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| 301. |
Boccaccio's Decameron is an example for...... |
| A. | frame story |
| B. | novel |
| C. | essay |
| D. | novella |
| Answer» A. frame story | |
| 302. |
Who is referred to as the father of modern short story? |
| A. | Edgar Allen Poe |
| B. | Goethe |
| C. | Montaigne |
| D. | Dryden |
| Answer» A. Edgar Allen Poe | |
| 303. |
The action of the short story commences close to the....... |
| A. | Climax |
| B. | beginning |
| C. | exposition |
| D. | falling action |
| Answer» A. Climax | |
| 304. |
Medias res mean.... |
| A. | in the middle of the matter |
| B. | towards the end |
| C. | in the beginning |
| D. | end |
| Answer» A. in the middle of the matter | |
| 305. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Parable | |
| 306. |
….......was used by religious leaders to enlighten and educate their followers |
| A. | Fables |
| B. | Latin stories |
| C. | Indian fables |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Fables | |
| 307. |
Fables are said to be invented by..... |
| A. | Aesop |
| B. | Goethe |
| C. | Montaigne |
| D. | Dryden |
| Answer» A. Aesop | |
| 308. |
Gesta Ramanorum is a collection of.... |
| A. | Roman anecdotes |
| B. | Latin stories |
| C. | Indian fables |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Roman anecdotes | |
| 309. |
Novella is a …... |
| A. | short novel |
| B. | essay |
| C. | prose |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. short novel | |
| 310. |
The first modern translation of 'Thousand and One Nights' was by.... |
| A. | Antoine Galland |
| B. | Goethe |
| C. | Montaigne |
| D. | Dryden |
| Answer» A. Antoine Galland | |
| 311. |
Novella was introduced in Germany by..... |
| A. | John Henry Newman |
| B. | Goethe |
| C. | Montaigne |
| D. | Dryden |
| Answer» B. Goethe | |
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