This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Fiction Short Story Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What part of the plot structure introduces characters, setting, and the conflict? A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Rising action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 2. BB:What is a big internal conflict within the story for Sartoris? A) Whether or not to tell his mom what he saw his brother doing. B) Deciding to tell a girl at his school that he loves her or not. C) Staying loyal to his family or the law. D) Whether or not to stay in his original town. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Staying loyal to his family or the law. 3. The message or life lesson that the plot and characters of a story convey to the reader. A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Theme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 4. GB:What do Faith's pink ribbons symbolize? A) Immaturity. B) Purity. C) Innocence. D) Both B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both B and C. 5. A recurring theme that is a message about life and often expressed in many eras and cultures. A) Universal Theme. B) Beautiful Theme. C) Colorful Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universal Theme. 6. When the narrator is one of the character and is telling the story using the pronoun I, the story is told in what POV A) First person. B) Third person limited. C) Omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 7. The main character, or the person who drives the action in a story is the ..... A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Narrtor. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 8. GHF:Which of the following most correctly defines O'connor's writing style? A) Simplistic. B) Extensive use of diction. C) Long, drawn out sentences. D) Very descriptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simplistic. 9. GFH:What genre is "A Good Man is Hard to Find" ? A) Picaresque Fiction. B) Speculative Fiction. C) Southern Gothicism. D) Dark Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Southern Gothicism. 10. When the struggle in the story is happening between the protagonist and him or herself, it is called ..... (also known as character vs. self). A) Conflict from parents. B) External conflict. C) School conflict. D) Internal conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internal conflict. 11. C:Why did Elisa scrub herself until she bled? A) In effort to feel desirable. B) To hurt herself. C) To anger her husband. D) To free herself from society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In effort to feel desirable. 12. Which story displayed the best integration of various moments of foreshadowing, that all made sense at the end when the reader realizes the fate of the teenage traveler? A) "The Landlady". B) "The Three Wise Guys". C) "The Perfect Gift". D) "Columbus on Trial". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Landlady". 13. A computer taking over the world is an example of what type of conflict? A) Person vs. nature. B) Person vs technology. C) Person vs supernatural. D) Person vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person vs technology. 14. The qualities of a character that could affect the character's thoughts, decisions, and actions. A) Characters. B) Mood. C) Conflict. D) Traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traits. 15. Flash fiction is also known as ..... A) Short story. B) Graphic fiction. C) Postcard fiction. D) Macro stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Postcard fiction. 16. The ..... is the leading figure in a story. A) Interesting character. B) Protagonist. C) Conflict. D) Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 17. The point of the story that has the highest point of interest is called ..... A) Resolution. B) Conflict. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 18. The author of the story "Seventh grade" is: ..... A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Katherine Paterson. C) Gary Soto. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gary Soto. 19. Tallifiero Street in the 1960s is an example of ..... A) Setting. B) Theme. C) Climax. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 20. Is an art form, usually written. It includes prose and poetry. A) Fiction. B) Drama. C) Literature. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literature. 21. What is the point of view of the short story "The Flowers" ? A) First-person. B) Third-person limited. C) Third-person omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third-person omniscient. 22. Events leading to solving the problem in the story A) Resolution. B) Falling action. C) Exposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling action. 23. GFH:What is the message of the story? A) Sometimes those who have done bad things have stronger morals than those who have not. B) Morality is a social construct. C) What makes people good is not only what society describes as good. D) Grandmothers are immoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What makes people good is not only what society describes as good. 24. Eu:Why does Dee push so hard to have the quilts? A) Her sister plans to burn them. B) They hold sentimental value to her. C) She plans to sell them to make money. D) She believes they deserve to be preserved instead of used. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She believes they deserve to be preserved instead of used. 25. What is the most important aspect of the plot? A) Exposition. B) Theme. C) Rising action. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 26. A&P:Queenie was compared to a bee becausE.. A) She is flighty and fragile. B) She has a black and yellow bathing suit. C) She leads around her friends like she owns the place. D) She is completely and utterly mindless, like a bee in a jar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She leads around her friends like she owns the place. 27. The most exiting part and turning point of a story is called ..... A) Climax. B) Conflict. C) Falling Action. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 28. It is a flash fiction story that centers on finding tattered teddy bear that the speaker adored as a child. A) "Taylor Swift". B) "Unnecessary Things". C) "Angels and Blueberries". D) "I remember her fifty years later.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Unnecessary Things". 29. BB:How does the opening mood of the story go throughout the story? A) It creates a theme of justice and injustice, which goes along with how Abner treats his family and the actions he takes. B) It creates an understanding of a hog's worth. C) It develops a characterization of the main character, the Judge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It creates a theme of justice and injustice, which goes along with how Abner treats his family and the actions he takes. 