This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Elements > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main character of the story is A) The protagonist. B) The antagonist. C) The action. D) The exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The protagonist. 2. A character in which the audience gets to know his/her personality with depth is a A) Flat character. B) Dynamic character. C) Static character. D) Round character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Round character. 3. Interrupting the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past is called? A) Point of View. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 4. Which part of the story is represented in blue? A) Resolution. B) Rising Action. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 5. The series of events that build from the inciting force to the climax A) Rising Action. B) Falling Action. C) Literary element. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising Action. 6. These elements are people or creatures and they drive the story forward with their problems. A) Characters. B) Setting. C) Prose. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters. 7. The sequence of events in a story is A) The review. B) The main idea. C) The summary. D) The plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The plot. 8. In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band, " who died two years earlier than the telling of this story to Holmes A) Helen, Julia's sister. B) Julia, Helen's sister. C) Barry, Helen and Julia's father. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Julia, Helen's sister. 9. The events that close the story after the climax is called the A) Resolution. B) Theme. C) Conflict. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling action. 10. What is the main events of a play, novel, movie, etc. A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 11. What is the thesis in "Maggie and milly and molly and may" ? A) The sea has mysterious powers. B) The sea can comfort us in times of trouble. C) One must get closer to nature. D) Choices reveal personality or character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Choices reveal personality or character. 12. When problem, characters, setting, and background information about a story are introduced is the A) Rising action. B) Falling action. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 13. The main idea or message that is revealed in a work of literature. A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 14. This conflict is an external struggle positioning the hero against an animal, an illness, or a force of nature, such as a storm or tornado or snow. A) Person vs. Self. B) Person vs. Nature. C) Person vs. Person. D) Person vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person vs. Nature. 15. The dictionary meaning of the word. A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Dialect. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denotation. 16. What does setting help create in a story? A) Warmth. B) Mood. C) Tension. D) A better understanding of the characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 17. Which story element provides the drama in a story? A) Characters. B) Conflict. C) Theme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 18. The force working against the protagonist is called the A) Antagonist. B) Villainheroine. C) Bad guy. D) Pacifist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 19. Which of the following is NOT a literary element? A) Setting. B) Point of View. C) Conflict. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. 20. When the author makes statements about a character's personality directly to the reader. A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Stage directions. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct characterization. 21. What do we call the universal message or lesson of a story? A) Topic. B) Theme. C) Concept. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 22. A look at the past is called ..... A) An internal conflict. B) A flashback. C) Foreshadowing. D) The resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A flashback. 23. What are the complications of a story? A) Events that happen because of the climax. B) Annoying characters in the story. C) Events that make it hard to solve the conflict. D) The end of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Events that make it hard to solve the conflict. 24. Which sentence most accurately describes Mr. Beighton? A) He was a power in the land; and he behaved as such. B) He was an easy going man. C) His pay was beyond the dream of avarice. D) He was a plain man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was an easy going man. 25. The opposing character or force/issue the main character faces. A) Protagonist. B) Villain. C) Antagonist. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 26. The way a character looks, talks, and acts can be part of this. A) Resolution. B) Characterization. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 27. When the narrator is a character in the story A) 3rd person objective. B) 1st person point of view. C) 3rd person limited point of view. D) 2nd person point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st person point of view. 28. The main character is the A) Protagonist. B) Plot. C) Meter. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 29. Example of Character vs Nature A) A person trying not to cry in public. B) Shrek vs the kingdom. C) Batman vs Superman. D) People from Japan vs a Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People from Japan vs a Tsunami. 30. What type of character stays the same internally throughout the story? A) Dynamic. B) Round. C) Static. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Static. 31. In a story, when the outcome of the story is the opposite of what the reader expected to happen, this is known as ..... A) Irony. B) Tone. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 32. The problems the characters face in the story A) Conflict. