The novel as we know it first appeared in the eighteenth century.
a. true
b. false

The sentence is true

The novel is a literary work in which a feigned action is narrated in whole or in part and whose purpose is to cause aesthetic pleasure to readers with the description or painting of interesting events or sets as well as characters, passions and customs, which in many cases serve as inputs for one's own reflection or introspection. The novel is the latest of all literary genres. Although it has precedents in the Ancient Age, it did not manage to be implanted until the Middle Ages.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n:

"a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace. a major cause of the internment of japanese americans during world war ii was. racial prejudice. in the early 1940's, the "destroyers-for-military-bases deal" with great britain and the lend-lease act were evidence that the united states."