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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Who wrote Don Quixote, a work often treated as a major precursor of the modern European novel?
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Explanation:
• Miguel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote.
• Part I appeared in 1605 and Part II in 1615.
• The work parodies chivalric romance while developing complex characterization and self-reflexive narration.
• Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress, while Behn wrote Oroonoko.
• Part I appeared in 1605 and Part II in 1615.
• The work parodies chivalric romance while developing complex characterization and self-reflexive narration.
• Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress, while Behn wrote Oroonoko.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which feature most clearly distinguishes prose romance from the emerging realist novel?
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Explanation:
• Prose romance usually presents extraordinary adventures, idealized characters and improbable coincidences.
• The realist novel increasingly emphasizes ordinary experience, plausible causation and particularized settings.
• An epistolary structure depends on letters, but that is not the defining feature of prose romance.
• The contrast between romance and realism is central to accounts of the novel's rise.
• The realist novel increasingly emphasizes ordinary experience, plausible causation and particularized settings.
• An epistolary structure depends on letters, but that is not the defining feature of prose romance.
• The contrast between romance and realism is central to accounts of the novel's rise.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
The central figure of a picaresque novel is traditionally called a:
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Explanation:
• A picaro is a roguish, socially marginal protagonist who survives through wit and adaptability.
• Picaresque narratives are commonly episodic and satirical.
• The form developed prominently in Spain and is associated with works such as Lazarillo de Tormes.
• A knight-errant belongs to chivalric romance, while a pilgrim is central to religious allegory.
• Picaresque narratives are commonly episodic and satirical.
• The form developed prominently in Spain and is associated with works such as Lazarillo de Tormes.
• A knight-errant belongs to chivalric romance, while a pilgrim is central to religious allegory.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which narrative form is constructed mainly through letters exchanged or written by characters?
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Explanation:
• An epistolary novel tells its story through letters and sometimes related documents.
• The form creates immediacy by presenting events through the characters' own written voices.
• It can also produce multiple viewpoints and uncertainty because each letter-writer has limited knowledge.
• Picaresque fiction is episodic, while prose romance depends more on adventure and idealization.
• The form creates immediacy by presenting events through the characters' own written voices.
• It can also produce multiple viewpoints and uncertainty because each letter-writer has limited knowledge.
• Picaresque fiction is episodic, while prose romance depends more on adventure and idealization.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which development most directly encouraged the expansion of prose fiction in early modern Europe?
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Explanation:
• The spread of printing made texts more reproducible and widened access to books.
• A growing commercial reading public supported new prose forms and a market for extended narratives.
• Print culture also encouraged standardization, circulation and private reading.
• The other options describe developments contrary to the historical growth of fiction.
• A growing commercial reading public supported new prose forms and a market for extended narratives.
• Print culture also encouraged standardization, circulation and private reading.
• The other options describe developments contrary to the historical growth of fiction.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Don Quixote chiefly satirizes which earlier literary tradition?
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Explanation:
• Don Quixote becomes obsessed with tales of knight-errantry and attempts to imitate their heroes.
• Cervantes exposes the gap between the idealized world of chivalric romance and ordinary social reality.
• The satire does not simply reject romance; it also explores imagination, reading and identity.
• Gothic fiction and Augustan satire belong to later contexts.
• Cervantes exposes the gap between the idealized world of chivalric romance and ordinary social reality.
• The satire does not simply reject romance; it also explores imagination, reading and identity.
• Gothic fiction and Augustan satire belong to later contexts.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
The Pilgrim's Progress is best classified as a:
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Explanation:
• John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress is a religious allegory.
• Its protagonist Christian journeys from the City of Destruction toward the Celestial City.
• Characters and places embody moral and spiritual ideas.
• Although written in prose, its organizing principle is allegorical rather than epistolary or picaresque.
• Its protagonist Christian journeys from the City of Destruction toward the Celestial City.
• Characters and places embody moral and spiritual ideas.
• Although written in prose, its organizing principle is allegorical rather than epistolary or picaresque.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Who wrote Oroonoko, a prose narrative concerned with an African prince enslaved in Surinam?
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Explanation:
• Aphra Behn wrote Oroonoko, published in 1688.
• The narrative centres on an African prince who is betrayed, enslaved and taken to Surinam.
• The work combines elements of romance, travel writing, biography and colonial narrative.
• Behn is an important figure in discussions of early professional authorship and prose fiction.
• The narrative centres on an African prince who is betrayed, enslaved and taken to Surinam.
• The work combines elements of romance, travel writing, biography and colonial narrative.
• Behn is an important figure in discussions of early professional authorship and prose fiction.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which is the correct chronological order of these publications?
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Explanation:
• Don Quixote Part I was published in 1605.
• The Pilgrim's Progress Part I was published in 1678.
• Oroonoko was published in 1688.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is Don Quixote Part I, The Pilgrim's Progress Part I and Oroonoko.
• The Pilgrim's Progress Part I was published in 1678.
