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Class 11 English Elective (ESSAY)
6. THE STORY - E.M.Forster
MAIN POINTS
☞ "The
Story' is an essay written by E.M.Forster
☞ Forster
is a great Novelist, Essayist, Critic and Short story writer.
☞ The
Story is an excerpt of his famous work Aspects of the Novel'.
☞ Forster
in this essay says that the meaning of a novel is different to every individual
and depends upon his perspective. He emphasizes on the importance of story in a
novel.
☞ The
first reader is someone who knows about a novel. He is a good tempered
person.He is busy but knows about the content of the novel.
☞ The
second reader is a golfer. He is aggressive in nature. He doesn't read novels
very deeply and therefore treat them as casual. For them reading is similar to
passing time.
☞ The
third type of reader is someone who loves the concept of a novel. He is an
author who demands melody and perception of truth apart from a story in a
novel.
☞ Forster
links the art of storytelling to primitive ages and illustrates the gripping
power a story has.
☞ He
compares the story to a 'backbone' and a 'tapeworm'.
☞ He
cites the example of Schererazade who marries a cruel king and how she
abolishes an evil practice through her art of storytelling.
☞ He
refers to the Qua Story and says that suspense is an important element by which
the audience is bounded to the novel.
☞ He
points out the importance of time and values in a novel. The novel must stick
to time and convey a moral lesson.
☞ Forster
comments that the basis of a novel is a story and a story is a narrative of
events in a time sequence.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Who is the writer of the essay 'The Story'?
a.
J.B.Priestley
b.
Ruskin Bond
c. E.M.Forster
d.
Philip Larkin
2. When was E.M.Forster born?
a. 1879
b.
1875
c.
1864
d.
1883
3. 'The Story' is an excerpt taken from-
a.
Three essays
b. Aspects of the Novel
c.
Arabian Nights
d.
A Room of one's own own
4. What is 'Arabian Nights'?
a.
Collection of essay
b.
A novel
c. Collection of stories
d.
Poem
5. Who is Scheherazade?
a.
Daughter of king
b.
A beggar
c.
A Sailor
d. Daughter of Vizier
6. In the story, The 1001 'Arabian Nights' what was
Scheherazade's wish?
a. To marry a peculiar king
b.
To run away from the castle
c.
To kill the king
d.
None of the above
7. What is the basic aspect of a novel ?
a.
Its character
b. Its story-telling aspect
c.
Its writing
d.
All of the above
8. What did the first person answer to the question "what
does the novel do"?
a.
A novel is a novel
b.
A novel tells a story
c.
A novel does nothing
d. Both A & B
9. What aspects of the novel does the third man refer to other
than the story?
a.
Melody
b.
Perception of truth
c.
Facts
d. All of the above
10. According to the author, a story runs like a ---
a.
Heart
b.
Brain
c. Back bone
d.
Vein
11. The primitive audience, after being tired only kept awake
by----
a.
Enjoyment
b. Suspense
c.
Fear of wild animals
d.
Entertainment
12. At what time did Scheherazade stop in the middle of the
story?
a.
At Night
b.
In the Evening
c. At sunrise
d.
At sunset
13. According to the author, which one of the following factors
do not make an interesting novel?
a.
Melody
b.
Story
c. Low atavistic form
d.
Perception of truth
14. Which weapon did Scheherazade use to avoid her fate?
a.
Patience
b. Suspense
c.
Secrecy
d
Love
15. What has been termed as 'Father' in the essay 'The Story'?
a.
World
b.
Nature
c.
God
d. Time
16. In the essay, what do we owe allegiance to?
a.
The life by values
b.
The life by money
c.
The life in time
d. Both a and c
17. The primitive man entertained themselves with-
a. Listening storie
b.
Hunting
c.
Music
d.
Talking
18. A ….. is a narrative of events arranged in their time
sequence.
a.
Poetry
b.
Essay
c. Novel
d.
Story
19. According to the author our daily life constitutes of-
a.
Money and Time
b.
Space and Time
c. Time and Value
d.
Power and Money
20. Forster in this excerpt says that some of the words should
not be avoided while converting lectures into essays.which words are they?
a.
I, you,one
b.
We,curiously enough, so to speak
c.
Only imagine, of course
d. All of the above
VERY SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Who is the author of the essay 'The Story'?
Ans.
