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General Realism
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3. How did realists treat their characters in their works?
d) As perfect moral figures
a) As mythical heroes
b) As symbols of nature
c) As laboratory specimens
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16. What did the naturalist movement emphasize?
d) Psychological development
c) Mythical elements in storytelling
a) The beauty of nature
b) The most sordid aspects of society
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20. Which of these authors influenced Balzac’s *Les Chouans*?
d) Fyodor Dostoevsky
b) Walter Scott
c) Charles Dickens
a) Victor Hugo
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4. Who is considered one of the founders of realism in European literature?
b) Charles Dickens
d) Gustave Flaubert
a) Stendhal
c) Honoré de Balzac
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5. Which realist novelist is best known for *Madame Bovary*?
d) Leo Tolstoy
c) Émile Zola
a) Stendhal
b) Gustave Flaubert
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19. Which realist author was inspired by the Napoleonic wars in their storytelling?
c) Stendhal
a) Gustave Flaubert
b) Honoré de Balzac
d) Émile Zola
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13. Where was Stendhal born?
d) Bordeaux
c) Rouen
b) Grenoble
a) Paris
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15. What was Stendhal’s relationship with music?
b) He wrote a biography about Rossini.
c) He was indifferent to musical culture.
a) He disliked music.
d) He composed operas.
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17. Who among the following combined realism and romanticism in their works?
c) Émile Zola
d) Ivan Turgenev
b) Gustave Flaubert
a) Walt Whitman
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10. What inspired Balzac’s *Les Chouans*?
c) The July Revolution
d) His father’s political career
b) His stay with the de Pommereul family in Brittany
a) His travels in Germany
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7. What movement did Émile Zola lead?
d) Gothicism
b) Naturalism
a) Romanticism
c) Symbolism
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2. Which literary forms were most commonly used by realists?
a) Poetry and epics
b) Dramas and novels
c) Sonnets and ballads
d) Myths and legends
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18. Which city features prominently in Balzac’s works as a character itself?
b) Paris
d) Venice
c) Berlin
a) Marseille
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8. What is the name of Balzac’s collection of nearly 100 novels and plays?
a) *Les Misérables*
d) *La Chartreuse de Parme*
c) *Les Rougon-Macquart*
b) *La Comédie Humaine*
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11. Which work by Flaubert was criticized for immorality but later celebrated?
b) *The Temptation of Saint Anthony*
c) *Madame Bovary*
d) *Eugénie Grandet*
a) *November*
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9. In *La Peau de Chagrin*, what does the magical skin symbolize?
b) The treacherous turns of life
d) The conquest of society
a) Eternal life
c) The power of love
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6. What is Stendhal’s novel *The Red and the Black* primarily known for?
c) Psychological analysis of characters
b) Romantic themes
d) Adventure storytelling
a) Criticizing politics
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14. What personal experience of Stendhal’s influenced his works?
b) His life in the countryside
a) His dislike of his father
d) All of the above
c) His participation in the Napoleonic wars
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12. What unique aspect defines Flaubert’s writing style?
d) Exaggerated characters
b) Avoidance of clichés and focus on harmonious sentences
a) Romantic idealism
c) Use of poetic verse in novels
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1. What was the primary goal of realist writers?
b) Depicting truth and accuracy
a) Evoking exaggerated feelings
d) Celebrating nature
c) Writing epic fantasy