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 33. What is the mood or emotion that the reader is supposed to share with the characters? A) Persona. B) Tone. C) Atmosphere. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 34. Which type of literature is written to broaden and deepen and sharpen our awareness of life, to take us deeper into the real world and enable us to understand our troubles? A) Escape literature. B) Interpretive literature. C) The Twilight Saga. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interpretive literature. 35. The climax is ..... A) Events that make up a story. B) The most exciting part of the story/the turning point of a story. C) Setting and characters. D) The solution to the problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The most exciting part of the story/the turning point of a story. 36. Which word means ..... The feeling the reader gets from a story. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Characterization. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 37. The setting of Charlotte's Web can best be described with the following details: A) School. B) Farm. C) New York City. D) Virginia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farm. 38. When Mrs. James could not go to the beach because of the hurricane, this is an example of A) Character vs Society. B) Character vs Nature. C) Character vs Time. D) Character vs Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character vs Nature. 39. The author provides clues to the reader to help you understand the characters' traits. The reader can infer character traits by: A) The way the character acts. B) The way the character dresses. C) The way the character is named. D) The way the character looks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way the character acts. 40. This element is the place and time period of a story. A) Characters. B) Setting. C) Theme. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 41. What your teachers want you to learn during a lesson is known as ..... A) The standard outcome. B) The time. C) The learning outcome. D) The standard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The learning outcome. 42. Events in the story that move the plot along by adding complications or expanding the conflict. A) Plot. B) Exposition. C) Allusion. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising action. 43. Which word means ..... A scene in a story that occurred before the present time in the story. A) Flashback. B) Conflict. C) Exposition. D) Foreshadow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 44. The author uses dialogue in a short story primarily to A) Amuse the reader. B) Address the reader. C) Develop the plot. D) State the theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Develop the plot. 45. In a typical 5-part plot, the twists in the intitial conflict are known as the ..... A) Antagonist. B) Denoument. C) Rising action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rising action. 46. The main idea or message about mankind or life conveyed by a piece of literary work A) Characters. B) Plot. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 47. The time and place (when and where) a story takes place is called the A) Climax. B) Resolution. C) Setting. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 48. A character who changes in attitude or personality is ..... A) Antagonist. B) Dynamic. C) Static. D) Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic. 49. When complications arise in a story A) Actions and events do not seem logical. B) The characters face new problems. C) The events make the story as along as a novel. D) There is more than one main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The characters face new problems. 50. Which type of conflict would a protest be? A) Character vs Self. B) Character vs Society. C) Character vs Nature. D) Character vs Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character vs Society. 51. Hero vs Villain is an example of A) Character vs Society. B) Character vs Nature. C) Character vs Character. D) Character vs Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character vs Character. 52. Which Element Of Fiction Would You Use To Figure Out Where A Story Takes Place? A) Plot. B) Character. C) Setting. D) Point Of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 53. At what point in the plot is the setting described? A) Climax. B) Falling Action. C) Resolution. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposition. 54. When is the main action of the story? A) Climax. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 55. The story is about a beautiful blonde princess who's trapped in a tower A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Resolution. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 56. A prediction or hints of what will happen is called A) Personificiation. B) Irony. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 57. The word choice of an author influences A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Figurative language. D) Tone AND mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone AND mood. 58. Most exciting moment of the story; turning point A) Climax. B) Imagery. C) Theme. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 59. A story about the writer's own life, told by the writer is called? A) Autobiography. B) Speech. C) Memoir. D) Essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autobiography. 60. A completely unexpected revelation or turn of plot at the conclusion of a story or play. A) Descriptive Details. B) Protagonist. C) Surprise ending. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surprise ending. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesElements Of Literature Quiz 1Elements Of Literature Quiz 2Elements Of Literature Quiz 3Elements Of Literature Quiz 4Elements Of Literature Quiz 5Elements Of Literature Quiz 6Elements Of Literature Quiz 7Elements Of Literature Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books