This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Elements > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "My dear, we cannot be other than an all ruling Providence has made us" is referring to what in Cupid's Arrows? A) Kitty's lack of prospects. B) Her husband's poverty. C) Kitty's obligation to marry Barr-Saggott. D) Barr-Saggott's unattractiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Barr-Saggott's unattractiveness. 2. The struggle occurring within the character's mind. A) Internal Conflict. B) External Conlict. C) Mind Conflict. D) Decision Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal Conflict. 3. In "Maggie and milly and molly and may" , which sees value in what she finds? A) May with the stone. B) Molly with the crab. C) Maggie with the shell. D) Milly with the starfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May with the stone. 4. Comparing a thing or situation to something that is in direct contrast with that thing. A) Sarcasm. B) Dramatic. C) Lying. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 5. People, animals, etc. in a story A) Resolution. B) Rising action. C) Context clues. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characters. 6. Choose the two words that best go with setting. A) Who, why. B) Where, when. C) Where, why. D) Why, when. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where, when. 7. A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character. A) Resolution. B) Resolution. C) External conflict. D) Internal conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internal conflict. 8. A snake representing evil is an example of what? A) Symbolism. B) Plot. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 9. The opposing character or force to the main character is the ..... A) Protagonist. B) Plankton. C) Villian. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 10. Which word means ..... What happens to solve the problem. A) Rising Action. B) Climax. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling Action. 11. The opposing character or force to the main character A) Antagonist. B) Villian. C) Protagonist. D) Plankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 12. Information essential to understanding the work. A) Allusion. B) Exposition. C) Characterization. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 13. A struggle between Person v ..... is when a character has a problem with the laws or beliefs of a group. A) Self. B) Society. C) Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Society. 14. In "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" how does Denis escape from the troops pursuing him? A) The door he is leaning against happens to open. B) He hides in a nearby bush until they leave. C) He falls in a hole and discovers a hiding place. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The door he is leaning against happens to open. 15. What type of character stays the same throughout the story? A) Flat. B) Round. C) Dynamic. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Static. 16. The theme of a short story can be described as the A) Voice of the author. B) Summary of the story's plot. C) Message of the story. D) Overall style of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Message of the story. 17. Returning to an earlier time in a story, This is used to make the present story clearer. A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 18. How the author describes the characters is known as A) Setting. B) Genre. C) Exposition. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 19. Which word means ..... What happens at the beginning/the main problem the main character faces. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 20. A method used by an author to develop the characters A) Suspense. B) Character development. C) Point of view. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 21. Character vs. Nature is when A) Internal/mental conflict. B) A character in conflict with societal norms/values, stereotypes. C) Two or more characters in conflict. D) Environmental conflict such as a hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental conflict such as a hurricane. 22. The struggle between two forces in a story A) Irony. B) Initial incident. C) Conflict. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 23. What is the main type of conflict in "Those Three Wishes" ? A) Man vs. self. B) Man vs. nature. C) Man vs. man. D) Girl vs. snail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs. self. 24. The highest point of tension or drama in a narratives' plot, when the main problem of the story is faced and solved is called ..... A) The conflict. B) The climax. C) The resolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The climax. 25. The perspective from which the story is told by the narrator (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) is called the A) Perspective from a distance. B) Point of view. C) Story perspective. D) Narrator's voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 26. The CLIMAX of the story "Jack and the Beanstalk" is ..... A) When Jack climbs the beanstalk and discovers the giant. B) When Jack steals the Goose with the golden eggs. C) When Jack gets chased by the giant as he goes down the beanstalk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When Jack steals the Goose with the golden eggs. 27. Which of these does NOT help a reader figure out a character's traits? A) The character's pets. B) The character's words. C) The character's actions. D) The character's thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The character's pets. 28. Text evidence is ..... A) Words from the text that support your inference. B) Words on the page. C) An inference. D) Your thinking and ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words from the text that support your inference. 29. When the author takes the reader back in time to a memory, he or she is using the technique called A) Foreshadowing. B) Allusion. C) Flashback. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 30. Anything that causes a problem for the main character A) Tone. B) Antagonist. C) Conflict. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 31. Which part of the plot is the turning point of the story? A) Exposition. B) Falling Action. C) Climax. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 32. The beginning of the story where characters are introduced, the setting is revealed, and the situation is set up is also called the ..... A) Exposition. B) Resolution. C) Plot. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 33. If your friend asks you what happens in a book you will probably tell her: A) The characters and theme. B) Theme and setting. C) The plot and conflict. D) The setting and characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The plot and conflict. 34. Which word means ..... An object, setting, event, animal, or person that on 1 level is itself, but has another meaning. A) Tone. B) Plot. C) Symbol. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 35. At the beach on a summer day. This is an example of what? A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 36. What type of character is seen as the main character or focus of the story? A) Protagonist. B) Subordinate. C) Static. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 37. The main problem that a character has in the story A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 38. What is a reference in a work to something else? A) Symbol. B) Allusion. C) Atmosphere. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 39. What is a person, place, thing, or idea within a narrative or poem that means something in addition to itself? A) Sound. B) Atmosphere. C) Symbol. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 40. What part is #2? A) Conflict. B) Rising action. C) Inciting incident. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 41. In "The Masque of the Red Death" , what did the black room symbolize? A) Old age. B) Birth. C) Answer not listed. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 42. Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic types of setting A) Nature and the outdoors. B) Objects of human manufacture and construction. C) Cultural. D) Philosophical intangibles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philosophical intangibles. 43. What is a short work about a single subject? A) Memoir. B) Essay. C) Diary. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Essay. 44. Memories from the past A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Dream. D) Cliffhanger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 45. The major turning point in the story A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Climax. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 46. In "The Masque of Red Death" , what did the blue room symbolize? A) Death. B) Answer not listed. C) Birth. D) Old age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birth. 47. A work of literature where the characters and event are real. A) Fiction. B) Non Fiction. C) Poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non Fiction. 48. How can you describe the climax of a story? A) It is the most boring part. B) It is unimportant and doesn't matter. C) It is the most suspenseful part of a story. D) It is the resolution of a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is the most suspenseful part of a story. 49. Which part of the plot is the most exciting, "highest" point of the story? A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 50. How the problem of the story is solved A) Theme. B) Conflict. C) Resolution. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 51. The sequence of events is called the ..... A) Resolution. B) Plot. C) Climax. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 52. The resolution is where the story ..... A) Has the final outcome. B) Introduces characters and setting. C) Has an event that starts the story. D) Shows when and where the story takes place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has the final outcome. 53. A character who occurs frequently in fiction and whose nature is IMMEDIATELY known A) Stock. B) Static. C) Round. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stock. 54. Which of the following is NOT a detail that describes the setting? A) Furniture. B) Clothing. C) Weather. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characters. 55. Victor wanted to impress Teresa by taking French. However, Victor could not speak French. Victor's inability to speak French contributes to the plot because it is an example of the ..... A) Resolution. B) Plot. C) Theme. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 56. A prince saves the princess after fighting the witch A) Falling action. B) Climax. C) Exposition. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 57. A person that opposes (is against) the protagonist. A) Static character. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 58. Objects that stand for or represent something else A) Symbolism. B) Characters. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 59. When does the tension begin to ease in a story? A) Resolution. B) Falling Action. C) Exposition. D) The End. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Action. 60. The series of related events that make up the story. (Action) A) Plot. B) Characters. C) Theme. D) Setting. 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