This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Magical Realism – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Magical Realism Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an important characteristic of Magical Realism? A) Time and space continue as usual. B) Dreams do not come true. C) Imagery is flat; little sensory detail. D) Magical elements blend with the real world as a normal part of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magical elements blend with the real world as a normal part of life. 2. In "The Metamorphosis, " when Gregor Samsa wakes up, he realizes ..... A) He had a bad dream about transforming into something. B) That there is vermin all over his bed. C) He has transformed into a vermin during his sleep. D) That he greatly enjoyed his dreams from the previous night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has transformed into a vermin during his sleep. 3. Which protagonist thinks most highly of themselves? A) Katagiri. B) The old man with enormous wings. C) Kovaloff. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kovaloff. 4. MetamorphosisIf this story is an allegory, the term suggests that A) Gregor is used to represent all men. B) The story is meant to be read and understood on two levels. C) The story is a fictional tale meant to entertain. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 5. We can infer (assume based on details) that Pelayo and Elisenda are religious. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. True or False, The setting of stories that fall under the genre of magical realism have a setting that is contemporary (normal life) A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. Who said it:" ..... every blessing ignored becomes a curse." A) The Alchemist. B) The crystal merchant. C) The camel driver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The crystal merchant. 8. Realism stories typically involve ..... as a setting. A) Common, daily places. B) Far off, distant places. C) Dark, dismal places. D) Extravagant, luxurious places. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Common, daily places. 9. Which of the following is NOT a criteria of magical realism? A) Contains an element that defies natural law. B) Reveals a human truth. C) Uses an allusion. D) Has a hero and a villain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has a hero and a villain. 10. Existentialists believe that individuals all have the same experience A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 11. Magic Realists tell stories that are A) Fantastic. B) Matter-of-fact. C) Ridiculous. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 12. MetamorphosisGregor's death appears to result from A) The apple stuck in his back. B) His loss of interest in living after his sister wishes that he were dead. C) The kicks and blows on his head from his father. D) Both A and B. E) Both B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 13. Which of the following is NOT a convention of MR A) Surreal transformation. B) Supernatural intrusion. C) Fluidity of space and time. D) Power of the elements of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Power of the elements of the earth. 14. Which event would be a likely part of the development of a magical realist story? A) The mayor is finally voted out of office. B) A teen finds out that she was accepted into college. C) Water in a bowl turns red and boils for no reason. D) Huge sharks threaten the main character on a boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water in a bowl turns red and boils for no reason. 15. What is the main idea of the story House Taken Over? A) People should take up hobbies to make them stay busy and not get bored. B) Each time people avoid confronting their fear, they lose a little more of themselves, until, finally, they have lost everything. C) When you are wealthy, bad things don't happen to you. D) If you live a happy life, good things will happen to you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Each time people avoid confronting their fear, they lose a little more of themselves, until, finally, they have lost everything. 16. Turns Arachne into a spider; also known as Athena A) Pallas. B) Antigone. C) Juno. D) Europa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pallas. 17. Which of the following would you expect to see at the beginning of a magical realism story? A) A setting in the home of a super-famous rock star. B) A setting that includes dinosaurs. C) A setting 200 years in the future. D) A setting in a suburban home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A setting in a suburban home. 18. There has to be magic in MR A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. What is a single ash-gray color at the beginning? A) The sky and sea. B) The crabs. C) The beach. D) Pelyao's complexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sky and sea. 20. Themes that emerge from the story include ALL BUT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING: A) Freedom and Confinement. B) Prejudice & Marginalizing "outsiders". C) Suffering & Old age. D) Birth & Growing up / One's youth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birth & Growing up / One's youth. 21. Big Fish:During his abnormal growth spurt as a child, Ed discovers his ambition to keep growing in larger surroundings from the encyclopedia entry of what animal? A) Gerbil. B) Giraffe. C) Gorilla. D) Goldfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goldfish. 22. What does the creature of Ursula want to give people? A) What They Deserve. B) What They Hate. C) What They Have Lost. D) What They Want. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What They Want. 23. Magical realism was popularized by ..... A) Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabelle Allende. B) Sophocles and Aristotle. C) Sherman Alexie and Lorraine Hansberry. D) Bald headed English teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabelle Allende. 24. Which of the following would you expect to see at the beginning of a Modern Gothic story? A) A suburban home in Reno, Nevada. B) A drafty old mansion. C) A saloon in the Wild West. D) A World War II army base. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A World War II army base. 25. Magic Realism does NOT include A) Predictable and boring. B) Ordinary with the extraordinary. C) Silly and crazy. D) Mundane with the fastastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predictable and boring. 26. Myths and fables are an example of MR A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. What do the young women want to name the drowned man? A) Sven. B) Emilio. C) Esteban. D) Lautaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lautaro. 28. In Magical Realism, the landscape tends to be urban A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. What tone of the narrative voice is most obvious to the reader? A) Unimpressed. B) Sad. C) Anxious. D) Condescending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unimpressed. 