This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Historical Fiction – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Historical Fiction Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary devices are commonly used in historical fiction? A) Foreshadowing and flashbacks. B) Similes and metaphors. C) Rhyme and rhythm. D) Alliteration and assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing and flashbacks. 2. Something annoying might ..... you. A) Tense. B) Irritate. C) Hesitate. D) Phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irritate. 3. When an writer mentions and object multiple times throughout the story, this is a clue that ..... A) The writer is trying to help the reader envision what is happening. B) It is important or it might symbolize something. C) The author likes that object a lot. D) The writer is practicing how to spell the word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is important or it might symbolize something. 4. Is a combination of real events and fictional events. You can invent characters, cities, and events, but they still must make sense to the time period. A) Dialogue. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 5. Which of the following is realistic but not completely true? A) Historical Fiction. B) Biography. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical Fiction. 6. What was the theme of this selection? A) Having a dream and working hard leads to that dream becoming a reality. B) Don't let others judge you. C) Dreams never come true. D) In order to be successful, the events in your life must have meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having a dream and working hard leads to that dream becoming a reality. 7. How is a fiction story different from non-fiction? A) Fiction makes you happy while non-fiction makes you sad. B) Fiction is a long story while non-fiction is a short story. C) Fiction is true while non-fiction is not true. D) Non-fiction is true while fiction is not true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-fiction is true while fiction is not true. 8. What was Plutarch's main concern in writing biographies of historical figures? A) To create fictional stories. B) To predict the future. C) To explore the positive and negative influence of characters. D) To entertain the readers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To explore the positive and negative influence of characters. 9. Events in a historical fiction story can be A) All the events are real. B) Events can be both real and made up. C) All of the events are made up. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Events can be both real and made up. 10. What type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different? A) Chronological. B) Compare/Contrast. C) Cause and Effect. D) Problem and Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare/Contrast. 11. What happened in the Beginning? A) Abbie are scared of cat. B) There was a talking car. C) Cat ate Abbie. D) Abbie liked cat. E) Abbie looked out the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Abbie looked out the window. 12. True or False:Historical fiction is based on real historical events and people. A) True. B) Historical fiction is only based on fictional events and people. C) Historical fiction is completely made up. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The queen had said that if there was no bread, the poor should ..... A) Eat cake!. B) Sleep more!. C) Work harder!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eat cake!. 14. Man versus man is an example of which category of conflict? A) External. B) Fighting. C) Internal. D) Supernatural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) External. 15. Which book is probably nonfiction? A) A book about a boy and a dragon. B) A book about a robot that destroys the earth. C) A book about a girl who travels back through time. D) A book about the first teen to win a figure skating contest at the Olympics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A book about the first teen to win a figure skating contest at the Olympics. 16. Culture can affect historical fiction. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 17. What is the PAST PERFECT TENSE of the verb:smile? A) Had smile. B) Had smiled. C) Was smiled. D) Smiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had smiled. 18. What are the three main ways the setting can impact a text? A) By influencing the characters, plots, and actions. B) By changing the genre of the text. C) By introducing new characters. D) By providing the title of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By influencing the characters, plots, and actions. 19. Figurative language that compares 2 things using the words like or as A) Similar. B) Simile. C) Synonyms. D) The same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. In historical fiction the setting is? A) A made up place. B) Real. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Real. 21. Which point of view is typically used to create a sense of personal connection with the reader? A) Second-Person. B) Third-Person Omniscient. C) First-Person. D) Third-Person Limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First-Person. 22. I exhibited my art project in front of the rest of the class. A) Created. B) Presented. C) Made. D) Hid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Presented. 23. What is the most likely reason the author included pages from the Coyote News in this story? A) To tell readers about the hardships of ranch life. B) To inform readers about current events. C) To persuade readers to create a school newspaper. D) To entertain readers with stories that students wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To entertain readers with stories that students wrote. 24. Which point of view uses the pronoun 'you' to address the reader? A) Third-Person Omniscient. B) First-Person. C) Third-Person Limited. D) Second-Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Second-Person. 25. Subdue (someone or something) by force; to keep down A) Posterior. B) Vulnerable. C) Repress. D) Nomad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repress. 26. What are the qualities historical fiction? A) It is set in the distant past. B) It is a novel written before the twentieth century. C) It tells the life story of a real person from the past. D) It combines real historical events and imaginary characters or events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It combines real historical events and imaginary characters or events. 27. (For Want of a Horseshoe Nail):Why did Richard's horse lose its shoe during battle? A) The blacksmith didn't have time to put it on with enough nails. B) The horse's hoof hit a tree root, and its shoe came off. C) The groom and the blacksmith arranged for it to fall off. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The blacksmith didn't have time to put it on with enough nails. 28. Historical fiction events include? A) Events that are based on real historical events but have no fictional elements added to them. B) Events that are based on real historical events but have exaggerated fictional elements added to them. C) Events that are based on real historical events but have fictional elements added to them. D) Events that are completely made up with no basis in real historical events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Events that are based on real historical events but have fictional elements added to them. 29. Why is Trinka so scared? A) The horse is afraid of people. B) The horse knows that the town is about to flood. C) The horse sees a bear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The horse knows that the town is about to flood. 30. What type of source is this? An article about the Civil War written during the Civil War A) Secondary. B) Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary. 31. History refers to ..... A) Events that happened in the past. B) Events that never happened. C) Events that makes a good story. D) Events that will happen in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Events that happened in the past. 32. What is important to consider while analyzing historical fiction? A) The author's favorite movie. B) The author's favorite color. C) The author's favorite food. D) Departures from the historical record. