1. Which of the following best defines literary realism?
2. Realist writers primarily depicted which social classes?
3. In which country did the realism movement originate?
4. Which French author wrote La Comédie humaine, a cornerstone of realism?
5. Which movement did literary realism react against?
6. What is the central aim of literary realism?
7. Which novel by George Eliot is considered a cornerstone of British literary realism?
8. What does “verisimilitude” mean in the context of realism?
9. Which concept is central to realism’s narrative style?
10. Which of the following is not a feature of literary realism?
11. What major societal development influenced the rise of realism?
12. Which British author is most associated with Middlemarch, a seminal realist text?
13. Which ideology influenced socialist realism?
14. Which of the following is not a typical feature of literary realism?
15. In kitchen sink realism, what demographic is the focus?
