This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Elements > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The Most Dangerous Game" is a short story by ..... A) Richard Connell. B) Morley Callaghan. C) O. Henry. D) Charlie Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Richard Connell. 2. What is another name for how the AUTHOR wants the READER to feel? A) Belief. B) Mood. C) Emotion. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 3. What Is The Element That Contains Authors Choice Of Words? A) Style. B) Setting. C) Theme. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Style. 4. Main character of a story. Ex. Simba, Elsa, Ariel (Little Mermaid), Cinderella, Pocahontas, Wreck it Ralph. A) Setting. B) Motif. C) Protagonist. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 5. The character or force against the main character. It can also be a force of nature, some aspect of society, or an internal force within the protagonist. A) Charcterization. B) Allusion. C) Protagonist. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 6. The conflict between Auggie and Jack can be described as: A) Character vs. character. B) Character vs. society. C) Character vs. self. D) Character vs. nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character vs. character. 7. Fictional works that explain the actions of gods and goddesses; include explanations of the origins of the elements of nature A) Fables. B) Legends. C) Myths. D) Essays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myths. 8. Below are the types of character. EXCEPT? A) ANTAGONIST. B) PROTAGONIST. C) PLOT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PLOT. 9. An educated guess or hypothesis A) Conflict. B) Prediction. C) Foreshadowing. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prediction. 10. The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, thoughts. A) Indirect characterization. B) Stage directions. C) Foreshadowing. D) Direct characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect characterization. 11. Events that make up the action in a story. A) Plot. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 12. When words are used to convey something other than the literal meaning. A) Fehlbergian Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Verbal Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbal Irony. 13. All of the techniques a writer uses to create, reveal, and develop his or her characters through actions and dialogue is called A) Plot development. B) Characterization. C) Rhetorical devices. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 14. The lesson for the reader/author's purpose behind the story A) Imagery. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 15. Which part of the plot creates tension and suspense? A) Rising action. B) Climax. C) Falling action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising action. 16. All of the following are symbolic in "The Masque" except A) The cup death drinks from. B) Prince Prospero. C) The Ebony clock. D) Red Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cup death drinks from. 17. Which word means ..... The author's attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader or audience. A) Point of View. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 18. Nonfiction expresses the writer's unique point of view. What is point of view? A) A writer's perspective about a subject. B) A writer's purpose for writing. C) The sequence of events. D) The place and time that the story occurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A writer's perspective about a subject. 19. Object that represents something more A) Treasure. B) Example. C) Imagery. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 20. "There was a loud crash that happened outside of her door. Samantha sat straight up in bed. The sound happened again" is an example of A) 3rd Person Limited. B) 2nd Person. C) 3rd Person Objective. D) 3rd Person Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd Person Objective. 21. A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature is known as a(n) A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Illusion. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 22. Associating human characteristics with non-human objects A) Figurative Language. B) Personification. C) Literary Element. D) Humanizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 23. When setting, point of view, and main characters are introduced A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Initial incident. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 24. In "The Masque of Red Death" , the attitude of Prince Prospero and his revelers toward those outside the abbey was A) Benevolent. B) Hostile. C) Indifferent. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indifferent. 25. The underlying message of the story. A) Point of View. B) Theme. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 26. Hints or clues as to what will happen later in the plot A) Point of view. B) Foreshadowing. C) Personification. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 27. An ..... is a brief description of the high points of a person's life. A) Essay. B) Speech. C) Talk. D) Autobiographical sketch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autobiographical sketch. 28. The exact words of a key person are called? A) Paragraphs. B) Quotations. C) Facts. D) Anecdotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotations. 29. Which type of conflict would this be considered? A) Character vs Society. B) Character vs Nature. C) Character vs Character. D) Character vs Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character vs Character. 30. This literary element is a character or force in conflict with the main character of a story. A) Good guy. B) Protagonist. C) Antagonist. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 31. A ..... is the central idea a writer wishes to convey. A) Supporting detail. B) Essay. C) Key idea. