This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Elements > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the struggle between opposing forces in a story? A) Conflict. B) Setting. C) Dialogue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 2. What do we call the central lesson or moral of a story? A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Concept. D) Topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 3. ..... person point of view is told from the perspective of an all-knowing narrator who stands back and tells us the story. A) First person. B) Third person limited. C) Third person omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person omniscient. 4. PLOT:Resolution is ..... A) The series of events that occur to build tension, usually foreshadowing and conflict occur here. B) The ending point of the story. C) The beginning where setting and conflict are revealed. D) The turning point of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ending point of the story. 5. The moment when the interest and emotional intensity reach their highest point (the turning point) A) Conflict. B) Metaphor. C) Climax. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 6. Which type of literature is a work where the characters and events are invented by the writer? A) Non Fiction. B) Fiction. C) Expository. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction. 7. The Traveler in "The Listeners" seems to symbolize A) Anyone. B) Visionaries. C) Atheists. D) Survivors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anyone. 8. Author hints that something is going to happen later in the story A) Giveaway. B) Hint. C) Forshadowing. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forshadowing. 9. When the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story A) Character. B) Symbolism. C) Point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 10. Widely-told stories about the past that may or may not be factual; every culture has its own variations with familiar characters, such as Daniel Boone, Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan A) Novels. B) Legends. C) Essays. D) Short stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legends. 11. Example of Character vs Self A) A person trying not to cry in public. B) People from Japan vs a Tsunami. C) Batman vs Superman. D) Shrek vs the kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person trying not to cry in public. 12. What literary element is present in the line below? I am rock. I am an island! A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. Character who is against, ant = against. Is not always the bad guy. but always represents the opposition to the main character. A) Anti-social. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) The ant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 14. Which of the following is NOT true of themes? A) They should be specific to the content of the book. B) They are universal statements about life. C) They should not be cliche. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They should be specific to the content of the book. 15. What do we call the force in opposition to the main character in a story? A) Bad guy. B) Protagonist. C) Antagonist. D) Whatever we want to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 16. What do we call the central message or main idea of a story? A) Topic. B) Conflict. C) Theme. D) Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 17. A conflict in a character's mind is ..... ; a conflict we can see is called ..... A) Round; external. B) Internal; dynamic. C) Internal; external. D) Static; flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal; external. 18. Assumptions about something that is NOT stated in the text, sometimes using prior knowledge. A) Conflict. B) Inference. C) Resolution. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inference. 19. The beautiful princess fights to get away from the witch who's keeping her captive A) Conflict. B) Rising action. C) Resolution. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 20. The main character; hero A) Protagonist. B) Static character. C) Antagonist. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 21. The conversation between the characters A) Dialogue. B) Minor character. C) Major character. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 22. What is the role of the character in a story? A) It shows the location of the story. B) It shows the time of the story. C) It possess the actions in the story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It possess the actions in the story. 23. Authors choose specific words and phrases to stir up positive or negative feelings. What is that called? A) Denotation. B) Point of View. C) Connotation. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 24. Another name for a story A) Man v. man. B) Narrative. C) Plot. D) Non-fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative. 25. What is the person created by the author to tell the story? A) Author. B) Narrator. C) Voice. D) Persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persona. 26. The reason why a character acts the way he/she does A) Symbolism. B) Motivation. C) Suspense. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motivation. 27. Which of these is part of the plot of a short story? A) Theme. B) Climax. C) Narrator. D) Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 28. The events that follow the climax, which lessen the conflict. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling Action. 29. Term to describe a character that is not developed very well within the story-usually a minor character A) Round character. B) Undeveloped character. C) Flat character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat character. 30. This conflict involves stories where characters are against each other. A) Person vs. Self. B) Person vs. Technology. C) Person vs. Person. D) Person vs. Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person vs. Person. 