This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Fiction Short Story Literature – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. GFH:What is the overall tone in the story A) Excitement. B) Caution. C) Deception. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deception. 2. Whomever or whatever the main character struggles against or opposes is the ..... A) Speaker. B) Narrator. C) Protagonist. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 3. The War of the Wall is an example of ..... A) Minor Characters. B) A novel. C) A Short Story. D) The Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Short Story. 4. Reviewing what happens to the main character, skimming the selection for key phrases and statements, and thinking about the title all help in finding the ..... A) Conflict. B) Resolution. C) Setting. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 5. The only example of internal conflict is what? A) Man vs. Self. B) Man vs. Nature. C) Man vs. Society. D) Man vs. Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs. Self. 6. The main theme of "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" is A) It is important to brush your teeth after eating candy. B) A person's heritage and history are important, even if it is across the world. C) Strangers can become family rather easily. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person's heritage and history are important, even if it is across the world. 7. When a character is reveled to us, and we have to use the way they speak, appearance, inner thoughts, what other characters say about him or show us by his actions, this is ..... A) Indirect characterization. B) Fictional story telling. C) Narration by a primary source. D) Direct characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect characterization. 8. GB:Why is "Young Goodman Brown" considered to be a Dark Romanticized story? A) Due to its discussion of religion. B) Due to its discussion of Puritans. C) Due to its grotesque details. D) Due to its setting in the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to its grotesque details. 9. ARABY:What mood is created throughout the course of the story? A) Cheerful. B) Remorseful. C) Gloomy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gloomy. 10. The author of the story "The Last Dog" is: ..... A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Katherine Paterson. C) Gary Soto. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Katherine Paterson. 11. It is where dialogues in graphic fiction are written. A) Illustration boxes. B) Image panels. C) Beside illustrations. D) Speech bubbles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speech bubbles. 12. When the struggle in the story is happening between the protagonist and some other force, it is called ..... A) School conflict. B) Internal conflict. C) External conflict. D) Conflict from parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) External conflict. 13. Third person ..... is when the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of one character. A) Limited. B) Pronouns. C) Omniscient. D) Tellers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limited. 14. These are the people or animals that take part in a story's action. A) Characters. B) Traits. C) Mood. D) Narrators. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters. 15. In the story "The Last Dog" , where does Brock live? A) In a dome. B) In his house. C) In space. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a dome. 16. RE:What genre is A Rose for Emily? A) Southern Gothic. B) Narrative. C) Poetry. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southern Gothic. 17. What item below does not belong in the list of "Roles of Setting" ? A) Setting can create conflicts. B) Setting can serve as a symbol. C) Setting can confuse the reader. D) Setting can influence characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting can confuse the reader. 18. Of who is Squeaky most protective and, by the end, believes she could coach to be a champion? A) Raymond. B) Mercury. C) Gretchen. D) Cynthia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raymond. 19. Which of the following could be a character trait for Mickey Mouse? A) Understanding. B) Furtive. C) Friends with many other characters. D) A mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understanding. 20. It is a text dealing with an actual, real-life subject and offers opinions on facts and reality. A) Opera. B) Nonfiction. C) Literature. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction. 21. The genre of fiction that is a story including elements that are impossible, such as talking animals or magical powers. A) Realistic fiction. B) Historical fiction. C) Fantasy. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fantasy. 22. What type of writing comes from the author's imagination? A) News Articles. B) Essays. C) Non-fiction. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fiction. 23. Foreshadowing is a technique the author uses ..... . * A) To tell you more about the characters. B) To let you know what's coming next. C) To fill you in about the setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To let you know what's coming next. 24. What was the fate of Columbus, after the verdict of the trial was read? A) Prison for the rest of his life for deceiving generations of history students. B) Confined to classrooms until the end of time. C) Set free with community service of teaching kids about history. D) Both A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confined to classrooms until the end of time. 25. The less important characters in a story that are needed to move the story along are called ..... A) Protagonist. B) Exposition. C) Main characters. D) Minor characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minor characters. 26. It is a poem that is cheerful, airy and light-hearted, it often describes everyday events and uses language of the speaking voice. A) Light verse. B) Ode. C) Song Lyric. D) Nursery rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light verse. 27. What point of view is the author using when the narrator knows everything about every character? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person omniscient. D) Third person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person omniscient. 28. C:How does Steinbeck's style affect the story? A) Makes it easier to comprehend. B) Allows the reader to depict the story clearly. C) Allows the reader to make their own interpretations of the setting/characters. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 29. What does the term characterization refer to? A) The number of characters in a short story. B) How the writer reveals information about a character. C) The type of character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How the writer reveals information about a character. 