This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Fiction Short Story Literature – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the protagonist of "The Flowers" ? A) Myop. B) The dead body. C) Myop's parents. D) The farm animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myop. 2. In ..... a student needs to ask themselves questions about the plot, characters, setting and point-of view of a story to make sure they understand it. A) Questioning. B) Analyzing. C) Making Inferences. D) Predicting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Questioning. 3. A theme that is expressed directly by the author. A) Stated Theme. B) Implied Theme. C) Universal Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stated Theme. 4. BB:what does fire represent in the story? A) Passion. B) Power. C) Hatred. D) Desire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power. 5. What was the overall style of the narrator, the mother, of Everyday Use? A) Complex, yet brief. B) Very intelligent. C) Simplistic and conversational. D) Humorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simplistic and conversational. 6. By what date must ALL your second semester work be turned in? A) Today. B) December 21. C) January 18. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) January 18. 7. The contrast between expectation and reality is called ..... ? A) Dramatic Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Situational Irony. D) Foolishness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational Irony. 8. The ..... is the main character and is always involved in the conflict of a story. A) Conflict. B) Protagonist. C) Antagonist. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 9. When the POV is all knowing, it is? A) Creepy. B) First person. C) Omniscient. D) Third person-limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omniscient. 10. What is the problem a character faces called? A) Climax. B) Conflict. C) Resolution. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 11. A long work of fiction that explores characters in conflict A) Novel. B) Novella. C) Short story. D) Summary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novel. 12. Narrator tells the story from the viewpoint of one character. Describing that character's feelings and thoughts. A) Third person Objective. B) Third person Limited. C) Third Person Omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third person Limited. 13. C:What figurative language is used when Steinbeck writes that Elisa was crying "like an old woman" ? A) Simile. B) Asyndeton. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. Narrator knows everything in the story and can describe each character's thoughts and behaviors. A) Third person Objective. B) Third person Limited. C) Third Person Omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Person Omniscient. 15. A synonym for narrative is A) Story. B) Sentence. C) Simile. D) Situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Story. 16. The ..... is the sequence of events that make up a story. A) Falling Action. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plot. 17. What type of literary work revolves around a single idea and is short enough to read in one setting? A) An epic. B) Novel. C) Non-fiction. D) Short story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short story. 18. The ..... the story is told from refers to who is telling the story. A) Rising Action. B) Point of View. C) Climax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of View. 19. The main idea, lesson or message of a story. A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 20. What does it prove when Multivac needs to hear "please" ? A) The computer is broken. B) Nemerson doesn't like Weaver. C) The scientists are frustrated. D) Multivac is becoming human. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multivac is becoming human. 21. CLP:What is the primary theme of the story? A) That nothing in life truly matters. B) Wartime causes depression. C) Drinking makes you feel less alone. D) The older you are, the wiser you are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That nothing in life truly matters. 22. This type may be a combination of different fiction forms like dystopian, science fiction, and fantasy, or any other combination. . Considered as a supergenre, writers of speculative fiction have limitless use of the possibilities beyond the human imagination A) Romance. B) Bildungsroman. C) Speculative fiction. D) Western. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speculative fiction. 23. The events of a story have to take place in a certain time and place. A) Conflict. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) Dialouge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 24. Often used in short stories, especially at the end. It is an experience of sudden and striking realization. A) Dialogue. B) Motif. C) Epiphany. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphany. 25. A theme is ..... A) General and broad. B) Specific to the story. C) Always directly stated in the text. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) General and broad. 26. Literature written in prose (language in ordinary, paragraph form) such as novels and short stories. A) Fiction. B) Novels. C) Literature. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiction. 27. Why is a setting very important? A) It's not. B) It is important because the story depends on where the setting is. C) It is important because the characters will not know where to stand without it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is important because the story depends on where the setting is. 28. A character who changes as a result of the story's events is a ..... character. A) Flat. B) Static. C) Dynamic. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dynamic. 29. A&P: "The whole store was like a pinball machine" is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Asyndeton. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 30. A ..... is a scene that interrupts the present action to describe an event that took place earlier. A) Foreshadowing. B) Imagery. C) Tone. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 31. ..... is the process of revealing a character's personality. A) Dyanmic. B) Static. C) Characterization. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 32. In which type of fiction story does ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare belong? A) Science Fiction. B) Fable. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drama. 