This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Elements > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... person point of view is told from the perspective of one character using "he" or "she." A) First. B) Third limited. C) Third omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third limited. 2. This element is the message that the author is trying to express to the reader through a story A) Chapter. B) Theme. C) Mood. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 3. Which genre is ..... A story that could actually happen in real life. A) Nonfiction. B) Fiction. C) Autobiography. D) Realistic Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Realistic Fiction. 4. The struggle between a character and an outside force. A) The dark side. B) Internal conflict. C) External conflcit. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) External conflcit. 5. The sequence of events in a story can best be described as the ..... A) Plot. B) Characters. C) Theme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 6. A man is threatening to find and beat up the person who kidnapped his family, which type of conflict is this? A) Man vs. Self. B) Man vs. Kidnapper. C) Man vs. Technology. D) Man vs. Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs. Man. 7. The people or animals that take part in the action of a story are called ..... A) Author. B) Setting. C) Characters. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters. 8. PLOT:What finishes the work and releases the tension? A) Complication. B) Denouement. C) Crisis. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denouement. 9. Another name for the main character of a story.. A) Exposition. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) Supporting character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 10. "The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by ..... A) Charlie Fish. B) James Dillingham. C) Jane Austen. D) O. Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) O. Henry. 11. A character who stays the same over the course of a story is a A) Flat character. B) Round character. C) Dynamic character. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Static character. 12. What part of the plot is it when he finds out the man he killed is his brother? A) Exposition. B) Resolution. C) Rising action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolution. 13. The turning point is called the ..... A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 14. An person or animal in a story is called a A) Plot. B) Character. C) Narrator. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character. 15. This is the time and place of the story A) Theme. B) Setting. C) Symbolism. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 16. What kind of narration is this? If I give the money to Shawn tonight, I know I'll get it back tomorrow. A) 2nd person. B) 1st person. C) 3rd person Omniscient. D) 3rd person Limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st person. 17. Internal Conflict can be also known as A) Man vs. Nature. B) Man vs. Technology. C) Man vs. Supernatural. D) Man vs. Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs. Self. 18. The best character traits to describe Auggie are: A) Smart and mischievous. B) Brave and funny. C) Shy and scared. D) Strong and confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brave and funny. 19. The WAY that text is organized, such as chronological or time sequence for a story, is called A) The theme. B) Direct characterization. C) Text purpose. D) Text structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Text structure. 20. Refers to how a writer chooses to narrate a story A) Theme. B) Point of view. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 21. A struggle between a character and 1 or more opposing force is called the ..... A) Point of View. B) Conflict. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 22. R.J. Palacio tells the story of Wonder through different character's points of view in order to help the reader: A) Learn more about the story through a variety of opinions. B) Hear different voices. C) Chose a favorite character based on what they say. D) Connect with many characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learn more about the story through a variety of opinions. 23. Foreshadowing in literature is ..... A) The end of an event. B) Warning or indication of a future event. C) Finally reaching a conclusion. D) A character with an attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warning or indication of a future event. 24. Can be defined as a person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work A) Characters. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters. 25. Which word means ..... How the story ends. A) Climax. B) Falling Action. C) Resolution. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 26. Writing that is based on real facts, events or people. A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. C) Fantasy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction. 27. A specific word used in a narrative, a story, or any piece of text that is emotionally charged so that the author can convince you of something is called A) Figurative language. B) A simile. C) Loaded language. D) Literal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loaded language. 28. Conflict between a character and an outside force. A) Person vs. Themselves. B) Person vs. Person. C) External Conflict. D) Internal Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) External Conflict. 29. Which genre is ..... A story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting. A) Historical Fiction. B) Nonfiction. C) Realistic Fiction. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical Fiction. 30. When is the conflict introduced in a story? A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 31. The attitude a speaker or writer takes toward a subject, a character, or a reader is called? A) Foreshadowing. B) Tone. C) Flashback. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 32. The point when the main problem of the story comes to a reasonable ending and where the conflicts are usually resolved is called ..... A) The plot. B) The climax. C) The resolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The resolution. 33. What type of character trait is the following example? Jake walked around the lunchroom. For every new student he saw, he stopped and said hello and gave them a fist bump. A) Friendly. B) Adventurous. C) Talented. D) Humorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friendly. 34. This is a character who does not change or develop over the course of the story. A) Static character. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Static character. 35. The backstory; the past; the situation as it stands NOW A) Theory. B) Setting. C) Life. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposition. 36. Falling Action is .....? A) The events between the climax and resolution where the loose ends get tied up. B) The emotional highpoint of a story. C) The outcome of a story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The events between the climax and resolution where the loose ends get tied up. 37. What is the "when" and "where" of any story? A) Conflict. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 38. Literature is broken into two types of literature first ..... What are they? A) Biography and Auto Biography. B) Informational and Poetry. C) Fiction and Non Fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiction and Non Fiction. 39. Which genre is ..... Text someone writes to give factual information about their own life. A) Fiction. B) Biography. C) Autobiography. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 40. If the main character is having a hard time making a decision, the type of conflict is ..... A) 1st Person. B) 3rd Person. C) External. D) Internal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internal. 41. Any action, person, place, or object that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, such as quality, attitude, belief, or value. A) Foreshadowing. B) Tone. C) Symbol. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 42. This is typically the hero of the story who is faced with conflict. A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Evil twin. D) Sibling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 43. Struggle between opposing forces and the basis of plot in literature. A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 44. A person against anything in nature A) Man vs. man. B) Man vs society. C) Man vs nature. D) Man vs. self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs nature. 45. The message or lesson that is revealed in a work of literature. A) Setting. B) Conflict. C) Theme. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 46. The time and place of a literary work A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 47. Tension or excitement A) Suspense. B) Symbol. C) Irony. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspense. 48. Which of these might be an example of a story's theme? A) Your friend is upset. B) Staying true to yourself is important. C) You will your soccer game. D) A boy finds a lost treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Staying true to yourself is important. 49. The narrator knows the thoughts of the main character only. A) 3rd person limited. B) 3rd person objective. C) 1st person. D) 3rd person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd person limited. 50. The alarm clocked mocked me as it blared in my ear. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 51. What country does "Cupid's Arrows" take place? A) China. B) Thailand. C) India. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 52. An external problem between a character and a force like a tornado or flood A) Man v. society. B) Man v. nature. C) Man v. man. D) Man v. self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man v. nature. 53. What are the skills needed to pass English 1 A) Behavior, testing, reading, participating. B) Punctuate, orate, delineate, explicate. C) Theme, author, speaker, listener. D) Read, write, listen, speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Read, write, listen, speak. 54. In what way must the elements of a short story differ from those of a novel? A) They must be short and concise. B) The have to be understood. C) The only have to have two main characters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They must be short and concise. 55. The last part (#5) of a story is the ..... A) Theme. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Reflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 56. The author of the The Sniper is A) Tim O'Brian. B) Luigi Pirandello. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Liam O'Flaherty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liam O'Flaherty. 57. A ..... describes one or more meaningful events and may express strong feelings. A) Memoir. B) Diary. C) Speech. D) Essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memoir. 58. The author directly states character's traits. A) Plot. B) Direct Trait. C) Setting. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Trait. 59. A struggle or clash between opposing characters A) Point of view. B) Conflict. C) Characters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 60. Which of the following is NOT an example of conflict type? A) Character vs Society. 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