The Realistic Novel of 18th century

The demand of fiction in the 18th century was increasead by

• The printing of books in cheap monthly instalments

• Improved economic conditions

• Better access to education

• All of them

Who is the author of the novel 'Robinson Crusoe'

• Samuel Richardson

• Daniel Defoe

• Alexander Pope

• Jonathan Swift

Robinson Crusoe was

• cast away on a desert island

• settled in Brazil after an adventure in sea

• cast away in Europe

• a wealthy planter in South America

The novel Robinson Crusoe

• Is a satirical novel about aristocracy

• Is a satirical novel on the British middle class men

• Is a realistic story with a moral lesson

• Is a realistic story on moral virtues and norms of conduct

Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe was characterised by

• sentimentalism and feelings

• epic style and influence of the classics

• description of the qualities of the middle class man

• politics, religion and ethics

The character of Robinson Crusoe

• shows a great interest in feelings

• is flat and without psychological development

• has got a moral insight

• is deeply interested in his moral development

The genre of R. Crusoe is

• epistolary sentimental novel

• dystopian story with third person narration

• mock - heroic poem

• diary with first person narration

The savage rescued by Robinson is called

• Wednesday

• Saturday

• Friday

• April

Robinson Crusoe is rescued

• by an English ship

• by his servant Friday

• by a religious group

• by his wife and lover

The MAIN theme of the novel is

• the self made man as a forerunner of modern individualism

• the superiority of white men over other peoples

• the relationship master - slave

• the Puritan attitude, and prosperity as evidence of God's benevolence