The author of the essay 'The Story' is E.M.Forster.
2. What question did the author ask to three men
Ans.
The author asked "what is a novel?".
3. How did the first man reply to his question of what is novel?
Ans.
The first man replied very calmly that a novel tells a story.
4. In what tone did the second man reply to his question of what
is a novel?
Ans.
The second man was a bad-tempered person and he replied in an aggressive way
that the novel tells a story.
5. What is '1001 'Arabian Nights'?
Ans.
The '1001 Arabian Nights' is a collection of stories loosely linked together.
6. Who is the narrator of '1001 Arabian Nights'?
Ans.
A young girl named Scheherazade is the narrator of 1001 Arabian Nights'.
7. Whom did the author respect & admire?
Ans.
The author respected and admired the first speaker.
8. Whom did the author detest
Ans.
The author detested the second man.
9. How should storytelling be done?
Ans.
The storytelling should be done in a variety of tones
10. What is the highest factor common to all novels?
Ans.
Story is the highest factor common to all novels.
11. How old is the art of storytelling?
And.
The art of story-telling dates back to the age of Primitive Man.
12. According to the author what is daily life composed of?
Ans.
Daily life is composed of time and value.
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. According to the author, what is the quality of the first
type of man?
Ans.
According to the author the first type of man is of good temperament and is
vague. He is a common man driving a motor bus and his response is casual. He
does not have much interest in literature.
2. What are the finer growths that a story supports in a novel?
Ans.
The finer growths that a story supports in a novel are narrative techniques,
plot and thematic presentation. The story is the backbone of any novel. Without
it, the other technicalities and structures are meaningless.
3. How does Forster bring out the importance of a good story in
terms of the primitive era?
Ans.
In the essay "The Story' Forster telis us that human beings have been
interested in stories from the primitive era. After finishing their daily
chores they used to just sit and listen to the stories. The suspense of the
story kept them awake.
4. Who was Scheherazade and whom did she marry?
Ans.
Scheherazade was a young girl who was the daughter of the vizier or minister.
She was married to a peculiar king who had a monstrous habit of marrying a girl
every day and after the wedding night, the wife was beheaded.
5. What is the value of time sequence in the narration of a
story?
Ans.
In the essay Forster depicts the importance of time in the narration of a
story. He says that in daily life we do our activities in a time sequence and
can think of any situations in past and present but in a novel the author has
to stick to time sequence or to the order of occurrence of action, otherwise
the story would be absurd and it would not be a good novel.
LONG QUESTIONS
1. Our daily life reflects a double allegiance to 'the life in
time' and 'the life by values'. Discuss.
Ans.
We owe a double allegiance to the life in time and the life by values. The life
in time means the correct sequence in which things happen in our daily life or
the routine activities we do. However, we can imagine the past and future
activities without any order and in any time frame. The life of values mean
that we can select the valuable events or experiences from our life at any
point of time. It is not measured by time but by intensity. Forster in this
essay has explained this by citing an example of a sentence "I only saw
her for five minutes but it was worth it". In this line both the life in
time and the life by values has been shown.
2. How was Scheherazade able to avoid her fate?
Ans.
Scheherzade was the daughter of a vizier to an eccentric King. The King had a
horrifying habit of marrying a girl on a daily basis and after the wedding
night, he beheaded his wife. Scheherazade deliberately married the King and on
the wedding night she narrated a story to him but she would not complete it. At
the crack of dawn she would leave the story at some interesting point and fall
asleep. The King would be curious to know the rest of the story and therefore
he could not execute her. This became an everyday phenomena and the King had to
leave his evil practice. Through her art of story-telling, Schererazade was
able to avoid her fate.
3. What do you understand of the three voices in response to the
question 'What does a novel do'?
Ans. The three voices in the novel represent three different types of novel readers. The first kind of novel reader is a good tempered person who is engaged in some daily activity like driving a motor- bus. He is aware of the merits of literature but has no time to analyze it. He knows that the purpose of a novel is to tell a story. The second type of novel reader is an aggressive man who treats novel very casually. For him, novel means a story through which he can pass his time. The third kind of novel readers are authors like him to whom story is the soul of a novel. In all the three voices, story of the novel occupies an important place. It is the fundamental aspect without which a novel cannot exist.
English Elective (CONTENTS)
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ESSAY | ||
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DRAMA | ||
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NOVEL | ||
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