This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Historical Fiction – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Historical Fiction Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One of the elements of historical fiction is that it has real people, historical and cultural setting. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Historical Fiction (HF) is written based on real, authentic historical setting A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 3. Mystery stories are ..... A) Stories that have characters or detectives trying to solve a case or a crime. B) Stories that have things like fairies and flying dragons. C) The same as nonfiction texts. D) The same as historical fiction texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stories that have characters or detectives trying to solve a case or a crime. 4. A desperate person does not worry or suffer. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 5. The plot of a story is: A) The people in the story. B) The place the story takes place in. C) The events in a novel, movie, etc. D) The crisis or turning point of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The events in a novel, movie, etc. 6. Informational Text gives information about a topic or explain a concept A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Why is the historical and cultural setting particularly important to Sacajawea? Choose the best answer. A) AThe story is about a real-life historical expedition that happened in the early 1800s. B) BThe story is about Native American nations and their values, beliefs, customs, and problems. C) CThe setting is essential to the plot; the story could not happen in a different cultural, historical, or physical setting. D) DThe story is about two explorers of historical importance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CThe setting is essential to the plot; the story could not happen in a different cultural, historical, or physical setting. 8. A period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc. A) Historical fiction. B) Era. C) Backstory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Era. 9. Which of the following includes real events? A) Historical Fiction. B) Biography. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 10. Only gives facts about a topic A) Realistic Fiction. B) Historical Fiction. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither. 11. What historical event or element is mentioned in the book? A) Renaissance. B) Industrial Revolution. C) French Revolution. D) World War II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial Revolution. 12. Literary elements are A) Theme, character, plot, conflict, setting. B) Beginning, middle and conclusion. C) Central ideas, key details, summarization. D) Love, joy, peace and happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme, character, plot, conflict, setting. 13. Name the red part of the sentence. Jessica had a stomachache because she ate too many peanut butter cookies. A) Cause. B) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 14. What distinguishes historical fiction from other genres? A) Its emphasis on entertaining readers with fictional stories. B) Its inclusion of fictional characters in real historical events. C) Its complete fabrication of historical events and settings. D) Its focus on recreating the appearance of a time past and its careful balance of research and creativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its focus on recreating the appearance of a time past and its careful balance of research and creativity. 15. How do you know the passage below is an example of historical fiction, and not a nonfiction, historical account? "Bella, she thought. My other friends. My sisters. My comrades. My union." A) The author describes the thoughts, feelings and emotions of a fictional character. B) The passage focuses on statistics and facts relating to the event, rather than characters' thoughts, feelings, actions and emotions. C) The passage relays true, completely factual information. D) There are facts, so it really happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author describes the thoughts, feelings and emotions of a fictional character. 16. What is the role of Mrs. Holland in the story? A) A mentor to Sally. B) A business partner. C) A villainous character. D) A detective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A mentor to Sally. 17. How does imagery help us understand the story? A) It doesn't. B) By expressing how the author is feeling. C) Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see. D) By telling the mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see. 18. What does the main character face in historical fiction? A) Modern technology. B) Supernatural beings. C) Romantic relationships. D) Challenges or conflicts related to the historical setting or events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Challenges or conflicts related to the historical setting or events. 19. What is the plural possessive of Corps uniforms? A) Corps uniform's. B) Corps uniforms'. C) Corps' uniforms. D) Corp's uniforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corps' uniforms. 20. Which of the following things would not be found in historical fiction? A) Famous people. B) Actual events from the time period. C) Clothing from the time period. D) Alien lifeforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alien lifeforms. 21. Which of the following options is NOT a purpose of historical fiction? A) To let the reader experience the thoughts and feelings of people in the past. B) To persuade the reader that the time period in which the story takes place is more exciting than the present. C) To teach the reader about the time period in which the story is taking place. D) To help the reader "escape" into adventures from the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To persuade the reader that the time period in which the story takes place is more exciting than the present. 22. A suffix goes on the ..... of the word. A) Front. B) End. C) Beginning. D) Middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End. 23. A character who changes during the story A) Dynamic character. B) Static character. C) Antagonist. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic character. 24. What is realistic fiction? A) A person. B) A book. C) A genre of writing. D) A cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A genre of writing. 25. Which best describes nonfiction? A) A book with many chapters. B) Writing that focuses on one person or main idea. C) A story with no dialogue or conversations between animals. D) Writing that is based on facts and true things that happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writing that is based on facts and true things that happened. 26. Which of these would be considered an INTERNAL conflict? A) Running into shelter during a storm. B) Protesting against injustices. C) Fighting with my best friend over a boy/girl. D) Telling the truth even if it means I might lose a friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telling the truth even if it means I might lose a friend. 27. Realistic fiction has characters and events that could actually happen in everyday life. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. When things are in chronological order they are in A) Color order. B) Size order. C) Time order. D) Height order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time order. 