the following offers the best definition of a “history” ?

   A. A narrative based entirely on verifiable facts
   B. A narrative that does not analyze characters on a situation-by-situation basis
   C. A narrative without characters
   D. A narrative that takes place in the past.

7. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

8. Which of the following novels display postwar nostalgia for past imperial glory ?

   A. E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India
   B. Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea
   C. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
   D. Paul Scott’s Staying On

9. Which of the following novels display postwar nostalgia for past imperial glory ?

   A. E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India
   B. Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea
   C. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
   D. Paul Scott’s Staying On

10. Which of th following novels is called a “Novel without a hero” ?

    A. Vanity Fair
    B. Mill on the Floss
    C. Northanger Abbey
    D. Pickwick Papers