33. What is using clues and "reading between the lines" to figure out ideas that the author has not directly stated? A) Making Inferences. B) Predicting. C) Analyzing. D) Questioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analyzing. 34. ..... is a tool writers use to recreate sensory experience for readers. A) Flashback. B) Irony. C) Imagery. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 35. What is point of view? A) What the narrator thinks. B) What the author thinks. C) How the author shows the story to the reader. D) How well the protagonist sees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How the author shows the story to the reader. 36. CLP:What is the main contrast in the story? A) The contrast between the old and young waiters. B) The contrast between the old man and the young waiter. C) The contrast between light and dark. D) The contrast between the cafe and the bar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The contrast between light and dark. 37. In "The Perfect Gift, " the character of Franny told the story. Select the statement that best display her first person point of view. A) "It had a lot of tiny ledges for Winston to perch on. It was like a cathedral for a bird.". B) "We all did pretty well with the no-dollar gift exchange.". C) "You'd think we'd all be relieved, right?". D) "I have to hand it to most of the eighth graders in Mr. Sommer's homeroom.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I have to hand it to most of the eighth graders in Mr. Sommer's homeroom.". 38. It refers to imaginative literature usually consisting of a few hundred words. A) Short story. B) Graphic fiction. C) Flash fiction. D) Doodle fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flash fiction. 39. What elements make up setting? A) Characters/Plot. B) Time. C) Place. D) Time/Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time/Place. 40. You can discover the main themes of the work through ..... A) Action. B) Characters. C) Title. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 41. ARABY:How does the author initially characterize Sammy? A) Joyce makes him seem like a creep watching the girls. B) Joyce makes him very emotional. C) Joyce demonstrates his enthusiasm about his job. D) Joyce shows off his athletic ability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joyce makes him seem like a creep watching the girls. 42. When the audience knows that is going to happen, but the characters do not ..... A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony. 43. The dramatic struggle between two forces A) Conflict. B) Characters. C) Theme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 44. The ..... contains geographical location, weather, time and socio-economic conditions. A) Protagonist. B) Complications. C) Setting. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 45. The conflict is what ..... A) Makes people sad. B) Leads to the falling action. C) Sets the story in motion. D) Doesn't really matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sets the story in motion. 46. The following elements contribute to the story's theme:* A) Character and plot. B) Setting and dialogue. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 47. A protagonist is ..... A) Always the "good guy". B) A character in the story that opposes the main character. C) A type of figurative language. D) The main character of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The main character of the story. 48. Fiction describes A) Stories about events and people, typically short stories and novels. B) Manuals of instruction. C) Works of literature that can only be short stories. D) Stories written about true events. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stories about events and people, typically short stories and novels. 49. What part of the plot structure reveals the final outcome of the story? A) Resolution. B) Exposition. C) Falling action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 50. GFH:What does grandma's hat symbolize? A) Deception. B) Innocence. C) Lady-likeness. D) Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lady-likeness. 51. What type of conflict is this? Mac robs a bank and crosses the state line (border). A) Person versus person. B) Person vs society. C) Person vs supernatural. D) Person vs self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person vs society. 52. The way of speaking could indicate time and place of characters A) Dialect. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 53. RE:Why is the title "A Rose For Emily" ? A) Narrator is sympathetic towards Emily. B) Emily loves roses. C) Roses symbolize peace. D) To characterize the story as a romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrator is sympathetic towards Emily. 54. BB:What is the overall theme of the story? A) Hard work creates close bonds. B) Fire is the solution to problems. C) Family is the most important aspect in life. D) Searching for internal peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Searching for internal peace. 55. A ..... comprises the events themselves but the ..... is how the writer organizes these incidents (events). A) Plot, story. B) Story, plot. C) Story, setting. D) Characters, plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Story, plot. 56. The part of the story where most of the action happens A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rising action. 57. To go somewhere unknown: A) Languishing. B) Posterity. C) Foray. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foray. 58. The main characters of "Seventh Grade" are: A) Gary Soto and Katherine Paterson. B) Romeo and Juliette. C) Victor and Teresa. D) Mr. Bueller and Michael. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Victor and Teresa. 59. Theme is defined as: A) A struggle or problem within a plot. B) Freeling or mood created by the author. C) Life lesson; moral of a story. D) Hints or clues suggesting events that will happen later. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life lesson; moral of a story. 60. The POV in which the narrator is a character in the story is known as ..... A) Third Person Omniscient POV. B) Third Person Limited POV. C) First Person POV. D) Second Person POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First Person POV. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesFiction Short Story Literature Quiz 1Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 2Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 4Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 5Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 6Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 7Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 8Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books