This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Fiction Short Story Literature – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An internal conflict is a struggle within a character's ..... A) Family. B) Mind. C) Village. D) Digital universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mind. 2. Which of the following is the best description of the plot in a fiction story? A) The setting of the story. B) The main character. C) The point of view. D) The series of made-up events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The series of made-up events. 3. The ..... is the turning point in the story, or the most exciting part of the story. A) Exposition. B) Ending. C) Climax. D) Middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 4. What is the problem of the story called? A) Exposition. B) Plot. C) Climax. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 5. In literature, the narrator is ..... . * A) The reader. B) The author. C) The voice that tells the story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The voice that tells the story. 6. The ..... may be to entertain, explain or inform, to express an opinion, or to persuade readers to do or believe something. A) Author's purpose. B) Analyzing. C) Point-of-view. D) Making inferences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's purpose. 7. The main problem that occurs in a story is called ..... A) Disaster. B) Conflict. C) Subplot. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 8. The main character in a story A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Bad guy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 9. The beginning of the complications leading to the intensification of the problem or the conflict (climax) A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Action. 10. When a character struggles with an outside force? (There are three types) A) Internal conflict. B) Wonderful conflict. C) External conflict. D) Corruption in conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) External conflict. 11. How do flash fictions commonly end the story? A) The story ends with a twist. B) It presents a painful ending. C) It usually ends happily and merrily. D) Readers have the liberty to give their own ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The story ends with a twist. 12. The vantage point from which the writer tells the story is call ..... A) Rising action. B) Point of view. C) Setting. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 13. Art Spiegelmen's "In the Shadow of No Tower:9/11" is an example of ..... A) Text tula. B) Text-talk novel. C) Graphic novel. D) Flash fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphic novel. 14. A prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel A) Novel. B) Short story. C) Summary. D) Novella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Novella. 15. The angle to which a story is told A) Point of view. B) Resolution. C) Style. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of view. 16. The story may be told by an invisible narrator who is not a character in the work or by a supporting character supplying narration for a hero using the third person pronoun "he/she/they" . A) First person narration. B) Second person narration. C) Third person narration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person narration. 17. Which of the following is an example of fiction? A) Article. B) Biography. C) Essay. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fantasy. 18. This point of view is when the author is telling the story and uses pronouns such as "I", "me", "my", "us", "we" A) Third person. B) Omniscient. C) First person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First person. 19. The POV in which the narrator only shares the thoughts and feelings of one character. A) Third Person Limited. B) Third Person Omniscient. C) Second Person. D) First Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third Person Limited. 20. ..... categorizes literature and can often have subgroups A) Moral. B) Main Point (Main Idea). C) Genre. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genre. 21. ..... is a mode of narration that allows the readers to "hear" and "see" what events take place in a story A) Point of View. B) Plot. C) Supporting Details. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of View. 22. Eu:What is a motif throughout the story? A) Tradition. B) Heritage. C) Investure. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 23. It is a fixed form, usually containing five three-line stanzas and a four-line stanza, with only two rhymes throughout. A) Villanelle. B) Tanka. C) Sonnet. D) Nonsense Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Villanelle. 24. A struggle between two opposing forces is a ..... A) Conflict. B) Point of view. C) Omniscient. D) First person problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 25. CLP:What style does Hemingway create in his writing? A) Complex. B) Simplistic. C) Descriptive. D) Clear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simplistic. 26. These are the reasons for a character's actions. A) Motives. B) Moods. C) Traits. D) Themes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motives. 27. GFH:What overall theme is recurrent throughout the story? A) Morality. B) Romance. C) Death. D) A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and C. 28. What is it called when a reader looks at separate parts of a story to discover how they work together to express an idea? A) Predicting. B) Questioning. C) Making Inferences. D) Analyzing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analyzing. 29. Graphic novel is also known as ..... A) Flash fiction. B) Graphic fiction. C) Digi-fiction. D) Doodle fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graphic fiction. 30. A type of nonfiction that has the faculty or power of speaking and it is communication or expression of thoughts in a spoken word, usually delivered in front of an audience A) Speech. B) Narrative Nonfiction. C) Essay. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech. 31. What methods do authors use to show what characters are like, such as describing what they think and do? A) Minor character. B) Characters. C) Main character. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 32. The sequence of related events that make up the story is A) Conflict. B) Setting. C) Plot Line. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot Line. 33. The narrator is an outsider telling the story is an example of which point of view? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person. 34. Miss Strangeworth in "The Possibility of Evil" was largely motivated by A) Attempting to keep evil out of the world. B) Listening to what others were saying. C) Her roses and their appearence. D) Her favorite English teacher from high school who inspired her to write letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attempting to keep evil out of the world. 35. Who is the bad guy in the story or the one who opposes the protagonist? A) Antithesis. B) Villain. C) Count. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 36. CLP:What tone is established throughout the story by the old waiter? A) Ardent. B) Amused. C) Comic. D) Depressing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depressing. 37. On My Honor is an example of ..... A) Short Story. B) Fiction. C) Non Fiction. D) Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction. 38. The good guy is also known as the ..... A) Antagonist. B) Minor Character. C) Setting. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protagonist. 39. (of information or experience) from the original source or personal experience; direct. A) First hand. B) Second hand. C) Third hand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First hand. 40. The turning point of the story.The peak (the highest point) of the complications & after which a drastic change or reversal follows. A) Climax. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 41. Is a noticeable element, such as a type of event, device, reference, or formula, which occurs frequently in works of literature. A) Motif. B) Dialogue. C) Epiphany. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 42. Authors use imagery and setting details to create the ..... of a story. A) Title. B) Conflict. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 43. The stage in the plot where all of the little events or complications that lead to the peak of the story (Sometimes called COMPLICATIONS) A) Setting. B) Rising action. C) Resolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 44. What is the climax of a story? A) The story's message. B) The story's highest point of action. C) The story's final sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The story's highest point of action. 45. "There Will Come Soft Rains" was told A) In chronological order. B) As a flashback to a previous era. C) In chronological order, but with a few flashbacks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In chronological order. 46. Which characterizes a graphic novel? A) It presents colorful image panels. B) Graphic novel combines letters and words. C) Graphic novel presents fewest words as possible. D) Illustrations allow the readers to imagine and experience the characters and events in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illustrations allow the readers to imagine and experience the characters and events in the story. 47. When is the first day of CCs in January? A) January 4. B) January 7. C) January 14. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) January 7. 48. The time and place of the story. A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Theme. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 49. GB:Goodman Brown speculates that his experiences in the woods might be a(n A) Hallucination. B) Dream. C) Daydream. D) Episode of madness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dream. 50. Who is the antagonist in a story? A) The character or characters working against the main character. B) The narrator. C) The main character. D) The person or people in charge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The character or characters working against the main character. 51. How can we infer the townspeople feel about the kidnapping of "Red Chief" ? A) They are in disbelief that a kidnapping could happen in a small town like Summit. B) They are afraid that someone may have murdered Red Chief. C) They are worried and anxiously searching for Red Chief. D) They are afraid someone will bring Red Chief back home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are afraid someone will bring Red Chief back home. 52. A story's message or insight about life; a statement about a topic is the A) Plot. B) Characters. C) Conflict. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 53. A series of related events that make up the story is the ..... A) Plot. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 54. In short stories, setting is ..... A) Space and time. B) Time. C) Place. D) Time and location. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time and location. 55. BB:What is the style of "Barn Burning" ? A) Choppy sentences. B) Colloquial statements. C) Lengthy sentences. D) Formal statements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lengthy sentences. 56. Narrator tells the story as an observer adding no character thoughts. A) Third person Objective. B) Third person Limited. C) Third Person Omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third person Objective. 57. Which statement is true about fiction? A) It can contain imaginary people and animals. B) It can contain only facts and ideas. C) It can contain only real people and animals. D) It can take place only in the present time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can contain imaginary people and animals. 58. These are stories about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children. A) Narrative Nonfiction. B) Fairytales. C) Fiction in Verse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fairytales. 59. Tending or trying to avoid: A) Avasive. B) Languishing. C) Foray. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avasive. 60. GB:What is the main message of the story? A) The fight between good and evil in respect to religion. B) Satin worshippers are everywhere. C) Nobody can be trusted. D) Past grievances can affect future actions. 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