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Key idea. 32. The ..... is the turning point of the story. This is when the tension and conflict is at its height, and the events take a dramatic turn. A) Sandwich. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 33. The theme of the story can be described as the: A) Big idea. B) Lesson learned. C) Moral of the story. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 34. Leaves turn color in the fall because they lose what? A) Their Chlorophyll. B) Their Life. C) Their Temperature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their Chlorophyll. 35. When the author goes back to an earlier time to help explain something A) Flashback. B) Theme. C) Plot. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 36. An event that triggers the conflict is called the A) Rising action. B) Inciting force. C) Falling action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inciting force. 37. Which genre is ..... Stories of survival or life in the great outdoors. A) Adventure. B) Poetry. C) Fantasy. D) Historical Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adventure. 38. The part of the plot after the point of highest tension as the protagonist attempts to resolve the conflict is called the A) Falling action. B) Resolution. C) Midway. D) Ending action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling action. 39. Who is the opponent ("Bad Guy" ) that works against the main character in a story called? A) Protagonist. B) 1st Person. C) Antagonist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 40. Interest and suspense are built during which part of the story? This part is also the longest. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Action. 41. Term to describe a character that is well-developed in the story A) Developed character. B) Flat character. C) Round character. D) Squished character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Round character. 42. Another name for the dramatist who writes the drama is ..... A) The playwriter. B) The play author. C) The playwright. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The playwright. 43. What is normally included in an exposition? A) Characters, setting, and background information. B) Characters, setting, and the climax. C) Setting, point of view, resolution. D) Setting, conflict, and point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters, setting, and background information. 44. Where does the turning point of a story occur? A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Denouement. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 45. Which word means ..... The practice of using symbols to represent ideas. A) Theme. B) Symbolism. C) Plot. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 46. The end of the story. A) Resolution. B) Theme. C) Exposition. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 47. The part of the story that ties up all the loose ends and resolves (takes care of) the conflict. A) Climax. B) Theme. C) Resolution. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 48. "Subplot" relates to which literary element? A) Theme. B) Motif. C) Plot. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 49. The perspective from which a story is told. In other words, who is telling the story is known as which of the following? ? A) Protagonist. B) Narrator. C) Secondary Characters. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrator. 50. Which of the following is a major component of setting? A) The authors description of the area. B) When the story takes place. C) Revealing traits of a character. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the story takes place. 51. Which part of the plotdevelops the conflict/ increases the tension? A) Resolution. B) Falling Action. C) Climax. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising Action. 52. The process by which an author reveals the characters' traits is called ..... A) Mood. B) Plot. C) Characterization. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 53. They live happily ever after A) Exposition. B) Resolution. C) Rising action. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolution. 54. What is one allusion from "The Masque of the Red Death" ? A) Belshazzar's Feast. B) Jonah and the whale. C) Job. D) Noah's Ark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belshazzar's Feast. 55. A ..... is one we know lots about; a ..... character is one who only has minimal traits revealed. A) Round; static. B) Round; flat. C) Static; dynamic. D) Dynamic; flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Round; flat. 56. A "soliloquy" and an "aside" are different from a "monologue" because they are ..... A) Quietly spoken off-stage. B) Both discussions between two characters. C) Spoken directly to the audience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spoken directly to the audience. 57. In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme" ? A) What the story is about. B) The topic of the text. C) A message the author is trying to get across to the reader. D) Where and when the story happens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A message the author is trying to get across to the reader. 58. Theme can be explained as A) A specific message about life. B) What the reading selection is about. C) A summary of a story. D) A type of figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A specific message about life. 59. What do we call the main character of a story? A) Good guy. B) Whatever we want to. C) Antagonist. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protagonist. 60. Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.This is an example of: A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesElements Of Literature Quiz 1Elements Of Literature Quiz 3Elements Of Literature Quiz 4Elements Of Literature Quiz 5Elements Of Literature Quiz 6Elements Of Literature Quiz 7Elements Of Literature Quiz 8Elements Of Literature Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books