29. Is a historical fiction based on true and historical events? A) No, its based on superstitions. B) Yes, its based on historical events that happened in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, its based on historical events that happened in the past. 30. What is the plot of a story? A) The series of events in a story. B) The main message or life lesson of a story. C) The most exciting part of a story; the turning point. D) The time and place that a story takes place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The series of events in a story. 31. Information collected after the fact-by someone not directly affected by the event A) Primary source. B) Theme. C) Tone. D) Secondary source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary source. 32. It must be authentic to the time period and should reflect the status of the characters who are speaking. A) Plot. B) Character. C) Dialogue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 33. What is the definition of history writing? A) Is nonfiction that presents events and people of the past. B) Is fiction that presents characters in the past. C) Is a type of biography. D) It is a novel written before technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is nonfiction that presents events and people of the past. 34. A television show explaining about Neil Armstrong and his walk on the moon. The TV show is a A) Secondary Source. B) Primary Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary Source. 35. The word fiction refers to: A) Stories that are real. B) Stories about real people's lives. C) Stories about talking animals. D) Stories that are made up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stories that are made up. 36. Symbols represent..... A) Abstract concepts. B) Layers of meaning. C) Something other than the object itself. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 37. The protagonist is ..... A) The main character, usually the hero or good guy. B) A major character, usually the villain or bad guy. C) A supporting character that helps drive the plot of the story. D) The speaker of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main character, usually the hero or good guy. 38. A category of literature that has a particular style, form or content is called a A) Text. B) Book. C) Genre. D) Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genre. 39. The characters in this selection ..... A) Are not believable. B) Are absurd. C) Are fictional. D) Are real. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are fictional. 40. What happened in the Middle? A) Abbie came up with ideas. B) Abbie forgot with ideas. C) Abbie ate mouse. D) Abbie was not sure she could take care of light house. E) Abbie got caught in ropes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abbie was not sure she could take care of light house. 41. It refers to a writer's tools in their literary work. A) Literary genre. B) Literary devices. C) Literary form. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary devices. 42. Which element is commonly found in historical fiction? A) Historical event or period. B) Contemporary characters. C) Sci-fi elements. D) Fantasy elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical event or period. 43. A series of words that are part of a sentence are a ..... A) Phrase. B) Hesitate. C) Urgent. D) Affect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 44. In Historical Fiction, can some things be true? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 45. What happens at the climax of a story? A) The problem is solved. B) The problem is only a little problem. C) The problem is getting better. D) The problem is at its worse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The problem is at its worse. 46. Which subtopic of historical fiction focuses on the elements that make a story historically accurate? A) Historical accuracy. B) Historical truth. C) Historical authenticity. D) Historical precision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical accuracy. 47. Which of these is NOT an example of genre? A) Mystery. B) Historical fiction. C) Short books. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short books. 48. In historical fiction, what is the most importat literary element? A) Conflict. B) Characters. C) Setting. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 49. What does this word mean? Shore A) Land along the edge of water. B) Waves. C) Green. D) It swam away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land along the edge of water. 50. A traditional story handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. Types include fables, myths and fairy tales A) Folktale. B) Mystery. C) Fantasy. D) Realistic fiction-adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folktale. 51. An example of a historical text could be about: A) A fairy land. B) Devon Forest school students. C) World war 2. D) A science fair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) World war 2. 52. What does the word immigrate mean? A) To come together to discuss something. B) To go somewhere during a vacation. C) To move to a country and live there. D) To interrupt for a recess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To move to a country and live there. 53. Historical fiction takes place in a(n) ..... historical setting. A) Close by. B) Fake or false. C) Made-up. D) Authentic or real. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Authentic or real. 54. What happened in the Beginning? 2 A) Abigail liked blankets. B) Abigail tore the quilt. C) Abigail are scared of cat. D) There was a talking car. E) Abigail made a quilt and played. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Abigail made a quilt and played. 55. If you are refusing to do something that makes you uncomfortable you might ..... A) Exasperated. B) Resist. C) Urgent. D) Peer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resist. 56. Setting tells you where and when a story occurs. Setting includes two things:time and place. Time includes the time period. It can also include elapsed time, or how much time passes for the characters. The place is where a story happens, including details about what that space looks, sounds or smells like or what it is like to live there. Read the following passage from Alice in Wonderland:Once in the wood, she was anxious to get back to her right size again, and then to get into that lovely garden. But how? Peeping over a mushroom, she beheld a large blue caterpillar sitting on the top with its arms folded ..... Which detail from the text provides a clue to the place where this passage takes place? A) " get back to her right size again ". B) " with its arms folded". C) "Once in the wood ". D) "A large blue caterpillar ". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Once in the wood ". 57. Which point of view is the following: "There is one mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month, the day my mother cuts my hair." from Divergent by Veronica Roth A) Second. B) First. C) Third person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First. 58. The story has features not seen in this world, such as magic, time travel, strange settings and fantastic characters A) Folktale. B) Mystery. C) Myth. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fantasy. 59. Genre means..... A) Important details. B) Old books. C) Types. D) A new book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Types. 60. Which of the following options is most likely historical fiction? A) A novel that takes place during the quarantine of 2020. B) A story about a green ogre, a talking donkey and a dragon. C) A novel about a the falling of Emerald city. D) A short story about living in the moon. 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