This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Fiction Short Story Literature – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of fact? A) A statement that can be proved by experts, looking up information in a book, etc. B) A personal belief or judgement that cannot be proven. C) An edible bulb with a pungent taste and smell, composed of several concentric layers, used in cooking. D) Prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement that can be proved by experts, looking up information in a book, etc. 2. CLP:What did the light represent? A) Life. B) A safe Haven. C) Innocence. D) Serenity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A safe Haven. 3. C:What do the chrysanthemums symbolize? A) Elisa. B) The tinkerer. C) Anger. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elisa. 4. A type of conflict can be: A) Person vs. nature. B) Person vs. society. C) Person vs. the supernatural. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Who is telling the story is known as A) Storyteller. B) Point of view. C) Conflict. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 6. The point of view that uses personal pronouns like I, me, my, we, and our. A) First person point of view. B) Second person point of view. C) Third person point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person point of view. 7. When we are told directly what kind of person the character is, the writing is using ..... A) Direct Characterization. B) Narration. C) Indirect Characterization. D) Framed story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. 8. Authors use ..... to give the readers clues about what will occur later in the story. A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashbacks. C) Irony. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 9. Which of these is an example of an onomatopoeia? A) Sly as a fox. B) Red represents STOP. C) BUZZ. D) Get an ear full. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BUZZ. 10. This part of the story is where the author sets the stage for the story. Characters are introduced, the setting is described, and the conflict begins to unfold. A) Setting. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 11. Is the narrator's way of telling the story. A) Theme. B) Point of View. C) Character. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of View. 12. A&P:What is the major theme of the story? A) Women should be subjected. B) Actions have consequences. C) Women rule the world. D) For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actions have consequences. 13. The minor problem or problems that occur in a story are called ..... A) Climax. B) Conflict. C) Subplot. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subplot. 14. A person, place or thing, or event that stands for itself as well as for something beyond itself ..... A) Allusion. B) Symbol. C) Mood. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 15. In "The Key Item", the dialogue between Nemerson and Weaver becomes more and more A) Frustrated and angry. B) Comical. C) Kind and amicable. D) Serious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frustrated and angry. 16. The type of external conflict where a person is against a large group of people. A) Internal Conflict. B) Man vs. Self. C) Man vs. Society. D) Man vs. Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. Society. 17. The second largest works of fiction. Shorter than one but longer than another. A) Novels. B) Biographies. C) Novellas. D) Short Stores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Novellas. 18. The part of the plot that serves as the "brewing point" of the conflict A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Falling action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 19. "Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, ..... him, forcing him to stay where he was and not walk away from the house ..... " A) Briskly. B) Emanate. C) Compelling. D) Lingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compelling. 20. The genre of fiction that includes stories with technology not found in our world such as super computers, robots, time machines, etc. A) Realistic fiction. B) Informational. C) Historical fiction. D) Science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science fiction. 21. The main character, Squeaky, of "Raymond's Run" could best be described as: A) A girly-girl; she enjoys participating in the Maypole activities. B) Competitive; she's always trying to be the best and fastest. C) Shy and vulnerable; she doesn't speak up for herself and is bullied. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competitive; she's always trying to be the best and fastest. 22. Which term names the problem that characters in a story must face and solve? A) The setting. B) The essay. C) The novel. D) The conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The conflict. 23. In "The Key Item" Multivac is what? A) A scientist. B) A technician. C) An electronic store. D) "the most gigantic and glorious machine ever put together by the mind and hands of man" that can "analyze futures in in weather, politics, and economics.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "the most gigantic and glorious machine ever put together by the mind and hands of man" that can "analyze futures in in weather, politics, and economics.". 24. The feeling that work of literature conveys ..... A) Mood. B) Symbol. C) Tone. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 25. A perspective from which a story is told in 1st or 3rd person is called the ..... A) Conflict. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Point of View. 26. Which of the following is the best example of an appreciative perspective concerning Columbus? A) "The admiral was widely resented.He had built himself a large stone house ". B) "Columbus ruled with an iron hand. He withheld salaries". C) "Whom will they look up to if not to people like Columbus?". D) "Those men were barbarians They did not survive.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Whom will they look up to if not to people like Columbus?". 27. It is a creative piece written in comic form. A) Graphic fiction. B) Comic story. C) Flash fiction. D) Storyboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graphic fiction. 28. ..... is the place and the time of the story A) Supporting details. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 29. A statement about what the passage or text is mainly about is A) Summary. B) Resolution. C) Conflict. D) Main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Main idea. 30. In "To Build a Fire", the setting acts as a(n) A) Symbol. B) Antagonist. C) Theme. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 31. The narrator, Lou, Frieda Morris, Side-Pocket, and Mama are all ..... A) Characters. B) Minor Characters. C) Real Live people that I interact with daily. D) Main Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters. 32. In the story, The War of the Wall, Frieda Morris is ..... A) Main Character. B) Minor Character. C) Plot. D) Not really important on this test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minor Character. 33. When is the conclusion? A) When we eat a pancake. B) When the pressure is reduced. C) When we get a resolution for the problem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When we get a resolution for the problem. 34. It is a poem of mourning to someone's death. A) Elegy. B) Epitaph. C) Epigram. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegy. 35. Man vs man is an example of an ..... conflict A) Violent. B) External. C) Frustrating. D) Internal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External. 36. Which of the following is the best description of the plot of a piece of fiction? A) The series of made-up events. B) The location of the story. C) The main character. D) The point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The series of made-up events. 37. The sense of anticipation or worry that the author makes the reader feel. A) Foreshadowing. B) Climax. C) Flashback. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspense. 38. "The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers" of Sarnath Banerjee that portrays 18th century Calcutta is a ..... A) Manga. B) Digi-fiction. C) Graphic novel. D) Flash fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphic novel. 39. Which is seldom used, speaks to the reader as if the reader is the protagonist. At other times, the narrator may use apostrophe, a figurative language where the speaker talks to an absent or unidentified person. A) First person point of view. B) Second person point of view. C) Third person point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second person point of view. 40. This is usually brief and lends itself to comic effects. It consists of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba. Rhyme and rhythm are used to enhance the content. A) Narrative. B) Lyric. C) Limerick. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limerick. 41. The underlying meaning or main idea of a story. is a broad idea in a story, or a message conveyed by a work. A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Conflict. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 42. CLP:What is the main tone that is interpreted throughout the story? A) Idealistic. B) Realistic. C) Unconvincing. D) Impractical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Realistic. 43. This point of view is when someone else tells the story and uses pronouns such as:he, she, they, them. A) First. B) Third. C) Omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third. 44. When the narrator reports the events that happen to the protagonist and uses words like "he" or "she, " it is called ..... point of view. A) First person. B) Third person omniscient. C) Second person. D) Third person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third person limited. 45. CLP:Why does the Old Waiter keep the cafe open? A) To earn a profit. B) To help people who might need it. C) To help himself when he feels lonely. D) He is in competition with the other bars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To help people who might need it. 46. The uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what will happen next in a story ..... A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Suspense. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 47. The message/life lesson an author wants to get across to the reader A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 48. What is a setting? A) A place where the story happens. B) The way the author describes the story. C) The main story. D) The characters of a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A place where the story happens. 49. When is the last day of CCs in December? A) December 7. B) December 14. C) December 20. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) December 20. 50. What word does Multivac need to hear in order to work? A) Go. B) Please. C) Now. D) Thank You. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Please. 51. A&P:What are two themes in the story? A) Food and stores. B) The mystery of other's minds and the power of wishes. C) Power and appearances. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power and appearances. 52. What type of literary work is longer and more complex? A) Novel. B) Poem. C) Short story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novel. 53. This fiction type is characterized by dark, mysterious and suspenseful plots. A) Horror. B) Historical. C) Mystery. D) Thriller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thriller. 54. A type of fiction story that has full-length novels with plot, subplots, themes, with major and minor charactersand its narrative is usually presented in blank verse form A) Fiction in Verse. B) Fairytales. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiction in Verse. 55. When and where a story takes place is the ..... of a story. A) Climax. B) Characters. C) Point of View. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 56. Chester Brown's "Louis Riel" that centers on a fictionalized violent rebellion in the 19th century is a ..... A) Nonatale. B) Chick lit. C) Graphic novel. D) Text-talk novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphic novel. 57. BB:What genre can Barn Burning be categorized as? A) Narrative. B) Coming of age. C) Dark Romanticism. D) Southern Gothicism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coming of age. 58. The problem or struggle in a story is known as the ..... . * A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 59. Which is NOT a common characteristic of flash fiction? A) Has complete plot. B) Brief. C) Uses speech bubbles. D) Presents twists in the ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uses speech bubbles. 60. A type of nonfiction that gives the history of a person's life written or told by the person himself or herself. A) Biography. B) Speech. C) Autobiography. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesFiction Short Story Literature Quiz 1Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 2Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 3Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 4Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 5Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 7Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 8Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books