30. Which setting would you be most likely to find in a magical realist story? A) The home of the richest person in the world. B) A sixth-grade classroom in a small town. C) The cone of a volcano that is about to erupt. D) Backstage at the Super Bowl before the halftime show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sixth-grade classroom in a small town. 31. Ursula is described by wearing which 2 colors? A) Pink and gray. B) Blue and white. C) Black and red. D) White and gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pink and gray. 32. Which text would you most likely see in a Gothic work? A) I felt an icy, sickening sentiment in the unredeemed and blackest depths of my heart. I would not be able to overcome the horrible sins of my past; indeed, I sensed that I was fated to commit yet another foul and heinous crime. B) I felt an odd buzz in my heart that told me that somehow I could overcome the mistakes I had committed in the past. The sun was coming out! I now knew that I could do what I wanted and be what I wanted to be. C) The dawning of a new and horrible idea washed through me as cold as ice. I let them take the puppy home. My puppy is gone forever and there is nothing that I can do about it now. D) The handwriting was on the wall. It is what it is. No beating around the bush here. No posing or posturing. This was the moment of truth. I either had the goods or I didn't. I was determined to give one hundred and ten percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I felt an icy, sickening sentiment in the unredeemed and blackest depths of my heart. I would not be able to overcome the horrible sins of my past; indeed, I sensed that I was fated to commit yet another foul and heinous crime. 33. MR is inspired by A) Surrealism. B) Realism. C) Melodrama. D) Looking for identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surrealism. 34. Which story is about communication? A) Super-Frog Saves Tokyo. B) A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings. C) The Nose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Nose. 35. The Bible is an example of Existentialism A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. Critique is when..... A) Authors offer an implicit critique of society. B) Characters say something mean. C) The author is biased. D) The author says something you don't agree with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Authors offer an implicit critique of society. 37. True or False:The phrase magical realism was invented to describe Franz Kafka's short novel The Metamorphosis. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. Magical Realism blends ..... A) Science fiction with reality. B) Magic and reality. C) Science fiction and magic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magic and reality. 39. Burro Genius is an example of Fantasy fiction. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 40. Magical realism does not follow a typical narrative arc with a clear beginning, middle, and end like other literary genres. This is know as ..... A) Freytag's Diagram. B) Unique Plot Structure. C) Linear Structure. D) Plot Diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unique Plot Structure. 41. Existentialists believe our state of existence is filled with dread and anxiety A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. Who said it:"Life will be a grand party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living in right now." A) The Alchemist. B) The crystal merchant. C) The camel driver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The camel driver. 43. Which would be the most likely setting for a magical realist story? A) An apartment building in Ohio. B) A space station floating above Earth. C) The White House. D) A prehistoric jungle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An apartment building in Ohio. 44. Who said it:"Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested." A) The Alchemist. B) The crystal merchant. C) The camel driver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Alchemist. 45. A recessed set of shelves sticks out into a room. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 46. When you are reading, if you see a word you don't know, you should look for context clues and make a ..... A) Contemplation. B) Conjecture. C) Bolster. D) Disperse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjecture. 47. EXCEPTAll of the following refer to something that is worn out or old EXCEPT A) Antiquarian. B) Torrent. C) Decrepitude. D) Irreparable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Torrent. 48. The Book of Sand causes the man to ..... A) Become rich. B) Become obsessive. C) Become famous. D) Become sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Become obsessive. 49. Who is Anna Karenina? A) She was transformed into a spider in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings". B) She cursed Kovaloff in "The Nose". C) She threw herself under a train in a book by Leo Tolstoy. D) She is the author of a book Frog references in "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She threw herself under a train in a book by Leo Tolstoy. 50. Who said it:"Anyone who interferes with the Personal Legend of another thing will never discover his own." A) The Alchemist. B) The crystal merchant. C) The camel driver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Alchemist. 51. Mary Poppins is an example of MR A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. Which story ending would you least likely see in a Gothic story? A) The catastrophic destruction of an entire mansion and everything in it. B) The tapping of a bird's beak against the window keeps a woman up at night. C) A happy reunion between a lonely young woman and a handsome prince. D) A visitor to a castle running into the woods to escape what may be a ghost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A happy reunion between a lonely young woman and a handsome prince. 53. Who was helping the rebels the whole time? A) Mercedes. B) Capitan Vidal. C) Ophelia. D) Carmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercedes. 54. Which of the following is a common setting in Gothic literature? A) Beach resorts. B) Shopping malls. C) Haunted houses. D) Amusement parks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haunted houses. 55. What kind of characters are often portrayed in Gothic literature? A) Happy and content individuals. B) Superheroes with special powers. C) Insane and tortured individuals. D) Successful and wealthy individuals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insane and tortured individuals. 56. In Magical Realism, characters often accept magical events and occurrences. True or False A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. People's loud, persistent complaints are usually unvoiced. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 58. In the end, the man with very enormous wings ..... A) Flies away. B) Follows and protects the child to school, until he goes to college. C) Remains locked up in the chicken coop. D) Turns into a spider-man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flies away. 59. Compared her hair to Juno and was turned into a stork A) Arachne. B) Pallas. C) Antigone. D) Europa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antigone. 60. Which is NOT a theme we talked about that is in Pan's Labyrinth? A) Rules and Order. B) Gender. C) Immortality. D) Respect. 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