• Oroonoko was published in 1688.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is Don Quixote Part I, The Pilgrim's Progress Part I and Oroonoko.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Statement I: The novella developed as a relatively short prose narrative. Statement II: The term novella is historically associated with the Italian tradition of brief tales. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because a novella is generally shorter and more concentrated than a full-length novel.
• Statement II is correct because the term derives from the Italian tradition of short prose tales.
• Collections associated with the Italian novella tradition influenced later European prose fiction.
• Hence, both statements are correct.
• Statement II is correct because the term derives from the Italian tradition of short prose tales.
• Collections associated with the Italian novella tradition influenced later European prose fiction.
• Hence, both statements are correct.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Consider the following statements about the picaresque novel: 1. It usually follows a socially marginal protagonist. 2. It is often episodic in structure. 3. It commonly satirizes social institutions. 4. It normally presents an idealized knight of noble birth. Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because the picaro typically occupies a low or unstable social position.
• Statement 2 is correct because picaresque narratives are usually organized as a sequence of adventures.
• Statement 3 is correct because the protagonist's encounters expose social hypocrisy and corruption.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because the noble knight belongs to chivalric romance rather than the picaresque tradition.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because picaresque narratives are usually organized as a sequence of adventures.
• Statement 3 is correct because the protagonist's encounters expose social hypocrisy and corruption.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because the noble knight belongs to chivalric romance rather than the picaresque tradition.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Assertion: The expansion of print culture contributed to the rise of the novel. Reason: Printing helped create a larger and more commercially organized reading public. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the novel developed within an expanding market for printed prose.
• The Reason is correct because cheaper reproduction and wider distribution helped form a larger reading public.
• The Reason directly explains how print culture supported the production and circulation of novels.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because cheaper reproduction and wider distribution helped form a larger reading public.
• The Reason directly explains how print culture supported the production and circulation of novels.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Don Quixote 2. The Pilgrim's Progress 3. Oroonoko 4. Lazarillo de Tormes. List II: a. Religious allegory b. Picaresque narrative c. Colonial and slavery narrative d. Parody of chivalric romance.
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Explanation:
• Don Quixote matches d because it parodies chivalric romance.
• The Pilgrim's Progress matches a because it is structured as a religious allegory.
• Oroonoko matches c because it addresses colonialism, enslavement and the fate of an African prince.
• Lazarillo de Tormes matches b because it is a foundational picaresque narrative.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-d, 2-a, 3-c, 4-b.
• The Pilgrim's Progress matches a because it is structured as a religious allegory.
• Oroonoko matches c because it addresses colonialism, enslavement and the fate of an African prince.
• Lazarillo de Tormes matches b because it is a foundational picaresque narrative.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-d, 2-a, 3-c, 4-b.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• John Bunyan did not write Oroonoko; Aphra Behn wrote it.
• Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress.
• Cervantes wrote Don Quixote.
• Therefore, John Bunyan — Oroonoko is the incorrectly matched pair.
• Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress.
• Cervantes wrote Don Quixote.
• Therefore, John Bunyan — Oroonoko is the incorrectly matched pair.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which term best describes a narrative that represents ordinary life through plausible events, individualized characters and specific social settings?
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Explanation:
• Realism seeks to represent ordinary life with plausible detail and socially recognizable settings.
• It often gives sustained attention to individual motives, material circumstances and everyday causation.
• Romance tends toward idealization and extraordinary adventure.
• Allegory organizes characters and events around a secondary moral or spiritual meaning.
• It often gives sustained attention to individual motives, material circumstances and everyday causation.
• Romance tends toward idealization and extraordinary adventure.
• Allegory organizes characters and events around a secondary moral or spiritual meaning.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
In which year was Part I of Don Quixote first published?
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Explanation:
• Part I of Don Quixote was first published in 1605.
• Part II followed in 1615.
• The date 1554 is associated with Lazarillo de Tormes.
• The year 1678 marks the publication of Part I of The Pilgrim's Progress.
• Part II followed in 1615.
• The date 1554 is associated with Lazarillo de Tormes.
• The year 1678 marks the publication of Part I of The Pilgrim's Progress.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
In accounts of the rise of the novel, individualism chiefly refers to:
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Explanation:
• Individualism emphasizes the distinct identity, experience and agency of the individual.
• Early novels often follow protagonists whose choices, ambitions and social mobility shape the plot.
• Individualism does not require first-person narration and does not eliminate society or economics.
• The concept is often connected with modernity, private life and changing social relations.
• Early novels often follow protagonists whose choices, ambitions and social mobility shape the plot.
• Individualism does not require first-person narration and does not eliminate society or economics.
• The concept is often connected with modernity, private life and changing social relations.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which comparison between prose romance and the realist novel is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Prose romance commonly uses marvel, coincidence, heroic adventure and idealized characters.
• Realist fiction places greater emphasis on probability, social detail and recognizable experience.
• Neither form is defined by an absolute rule about epistolary or picaresque structure.
• The distinction is useful, though many early narratives combine romance and realist elements.
• Realist fiction places greater emphasis on probability, social detail and recognizable experience.
• Neither form is defined by an absolute rule about epistolary or picaresque structure.
