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A society characterized by human misery, such as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding, is depicted in ________ fiction.
- Utopian
- Dystopian
- Pastoral
- Picaresque
Answer: Dystopian
Dystopian fiction presents a nightmarish society, contrasting with Utopian fiction which presents an ideal one.
In Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick', the narrator who survives to tell the tale is named ________.
- Ahab
- Starbuck
- Ishmael
- Queequeg
Answer: Ishmael
The novel famously opens with the line, 'Call me Ishmael.'
Phanishwar Nath Renu's 'Maila Anchal' is set in a village in the ________ region of Bihar.
- Mithila
- Bhojpur
- Purnia
- Magadh
Answer: Purnia
'Maila Anchal' vividly depicts the rural life and socio-political changes in the Purnia district of Bihar.
The term 'Magical Realism' was first prominently applied to literature by Cuban author ________.
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Alejo Carpentier
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Mario Vargas Llosa
Answer: Alejo Carpentier
Carpentier coined the term 'lo real maravilloso' (the marvelous real) in the prologue to his 1949 novel 'The Kingdom of This World'.
Emily Brontë's only novel, which features the characters Heathcliff and Catherine, is ________.
- Jane Eyre
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- Wuthering Heights
- Agnes Grey
Answer: Wuthering Heights
'Wuthering Heights' (1847) is a dark, passionate tale of revenge and destructive love set on the Yorkshire moors.
The Hindi poetry collection 'Yama', which won the Jnanpith Award, was written by ________.
- Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
- Mahadevi Varma
- Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Answer: Mahadevi Varma
Mahadevi Varma, a prominent Chhayavad poet, won the Jnanpith Award in 1982, largely for 'Yama'.
Virginia Woolf is a pioneer of the ________ narrative technique, prominently used in 'Mrs. Dalloway'.
- Epistolary
- Stream of Consciousness
- Magical Realism
- Omniscient Third-Person
Answer: Stream of Consciousness
Stream of consciousness attempts to replicate the continuous flow of thoughts and feelings in the human mind.
Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' is subtitled 'The Modern ________'.
- Prometheus
- Faust
- Don Quixote
- Icarus
Answer: Prometheus
The full title is 'Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus', comparing Victor Frankenstein to the Titan who stole fire from the gods.
The Hindi historical play 'Skandagupta' was written by ________.
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
- Jaishankar Prasad
- Mohan Rakesh
- Dharamvir Bharati
Answer: Jaishankar Prasad
Jaishankar Prasad wrote 'Skandagupta' in 1928, focusing on the Gupta emperor's struggle against the Hunas.
The play 'Hedda Gabler', featuring a manipulative and tragic female protagonist, was written by ________.
- August Strindberg
- Henrik Ibsen
- Anton Chekhov
- George Bernard Shaw
Answer: Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen published 'Hedda Gabler' in 1890. It is a masterpiece of psychological realism.
The Sanskrit play 'Uttararamacarita' (The Later Story of Rama) was composed by ________.
- Kalidasa
- Bhavabhuti
- Bhasa
- Shudraka
Answer: Bhavabhuti
Bhavabhuti, an 8th-century scholar, wrote 'Uttararamacarita', which covers the later life of Rama and the tragic separation from Sita.
Vikram Seth's 'The Golden Gate' is unique because it is a novel written entirely in ________.
- Prose
- Free verse
- Sonnet stanzas
- Blank verse
Answer: Sonnet stanzas
'The Golden Gate' (1986) is composed of 590 14-line stanzas based on the Pushkin sonnet form.
Victor Hugo's 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' features the iconic bell-ringer ________.
- Jean Valjean
- Quasimodo
- Javert
- Gavroche
Answer: Quasimodo
Quasimodo is the deformed bell-ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral who falls in love with Esmeralda.
The Sanskrit play 'Ratnavali' is attributed to the king and playwright ________.
- Harsha
- Bhasa
- Shudraka
- Kalidasa
Answer: Harsha
Emperor Harshavardhana is credited with writing three Sanskrit plays: Ratnavali, Priyadarsika, and Nagananda.
Ruskin Bond's first novel, which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, is ________.
- The Blue Umbrella
- The Room on the Roof
- A Flight of Pigeons
- Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
Answer: The Room on the Roof
Ruskin Bond wrote 'The Room on the Roof' when he was 17. It was published in 1956.
The internationally acclaimed novel 'Norwegian Wood' was written by Japanese author ________.
- Yukio Mishima
- Haruki Murakami
- Kenzaburō Ōe
- Ryu Murakami
Answer: Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami published 'Norwegian Wood' in 1987. It is a nostalgic story of loss and sexuality.
The Sanskrit prose romance 'Dashakumaracharita' (Tales of the Ten Princes) was authored by ________.
- Banabhatta
- Dandin
- Subandhu
- Harsha
Answer: Dandin
Dandin, a 7th-century Sanskrit scholar, wrote 'Dashakumaracharita', which narrates the adventures of ten princes.
Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000 for her debut collection of short stories titled ________.
- The Namesake
- Interpreter of Maladies
- Unaccustomed Earth
- The Lowland
Answer: Interpreter of Maladies
'Interpreter of Maladies' explores the lives of Indians and Indian expatriates navigating cultural displacement.
The use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices is known as ________.
- Tragedy
- Satire
- Farce
- Melodrama
Answer: Satire
Satire is a literary technique used to provoke change or highlight societal flaws. Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal' is a classic example.
The first part of Dante Alighieri's epic 'Divine Comedy', which describes a journey through Hell, is called ________.
- Purgatorio
- Paradiso
- Inferno
- Limbo
Answer: Inferno
Dante's 'Divine Comedy' is divided into three parts: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise).