This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Elements > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Contrast between what is expected and what actually happens A) Irony. B) Symbol. C) Simile. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 2. The changing point, or important plot twist, in the story is called the: A) Resolution. B) Climax. C) Rising action. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 3. What literary device is used in this sentence from "The Most Dangerous Game" ? "I am still a beast at bay, " he said, in a low, hoarse voice. "Get ready, General Zaroff." A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 4. Who Are The Less Important Characters In A Fiction Story? A) Dynamic Characters. B) Minor Characters. C) Fiction. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minor Characters. 5. Another word for main character could be A) Winter, 1934. B) Brave. C) The beach. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protagonist. 6. Which does not reinforce the atmosphere of "The Masque of the Red Death" ? A) Symptoms of Red Death. B) Name of main character. C) Decorations in the abbey. D) Costumes at the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Name of main character. 7. When the captain talked about "Ship Trap" island as a place that scares the sailors, this was an example of what? A) Foreshadowing. B) Conflict. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 8. What do we call the character in opposition to the main character in a story? A) Protagonist. B) Whatever we want to. C) Antagonist. D) Bad guy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 9. Which genre is ..... Text and visual images to give factual information about a particular topic. A) Historical Fiction. B) Mystery. C) Fiction. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonfiction. 10. What are the things an author does to develop the characters in a story? A) Plot. B) Characterization. C) Theme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 11. Which aspect of characterization would this be? A) Physical appearance. B) Speech, thoughts, & feelings. C) Actions. D) How others view the character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actions. 12. A struggle or problem in the story. A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 13. What kind of writing in considered nonfiction? A) Informational text about history. B) A fable. C) A poem. D) A good story about a talking pig. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Informational text about history. 14. The best character traits to describe Charlotte are: A) Goofty and scary. B) Loyal and intelligent. C) Kind and funny. D) Selfish and rude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loyal and intelligent. 15. What is the end of a story? A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Falling action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. 16. Character who is developmentally complex and many sided (but doesn't necessarily undergo a change) A) Static. B) Stock. C) Dynamic. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Round. 17. The point of view where the narrator is telling his or her own story. Uses words such as I, me, we, our, etc. A) 2nd Person. B) 3rd Person. C) 4th person. D) 1st Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1st Person. 18. What are the most important complications and events in a story that move the plot along? A) Falling Action. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising Action. 19. POV:narrators may peer inside the minds and hearts of characters at will A) First person. B) Limited omniscient. C) Omniscient. D) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omniscient. 20. Which aspect of characterization would this be? "I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!" A) Speech, thoughts, & feelings. B) How others view the character. C) Actions. D) Physical appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech, thoughts, & feelings. 21. What is a possible theme of the sniper? A) The sniper tries to do his best. B) War destroys families. C) The sniper had to do some bad things in order to survive. D) Ireland had a civil war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) War destroys families. 22. In the exposition the following is included A) Time, place, environment, and characters. B) Time, place, characters and conflict. C) Time place and characters. D) Time, environment and characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time, place, environment, and characters. 23. A ..... is an oral, or spoken, presentation of a speaker's ideas and beliefs. A) Memoir. B) Speech. C) Diary. D) Essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speech. 24. What Is The Highest Turning Point Of a story? A) Resolution. B) Climax. C) Setting. D) Falling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 25. The situation as it exists at the end of a story A) The conclusion. B) The end. C) Final Scene. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. 26. When a character is having a problem making a decision about what to do the conflict is Person v ..... A) Self. B) Nature. C) Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 27. Which word means ..... the author SHOWS the reader what the character is like through thoughts, actions, dialogue, etc. A) Plot. B) Direct characterization. C) Conflict. D) Direct Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct Characterization. 28. Which word means ..... What happens to intensify the problem. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Action. 29. What is ironic in the story? A) The sniper killed his own brother. B) Everyone dies. C) Sniper killed his own mother. D) He ate a sandwich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sniper killed his own brother. 30. Which word means ..... The perspective from which a story is told. A) Point of View. B) Minor character. C) Major character. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of View. 31. Character who undergoes a permanent change in some aspect that is something important and basic A) Round. B) Static. C) Dynamic. D) Stock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dynamic. 