Verse Novel and Intimacy Quiz

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What is a 'romance' in literature?

A work of fiction with emphasis on marvellous or unusual incidents (correct)

A type of genre fiction that focuses on romantic love

A historical narrative with inventions rooted in traditional beliefs

A non-fiction novel that records historical facts

What is the Tale of Genji?

An early 11th-century Japanese text

A classical Chinese novel

The world's first novel (correct)

A long fictional prose work

What is the origin of classical Chinese novels?

The Qing dynasty

Spread of printed books in China (correct)

The invention of the printing press

The Ming dynasty

Who is considered the first significant European novelist of the modern era?

Miguel de Cervantes Signup and view all the answers

What is the distinguishing characteristic of a novel compared to historiography?

Fictionality Signup and view all the answers

What is the standard style of the modern novel?

Literary prose Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of some graphic novels?

To depict works of fiction in comic book form Signup and view all the answers

Where does the English word for a long work of prose fiction come from?

Italian Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the Italian word 'novella'?

New Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following authors preferred to use the term 'romance' to describe their novels?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the approximate length of a novel?

Long Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a possible origin of the novel?

Medieval cookbook Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between a novel and a romance according to some literary scholars?

A novel has a realistic depiction of society and a romance emphasizes marvellous incidents Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following works of fiction is also a novel?

The Lord of the Rings Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'Nam Ông mộng lục'?

Trivial facts Signup and view all the answers

What is the earliest surviving Western novel?

Callirhoe Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not a Classical Sanskrit narrative form?

The Golden Ass Signup and view all the answers

What led China to evolve oral storytelling into fictional novels?

Urbanization Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes romance or chivalric romance from the chanson de geste and other kinds of epic?

Themes of courtly love Signup and view all the answers

What language was originally used for romance literature?

Old French, Anglo-Norman and Occitan Signup and view all the answers

What led to the shift from verse to prose in romances?

The Prose Lancelot or Vulgate Cycle Signup and view all the answers

What did the shift to prose enable writers to do in romances?

Associate popular stories with serious Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of Thomas Malory's work of the early 1470s?

Le Morte d'Arthur Signup and view all the answers

What is the literal meaning of the Chinese word 小說 (pinyin: xiǎoshuō)?

Small talks Signup and view all the answers

Which 19th-century verse novel is mentioned in the text?

Don Juan Signup and view all the answers

What did Harold Bloom say about Lady Murasaki's The Tale of Genji?

It anticipated Cervantes as the first novelist Signup and view all the answers

Which genre of narrative prose fiction is the longest today?

Novel Signup and view all the answers

In which cultures is the concept of novel known as 'long length small talk'?

East Asian Signup and view all the answers

What did György Lukács say about the requirement of length in novels?

It is connected with the notion that a novel should encompass the totality of life Signup and view all the answers

What is the Vietnamese definition of the term 小說 (pinyin: xiǎoshuō)?

Long-length small talk Signup and view all the answers