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Departures from the historical record. 33. The statistics, facts, and/or quotes that strengthen and support your argument A) Evidence. B) Claim. C) Counterclaim. D) Hook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evidence. 34. WHO the story is about A) Character. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character. 35. If you are in an uncomfortable situation you are feeling ..... A) Phrase. B) Hesitate. C) Tense. D) Issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tense. 36. Since the restaurant served ..... portions, we were hungry soon after we finished eating. A) Heavy. B) Perfect. C) Sedated. D) Skimpy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skimpy. 37. Who is the author of 'Ophie's Ghosts'? A) Justina Ireland. B) J.K. Rowling. C) Stephen King. D) Agatha Christie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Justina Ireland. 38. What is the historical significance of the Penny Dreadfuls mentioned in the book? A) They were a form of popular entertainment. B) They were banned by the government. C) They were religious texts. D) They were used as currency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were a form of popular entertainment. 39. What is the advantage of historical fiction series? A) They are interesting to children and often provide strong female protagonists. B) They keep children reading and entertained. C) There are often ordinary historically accurate protagonists. D) They are cheap to produce and the reading levels are low. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are interesting to children and often provide strong female protagonists. 40. Fill in the blank with the correct term:At least one character deals with a ..... (self, others, or nature). A) Conflict. B) Agreement. C) Discussion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 41. If the author does not tell when and where the story takes place, what could you do to to figure it out? A) Look for clues such as how the characters treat each other, words the characters use, objects the characters use, and events taking place. B) The author always tells you when and where the story takes place. C) Take a guess. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look for clues such as how the characters treat each other, words the characters use, objects the characters use, and events taking place. 42. The message/lesson the author wants you to learn A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 43. What is the name of the wealthy family's house where Ophie works in 'Ophie's Ghosts'? A) Daffodil Manor. B) Rosewood Estate. C) Harrison Mansion. D) Ghostly Hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daffodil Manor. 44. Pertaining to of suggestive of the Middle Ages A) Medieval. B) Refugee. C) Social issue. D) Mordor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medieval. 45. Which sentence gives an example of real events in historical fiction? A) People were forced to wear a star on their clothing to be identified. B) The bravest knight went to fight the dragon to earn the princess heart. C) People had to work a long time to save enough money to live in moon's colony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People were forced to wear a star on their clothing to be identified. 46. Which of these are NOT a reading strategy? A) Summarizing. B) Asking and answering. C) Memorizing. D) Visualizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memorizing. 47. What is the setting of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare? A) Feudal Japan. B) Medieval England. C) Ancient Rome. D) Ancient Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient Rome. 48. What is the answer to number 11? A) A/f. B) D/d. C) B/g. D) C/h. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A/f. 49. Do we use our 5 senses in imagery:smell, taste, touch, sight, hearing? A) Maybe. B) I don't know. C) No. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 50. A historical fiction is usually based on a true event in history but contains fictional characters. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 51. What is a personal essay? A) An essay that includes descriptions of personal experiences where the author learned a lesson. B) A genre of literature that presents events and people of the past. C) A type of nonfiction writing that presents factual information in a literary context. D) A mix of storytelling and facts that uses imagination to create scenes and dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An essay that includes descriptions of personal experiences where the author learned a lesson. 52. Why do people write historical fiction A) To tell about history. B) To see how people lived in the past. C) To tell a story. D) To see old time people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To see how people lived in the past. 53. Fill in the Blank:The boy had the ability to ..... his room by cleaning it. A) Urgent. B) Tense. C) Issue. D) Affect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Affect. 54. In a Realistic Fiction story, the characters ..... A) Do things people really did a long time ago. B) Do things people really do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do things people really do. 55. After he became President, Lincoln told his Secretary of State the following story of the first dollar he ever had for his own: "Seward, " he said, "Did you ever hear how I earned my first dollar?" "No, " replied Seward. "Well, I was about eighteen years of age ..... and had constructed a flatboat ..... A steamer was going down the river. We have, you know, no docks on the western streams, and the custom was, if passengers were at any of the landings they had to go out in a boat, the steamer stopping and taking them on board. I was contemplating my new boat, and wondering whether I could make it stronger or improve it in any part, when two men with trunks came down to the shore in carriages, and looking at the different boats, singled out mine, and asked:'Who owns this?" ' I answered modestly, 'I do.' 'Will you, ' said one of them, 'take us and our trunks out to the steamer?' 'Certainly, ' said I. I was very glad to have a chance for earning something, and supposed that they would give me a couple of 'bits.' The trunks were put in my boat, the passengers seated themselves on them, and I sculled them out to the steamer. They got on board, and I lifted the trunks and put them on deck. The steamer was moving away when I called out:'You have forgotten to pay me!' Each of them took from his pocket a silver half-dollar and threw it on the bottom of my boat. I could scarcely believe my eyes as I picked up the money. You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to make like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life at that time. I could scarcely credit that I, a poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day-that by honest work I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time. The passage states, " The trunks were put in my boat, the passengers seated themselves on them, and I sculled them out to the steamer." What do think is the best definition for the word, sculled? A) To laugh at. B) To leave alone. C) To row in water. D) To fish in water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To row in water. 56. What is this story about? A) A Russian family immigrating to America. B) A Chinese family struggling to live in America. C) How to vote. D) A boy who loves to dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Russian family immigrating to America. 57. The conflict in realistic fiction should be A) Something that could never actually happen. B) Something that would only happen in the past. C) Realistic fiction doesn't have conflicts. D) Something that could happen in real life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something that could happen in real life. 58. If you determine which book you will read, which do you do? A) Decide. B) Wonder. C) Ignore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decide. 59. A savage would work well with others. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 60. The main character was born in 2002. A) No. B) Yes. 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