• The distinction is useful, though many early narratives combine romance and realist elements.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which narrative convention in Oroonoko contributes most directly to its claim of eyewitness authority?
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Explanation:
• The narrator of Oroonoko presents herself as having personal knowledge of Surinam and of the central figure.
• This eyewitness claim gives the narrative a pseudo-documentary quality.
• The work blends such claims with romance, biography and colonial description.
• It is not structured as a chorus-based drama or a sequence of letters.
• This eyewitness claim gives the narrative a pseudo-documentary quality.
• The work blends such claims with romance, biography and colonial description.
• It is not structured as a chorus-based drama or a sequence of letters.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which feature of Don Quixote most clearly anticipates later metafiction?
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Explanation:
• Don Quixote repeatedly draws attention to books, authorship, translation and the status of its own narrative.
• The supposed manuscript source and competing narrative authorities make the work self-reflexive.
• Such play anticipates later metafictional techniques.
• The novel does not avoid books; reading is central to Don Quixote's identity and actions.
• The supposed manuscript source and competing narrative authorities make the work self-reflexive.
• Such play anticipates later metafictional techniques.
• The novel does not avoid books; reading is central to Don Quixote's identity and actions.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Statement I: The Pilgrim's Progress uses personified names and places to express spiritual meanings. Statement II: Its protagonist's journey is designed primarily as a realistic record of commercial travel. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because figures and locations such as Christian, Faithful and the Slough of Despond carry allegorical meanings.
• Statement II is incorrect because the journey represents spiritual struggle and salvation rather than commercial travel.
• The work uses a travel framework to organize religious instruction.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because the journey represents spiritual struggle and salvation rather than commercial travel.
• The work uses a travel framework to organize religious instruction.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Consider the following statements about Oroonoko: 1. It was published in 1688. 2. It was written by Aphra Behn. 3. It combines romance with colonial and biographical modes. 4. It is a purely epistolary novel. Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Oroonoko was published in 1688.
• Statement 2 is correct because Aphra Behn wrote the work.
• Statement 3 is correct because the narrative blends romance, biography, travel description and colonial history.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because the work is not organized as a sequence of letters.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because Aphra Behn wrote the work.
• Statement 3 is correct because the narrative blends romance, biography, travel description and colonial history.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because the work is not organized as a sequence of letters.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Arrange the following in chronological order of first publication: 1. The Pilgrim's Progress Part I 2. Oroonoko 3. Don Quixote Part II 4. Don Quixote Part I.
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Explanation:
• Don Quixote Part I was published in 1605.
• Don Quixote Part II followed in 1615.
• The Pilgrim's Progress Part I appeared in 1678.
• Oroonoko was published in 1688.
• Hence, the correct sequence is 4, 3, 1, 2.
• Don Quixote Part II followed in 1615.
• The Pilgrim's Progress Part I appeared in 1678.
• Oroonoko was published in 1688.
• Hence, the correct sequence is 4, 3, 1, 2.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
A fictional narrative consists of dated letters written by several characters, and readers must compare conflicting accounts of the same event. Which form is being used?
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Explanation:
• A narrative constructed through dated letters is epistolary.
• Multiple correspondents can create contrasting viewpoints and unreliable testimony.
• Readers often reconstruct events by comparing partial accounts.
• Picaresque fiction is episodic, while religious allegory depends on symbolic meaning.
• Multiple correspondents can create contrasting viewpoints and unreliable testimony.
• Readers often reconstruct events by comparing partial accounts.
• Picaresque fiction is episodic, while religious allegory depends on symbolic meaning.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which combination best explains why the novel became a powerful form for representing modern social life?
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Explanation:
• Print circulation helped prose narratives reach a broader commercial readership.
• Individualized protagonists allowed fiction to explore personal choice, identity and social mobility.
• Realistic detail connected stories to recognizable environments and everyday experience.
• Interest in private life supported sustained attention to consciousness, family and personal ambition.
• Together, these features help explain the novel's importance in representing modern social life.
• Individualized protagonists allowed fiction to explore personal choice, identity and social mobility.
• Realistic detail connected stories to recognizable environments and everyday experience.
• Interest in private life supported sustained attention to consciousness, family and personal ambition.
• Together, these features help explain the novel's importance in representing modern social life.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. Miguel de Cervantes సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Idealized adventures and improbable events సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Picaro సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Epistolary novel సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. The growth of print culture and a commercial reading public సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Chivalric romance సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Religious allegory సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Aphra Behn సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Don Quixote Part I, The Pilgrim's Progress Part I, Oroonoko సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct సమాధానం: A.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. 1-d, 2-a, 3-c, 4-b సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. John Bunyan — Oroonoko సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Realism సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. 1605 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. An emphasis on the distinct experience and choices of the individual సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. Romance favours marvel and idealization, while realism favours probability and social detail సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. A narrator who claims personal knowledge of events in Surinam సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. Its self-conscious play with authorship, manuscripts and the act of reading సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: D. 4, 3, 1, 2 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. Epistolary narrative సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. Print circulation, individualized protagonists, realistic detail and interest in private experience సమాధానం: A.