30. What type of point-of-view is this? "She walked slowly down the street in a daze. Her knees were oozing blood; her palms and fingers were red, the skin removed, hiding her identity." A) Third person objective. B) Predicting. C) First person. D) Third person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third person omniscient. 31. GB:What is significant in how the story is told by an unknown narrator? A) The narrator has the ability to change the mood of the story at any time. B) The audience is aware of where the protagonist is going throughout the story. C) The narrator has the perfect opportunity to express Goodman Brown's emotions during points of trauma. D) The audience is aware of where the plot is going to turn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator has the perfect opportunity to express Goodman Brown's emotions during points of trauma. 32. This character is not sufficiently developed, described very little, and plays very minor role in the narrative A) Flat. B) Dynamic. C) Static. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat. 33. ARABY:What is the mood of the story? A) Whimsical. B) Somber. C) Cheerful. D) Melancholy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somber. 34. What type of conflict is this? Meeting a werewolf on her way home from school, Meg ran away in fright. A) Person vs supernatural. B) Person vs society. C) Person vs person. D) Person vs self. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person vs supernatural. 35. EU:How does the title of the story connect to the story's conflict? A) Refers to the quilts getting everyday use out of them. B) Refers to the quilts being hung up for display everyday. C) Refers to the previous house fire. D) Refers to Dee diving into her culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refers to the quilts getting everyday use out of them. 36. The element of fiction that is often figured out by how the characters change or overcome conflict ..... A) Theme. B) Resolution. C) Complications. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 37. The part of the story that contains the sequence of events is called ..... A) Setting. B) Climax. C) Characters. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plot. 38. A literary genre is A) A category or type of literature. B) The author of a work of literature. C) A category or type of music. D) The overall message of a work of literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A category or type of literature. 39. Struggles between two or more opposing forces are also known as ..... A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Theme. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 40. In "The Sandcastle" what is the social issue? A) Global Warming. B) World Hunger. C) Overpopulation. D) Technology dependency & addiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global Warming. 41. An internal conflict takes place A) Indoors. B) In a character's mind. C) Between two characters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a character's mind. 42. The clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word are called ..... clues. A) Context. B) Content. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context. 43. The TIME (when it happens) and the PLACE (where it happens) that a story happens A) Setting. B) Conflict. C) Man vs. Man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 44. In the story "Three Wise Guys, " the characters all reacted differently to the present of the encyclopedias. What did their actions and uses display about human nature? (Choose the BEST answer.) People are ..... A) Poor. B) Unappreciative. C) Spoiled. D) Resourceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resourceful. 45. The moment of highest emotional intensity in a story is the ..... A) Rising Action. B) Climax. C) Exposition. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 46. A type of Fiction story that animals often speak as humans that are legendary and supernatural tales and conveys a moral A) Fiction in Verse. B) Drama. C) Fable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 47. ..... is words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses. Writers use details to help the reader imagine how things look, feel, smell sound, and taste. A) Irony. B) Mood. C) Imagery. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 48. Separated from or lacking a body A) Disembodied. B) Languishing. C) Copious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disembodied. 49. In which type of fiction story does THE GINGERBREAD BOY by Jim Aylesworthg belong? A) Fiction Verse. B) Fantasy. C) Fairytale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairytale. 50. C:What was the overall theme? A) Sexuality. B) Isolation. C) Commitment. D) V. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isolation. 51. Provides closure and ties up loose ends in the story.. A) Denouement. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denouement. 52. Which statement is true about a realistic fiction story that has the narrator as character in the story? A) The character tells the story. B) The character knows what the other characters think. C) The character is a real person. D) The narrator knows what the other characters want. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The character tells the story. 53. The perspective from which a story is told is called ..... A) Mood. B) Character. C) Tone. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Point of View. 54. The ..... is the series of related events that gives the story its structure. * A) Plot. B) Exposition. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 55. It is the arrangement of the events that take place in the story. A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Theme. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 56. How long is a short story? A) Less than 100 words. B) 500 to 15, 000 words. C) 60, 000 words or more. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 500 to 15, 000 words. 57. During this part of the story, the first conflict is introduced A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Inciting incident. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inciting incident. 58. ARABY:What would the mention of all the Irish lingo be known as? (there's a smarter way to word this I'm sorry-KS) A) Allusion. B) Allusion. C) Epistrophe. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 59. These types of stories usually revolve around a single idea and are short enough to be read in one sitting. A) Setting. B) Novel. C) Exposition. D) Short Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short Story. 60. GB:What does the forest symbolize? A) Fear of the unknown. B) Darkness. C) Loss of Innocence. D) All of the above. 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