31. In Finding Nemo, the part where we're introduced to Marlin and Nemo, then Marlin takes Nemo to school and warns him about swimming out into the open sea is the ..... A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 32. "I always look forward to my summer vacation at the beach. I like to collect seashells and swim in the ocean" is an example of A) 3rd Person Omniscient. B) 2nd Person Point of View. C) 1st Person Point of View. D) 3rd Person Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st Person Point of View. 33. Any character against the main character (usually the problem) A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Villian. D) Bad guy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 34. What is a symbol of Thanksgiving? A) Macy's parade. B) Turkey. C) Pilgrims. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 35. The point in the plot where the conflict is solved or coped with A) Exposition. B) Falling action. C) Climax. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. 36. Part of the plot is a struggle that occurs between two opposing forces. A) Conflict. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 37. "The Snob" is a short story by ..... A) Jane Austen. B) Morley Callaghan. C) O. Henry. D) Charlie Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morley Callaghan. 38. The methods that the writer uses to develop characters. A) Setting. B) Exposition. C) Rising action. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 39. Who is the protagonist of Among the Hidden? A) Luke's dad. B) Luke. C) Matthew. D) Mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Luke. 40. She was like a breath of fresh air. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 41. The main character who is often good is the ..... A) Flat character. B) Round character. C) Antagonist. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protagonist. 42. This is the main character, pronto = first, not always the good guy, but always the main character. A) 1st Person. B) Antogonist. C) Protagonist. D) 3rd Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 43. Which word means ..... A struggle between opposing forces. A) Theme. B) Point of View. C) Exposition. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 44. When something is described in terms of another, stating that one thing in fact IS another, it is most likely A) A metaphor. B) Simile. C) Analogy. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A metaphor. 45. Understanding of the characters comes from what they say, do, and think and how others act toward the characters. A) Characterization. B) Theme. C) Climax. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 46. Character vs. Society is when A) Environmental conflict such as a hurricane. B) Two or more characters in conflict. C) A character in conflict with societal norms. D) Internal/mental conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A character in conflict with societal norms. 47. What possession is especially prized by Jonathan in "Civil Peace" ? A) A bicycle. B) A car. C) A motorcycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A bicycle. 48. The central (main) character or hero, usually the one whom the audience identifies with in a story. A) Protagonist. B) Characterization. C) Antagonist. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 49. A problem that the central character encounters A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 50. What is the inciting incident of "The Landlady" ? A) Billy seeing the Bed and Breakfast sign and being unable to walk away. B) Billy debating between the bed and breakfast and the Bell and Dragon. C) The old lady hitting on Billy. D) Finding out the animals are stuffed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Billy seeing the Bed and Breakfast sign and being unable to walk away. 51. This is a character who changes their personality, attitude, and/or beliefs over time. This change is usually a result of a conflict. A) Antagonist. B) Static character. C) Dynamic character. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dynamic character. 52. These are the two parts of the setting:..... and ..... A) Time and place. B) Time and characters. C) Conflicts and place. D) Climax and place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time and place. 53. This character is the main character in the story. A) Protagonist. B) Background character. C) Secondary character. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 54. What is the major conflict in the story? A) Melinda Alice is cruel and self-centered. B) Melinda Alice forgets to study for the math test. C) The snail makes Melinda Alice late. D) The snail gives Melinda Alice three wishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melinda Alice is cruel and self-centered. 55. Which word means ..... Where and when the story takes place. A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Tone. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 56. Two things being seen or placed close together for contrasting effect A) Perspective. B) Conflict. C) Falling action. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 57. Tone is most closely related to ..... A) Voice. B) Anger. C) Atmosphere. D) Emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotion. 58. Narrator is not in the story but can describe every characters experiences/thoughts. A) 1st person P.O.V. B) 2nd person P.O.V. C) Dialogue. D) 3rd person P.O.V. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3rd person P.O.V. 59. How many parts of plot are there? A) 5. B) 3. C) 10. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 60. What is another name for the feeling the author tries to convey in the story? A) Mood. B) Emotion. C) Belief. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. ← 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 7Elements Of Literature Quiz 8Elements Of Literature Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books