Which of the following is a prose fiction text?
Poem
Novel
Newspaper article
Which of the following are a genre of prose fiction?
Ballad
Revenge tragedy
Science fiction
Where does the word ‘novel’ come from?
From Latin and Italian origin meaning ‘new’
From French and Italian origin meaning ‘words’
From German origin meaning ‘book’
Which of the following is a novella?
Lord of the Flies
A Christmas Carol
Jabberwocky
When did novels first become popular?
In the 18th century
In the time of the Romans
In the 21st century
How many plot-lines are typically used in a novella?
5
3
1
How are novels usually divided?
Into stanzas
Into chapters
Into acts and scenes
Which of the following is a novel by George Orwell?
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Six
Nineteen Ninety-Nine
Which type of prose fiction focuses on using real events and people from the past?
Historical fiction
Realist fiction
What is the typical word-length for a short story?
Several hundred
Several thousand
Several hundreds of thousands