32. The antagonist is the ..... A) Sidekick. B) Mother. C) Character who's fighting with the main character. D) Main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character who's fighting with the main character. 33. A reference to a famous person, place, event, piece of art, or literary work is called A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 34. This type of character is one-dimensional, uncomplicated, and does not undergo change. A) Round. B) Indirect. C) Flat. D) Direct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 35. Which genre is ..... Verses that often evoke feelings and emotions, often written using rhythm or rhyme. A) Fantasy. B) Nonfiction. C) Poetry. D) Realistic Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 36. The atmosphere of feeling that a writer creates for a reader, or how the reader feels ..... A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Emotional Landscape. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 37. The point of view where multiple or all characters have feelings and thoughts being exposed to the audience. Uses words such as they, he, she, and proper nouns, etc. A) 1st person. B) 3rd Person. C) 2nd person. D) 0 person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3rd Person. 38. What was the purpose of the bell rope be the bed? A) To ring for help when needed. B) To allow the snake to move down the bed. C) For the cat they had. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To allow the snake to move down the bed. 39. Repeating sounds in 3 or more words (sally sells sand) A) Imagination. B) Denotation. C) Alliteration. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 40. This conflict involves a character overcoming his/her own nature or make a choice between two or more paths. A) Person vs. Technology. B) Person vs. Person. C) Person vs. Nature. D) Person vs. Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Person vs. Self. 41. Which is NOT an element of characterization? A) Reputation. B) Setting. C) Physical description. D) Attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 42. What is the point of view of "The Landlady" ? A) First. B) Second. C) Third limited. D) Third omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third limited. 43. In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the part where Snow White takes a bite of the poisoned apple is the ..... A) Climax. B) Rising Action. C) Resolution. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 44. What happens in the rising action? A) It is the turning point, high point, or main event in a story. B) The result of the climax and the events leading t the conclusion/resolution. C) The event that starts the story. D) The events that lead up to the climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The events that lead up to the climax. 45. What is the name for the people, animals, or personified objects in a story? A) Characters. B) Personnel. C) Plot elements. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters. 46. Who wrote "maggie and milly and molly and may" ? A) Chesterton. B) Poe. C) Kipling. D) Cummings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cummings. 47. This type of character remains unchanged, essentially the same at the end of the story as he or she was in the beginning. A) Round. B) Dynamic. C) Caricature. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Static. 48. A narrator that knows all of the characters and actions in the story (multiple points of view) A) Omniscient. B) Know it all. C) Mom. D) First Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omniscient. 49. What type of character trait is revealed? Sergeant Stone ran the tired boys around the wet field for the last lap. Even though the boys were exhausted, he had them drop and do one hundred push-ups. A) Bossy. B) Tough. C) Responsible. D) Stubborn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tough. 50. Ms. Taylor's favorite snack food is ..... A) Double Stuff Oreos. B) Almonds. C) Barbecue chips with marshmallows. D) Anything chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barbecue chips with marshmallows. 51. Which word means ..... A character that plays a large role in a story. A) Major Character. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) Minor Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Major Character. 52. A struggle between 2 characters is Person v. A) Nature. B) Self. C) Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person. 53. A story that has strange or other worldly settings or characters A) Mystery. B) Autobiography. C) Fantasy. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fantasy. 54. Allows the reader to draw his/her own conclusions about characters by showing the character acting or speaking, giving physical descriptions, or thoughts. A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Direct characterization. D) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect characterization. 55. When a story is told from the first-person point of view, the reader- A) Views the characters as friends. B) Must guess who the narrator is. C) Knows only what the narrator knows. D) Does not learn about the characters in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knows only what the narrator knows. 56. A type of supporting idea for key idea that gives colorful comparisons is called? A) Anecdotes. B) Facts. C) Figurative language. D) Examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. 57. An object representing another; to give a meaning that is much deeper and more significant. A) Motif. B) Diction. C) Mood. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 58. Introduces the characters and setting, and provides necessary background information. A) Antagonist. B) Exposition. C) Conflict. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 59. What kind of narration is this? "I won the game!" yelled Jordan after he scored a layup on the final play. A) 3rd person Limited. B) 3rd person Omniscient. C) 2nd person. D) 1st person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd person Limited. 60. In the Lion King, the part where Scar is attacked by the hyenas after Simba defeats him on Pride Rock is the ..... A) Climax. B) Falling Action. C) Rising Action. D) Exposition. 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