Reading Prose Set 13

Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English)

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This set of Reading Prose Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Reading Prose Set 13

Q1 | Boccaccio's Decameron is an example for......
  • frame story
  • novel
  • essay
  • novella
Answer: frame story
Q2 | Who is referred to as the father of modern short story?
  • Edgar Allen Poe
  • Goethe
  • Montaigne
  • Dryden
Answer: Edgar Allen Poe
Q3 | The action of the short story commences close to the.......
  • Climax
  • beginning
  • exposition
  • falling action
Answer: Climax
Q4 | Medias res mean....
  • in the middle of the matter
  • towards the end
  • in the beginning
  • end
Answer: in the middle of the matter
Q5 | When a short story conveys a specific moral or ethical perspective, it is called....
  • Parable
  • short story
  • essay
  • none of these
Answer: Parable
Q6 | ….......was used by religious leaders to enlighten and educate their followers
  • Fables
  • Latin stories
  • Indian fables
  • none of these
Answer: Fables
Q7 | Fables are said to be invented by.....
  • Aesop
  • Goethe
  • Montaigne
  • Dryden
Answer: Aesop
Q8 | Gesta Ramanorum is a collection of....
  • Roman anecdotes
  • Latin stories
  • Indian fables
  • none of these
Answer: Roman anecdotes
Q9 | Novella is a …...
  • short novel
  • essay
  • prose
  • none of these
Answer: short novel
Q10 | The first modern translation of 'Thousand and One Nights' was by....
  • Antoine Galland
  • Goethe
  • Montaigne
  • Dryden
Answer: Antoine Galland
Q11 | Novella was introduced in Germany by.....
  • John Henry Newman
  • Goethe
  • Montaigne
  • Dryden
Answer: Goethe
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