30. A ..... is the perspective from which a literary work is told. A) Point-of-view. B) Symbol. C) Imagery. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point-of-view. 31. Irony is defined as: A) A twist in the plot; occurrence differently than what one expects. B) Life lesson; moral of a story. C) A struggle or problem within a plot. D) Hints or clues suggesting events that will happen later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A twist in the plot; occurrence differently than what one expects. 32. The final stage which offers a conclusion to the plot. It marks the solution of the conflict with the triumph (victory) of one of the conflicting forces. It establishes the outcome of the conflict. A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. 33. Occurs at the conclusion of the story. Loose ends are tied up and the story ends. A) Setting. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolution. 34. At the end of "The Perfect Gift, " it was revealed that Franny had sold her hair to buy the bird cage for Derek, and Derek had sold his bird to buy the hair clips for Franny. Much to their surprise, each can't use their new gift. This twist in the ending best displays what literary term? A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Foreshadow. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 35. If the narrator is using "I" and "me" to refer to himself/herself, the story is told from ..... point of view. A) Personal. B) First person. C) Third person. D) The author's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First person. 36. BB:Fire symbolizes ..... A) Abner's uncontrollable rage. B) Abner's unpredictability. C) Abner himself. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 37. A ..... is a person, a place, an object, or an action that stands for something outside of itself. A) Mood. B) Symbol. C) Antagonist. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 38. The longest works of fiction. They have the same elements of short stories but have subplots. A) Novels. B) Comic Stories. C) Novellas. D) Short Stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novels. 39. The part of the story where the characters are introduced, setting is described, and conflict begins to unfold is called ..... A) Complications. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 40. Tara Campbell explains the various colors of the sky in flash fiction story entitled ..... A) "Taylor Swift". B) "Unnecessary Things". C) "Angels and Blueberries". D) "For sale:baby socks, never worn". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Angels and Blueberries". 41. A problem or struggle between two or more opposing forces. A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Exposition. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 42. In which type of fiction story does HARRY POTTER SERIES by J. K. Rowling belong? A) Fantasy. B) Humor. C) Fairytale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy. 43. When a writer writes up a blueprint for what happens in their story, this is called the ..... A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Exposition. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 44. The type of external conflict between two different characters. A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Society. C) Man vs. Self. D) Man vs. Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs. Man. 45. Is traditional tale which is thought to have historical bases. A) Novel. B) Fable. C) Short Story. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legend. 46. What type of conflict is this? A person feels badly about something they have done or not done. A) Person vs. nature. B) Person vs. self. C) Person vs. society. D) Person vs. person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person vs. self. 47. A story's setting tells us ..... . * A) About the language of a story. B) What happens in the falling action. C) Where and when the story takes place. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where and when the story takes place. 48. It describes imaginary events and people. A) Nonfiction. B) Novel. C) Literature. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fiction. 49. EU:What did the yard symbolize? A) Mayhem. B) A family retreat area. C) A safe place from the rest of the world. D) Racism during this time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A safe place from the rest of the world. 50. Identify the type of point-of-view for the following statement: "I can't believe we defeated the Martians. Our ears were ringing from their death rays! We are lucky to have survived." A) First person singular. B) First person plural. C) Third person. D) 2nd person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First person plural. 51. Making educated guesses about characters and events in a story as you learn more about them is called ..... A) Analyzing. B) Questioning. C) Predicting. D) Making inferences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making inferences. 52. What is the main lesson or central message of the story? A) Conflict. B) Setting. C) Resolution. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 53. The ..... is when or where the story takes place. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 54. C:What tone is presented throughout the story? A) Fear. B) Feminism. C) Pleading. D) Loneliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loneliness. 55. When a struggle takes place entirely within a character's own mind, is is called ..... A) External conflict. B) Internal conflict. C) Massive conflict. D) Crushing conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal conflict. 56. The peak of the story, the part with the most action, the high point A) Conflict. B) Point of view. C) Climax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 57. What can you infer from the story is the most likely of the landlady's guests? A) She hits them over the head and taxidermies them. B) She poisons them and taxidermies them. C) She chats with them endlessly until they go to bed. D) She fattens them up so they don't leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She poisons them and taxidermies them. 58. When the speaker says one thing but means another ..... A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal Irony. 59. RE:Why does Emily attempt to keep the bodies of the ones she loves? A) She is afraid they will haunt her. B) She is afraid of change. C) She is conducting scientific research. D) She does not want anyone to know they are dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is afraid of change. 60. What is NOT one of the methods that the writer uses to give you information about characters? A) Dialogue. 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