This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Elements > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of conflict is best shown here ..... A) Character vs. self. B) Character vs. society. C) Character vs. character. D) Character vs. nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character vs. character. 2. What literary device is used in this sentence from "The Most Dangerous Game" ? "I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. These people are an example of .....? A) Character. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character. 4. Events leading up to the climax A) Rising action. B) Descriptive Details. C) Personification. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising action. 5. Which of the following is NOT an element of a story? A) Explanation. B) Conflict. C) Resolution. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explanation. 6. PLOT:What is the CONSEQUENCE of the crisis? A) Exposition. B) Crisis. C) Climax. D) Complication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 7. Which of the following is NOT part of the setting of a story? A) Environment. B) Time. C) Location. D) Intensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intensity. 8. If someone gets a phone call while on vacation that his/her house burnt down, that is a .....? A) Character. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 9. Who is the narrator of the short story? A) A person who tells the story. B) The author of the story. C) The foil for the protagonist. D) The comic relief in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who tells the story. 10. Hints/clues about what might happen later in the story is called? A) Tone. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 11. The people (or animals, things, etc. presented as people) in a literary work are known as: A) Setting. B) Theme. C) Plot. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characters. 12. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of the setting? A) Explain a character's motives. B) Reveal a characters traits. C) Creates a conflict for the character to solve. D) Create a mood or atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explain a character's motives. 13. Hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 14. A character's self-doubt about the best way to solve a problem. A) External Conflict. B) Person vs. Person. C) Internal Conflict. D) Person vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal Conflict. 15. The events of a story, from start to finish A) Theme. B) Rising action. C) Plot. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 16. A state of nervous excitement in the reader from anticipating what is going to happen next in the plot: A) Conflict. B) Motivation. C) Theme. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspense. 17. The tone of Engle's essay "An Old-Fashioned Iowa Christmas" is best described as ..... A) Humorus. B) Nostalgic. C) Sad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nostalgic. 18. A reader will most likely have to make inferences about characters if the author uses A) A simple theme. B) Indirect characterization. C) Flat characters. D) An exotic setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 19. The setting of the story can be described with which of the following words: A) When, where. B) Where, how. C) Why, what. D) Who, what. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When, where. 20. All the action that goes on in a story makes up the ..... A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Character. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 21. The message the author is trying to get across. A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Story. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 22. The King family planned a trip to Florida. On the day they were supposed to leave, a terrible blizzard happened and all flights were cancelled.What type of conflict? A) Character vs. character. B) Character vs. nature. C) Character vs. self. D) Character vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character vs. nature. 23. The part of the plot where things wind down and loose ends are tied up. There is little to no tension, and events usually happen quickly. This is the shortest part of the plot. A) Rising Action. B) Falling Action. C) Resolution. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Action. 24. What is the organized pattern or sequence of events in a story? A) Setting. B) Exposition. C) Conflict. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plot. 25. This element shows how sections are separated into parts with numbers and titles. A) Paragraph. B) Chapters. C) Characters. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chapters. 26. What is the turning point or decisive moment in a story? A) Major event. B) Minor event. C) Climax. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 27. Which genre is ..... Narrative stories that are from an author's imagination to entertain reader. A) Fiction. B) Mystery. C) Graphic Novel. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiction. 28. POV:story is told in third person, but the viewpoint of only one character is revealed A) Limited omniscient. B) Objective. C) First person. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limited omniscient. 29. A type of narrative perspective in where the author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you." A) Second Person POV. B) Third Person POV. C) First Person POV. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second Person POV. 30. A character who changes throughout the story usually as a result of overcoming a problem. A) Flat Character. B) Dynamic Character. C) Static Character. D) Round Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic Character. 31. The environment in which a story takes place is known as ..... A) The Characters. B) The Point of View. C) The Resolution. D) The Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Setting. 32. Be kind to others. A) Theme. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 33. Details that describe or help the reader imagine A) Personification. B) Descriptive Details. C) Surprise Ending. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Descriptive Details. 34. Which word means ..... The sequence of events in a story. A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 35. The descriptions of the characters, settings, and instructions of what is done in the drama can be found in ..... A) The script. B) The dialogue. C) The stage directions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stage directions. 36. "There was a loud crash outside of her door. Samantha was scared of what could have caused it. Her brother Tim ran inside her room crying and scared of the monster" is an example of A) 3rd Person Limited. B) 3rd Person Objective. C) 3rd Person Omniscient. D) 2nd Person Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd Person Omniscient. 37. PLOT:What marks the decisions made to END the conflict? A) Crisis. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crisis. 38. What is it called when the time and place of a story is given? A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Exposition. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 39. Harry Potter is an example of a what in a story A) Character. B) Symbolism. C) Point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character. 40. The person telling the story is an outside character using "he, she, or them." A) First person. B) Third person. C) Second Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third person. 41. When in the story is the greatest point of interest or suspense? A) Rising Action. B) Climax. C) Falling Action. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 42. Which Point Of View Says ''I" ? A) 5th. B) 1st. C) 3rd. D) 2nd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st. 43. What is the general atmosphere created in a story called? A) The most exciting part. B) Solution to a problem. C) Mood. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 44. All of the following are examples of themes except A) Survival. B) Acceptance. C) Your friend. D) Friendship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your friend. 45. The events that take place in the story is called the: A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 46. This looks like an example of a .....? A) Character. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 47. What point of view? "Bob went to the store. He was nervous. When Bob entered, the clerk became suspicious about what Bob would do next." A) 3rd Person Omniscient. B) 1st Person. C) 3rd Person Limited. D) 2nd Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd Person Omniscient. 48. Rainsford, the main character in "The Most Dangerous Game" , is most likely considered to be which of the following character types? A) Dynamic. B) Antagonist. C) Stock. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic. 49. What is the writer's choice of how the narrator will tell the story? A) Style. B) Fiction. C) Point of view. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 50. If a story is a cliffhanger or part of a series, it may NOT have which parts of the plot? A) Climax & falling action. B) Falling action & resolution. C) Climax & resolution. D) Exposition & falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling action & resolution. 51. Whom did Kitty Beigton really love? A) Cubbon. B) Barr Saggott. C) Both answers. D) None listed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cubbon. 52. A type of support for key idea that is a brief story used to make a point is called? A) Examples. B) Figurative language. C) Facts. D) Anecdotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdotes. 53. If I were to analyze a character's diction, then I would pay attention to ..... A) What they are saying. B) What they are doing. C) What they are wearing. D) Nothing. That's not a thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What they are saying. 54. What is the name for the people, animals, or things participating in a story? A) Personnel. B) Setting. C) Characters. D) Plot elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters. 55. A contradiction between the actual outcome and the expected outcome ..... Also, to mean the opposite of what you say refers to what? A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 56. Plot:What provides the background to start the story? A) Exposition. B) Crisis. C) Climax. D) Complication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 57. What are the three parts to the rhetorical triangle? A) Author, student, teachder. B) Reader, writer, text. C) Reading, writing, arithmetic. D) Narrator, protagonist, antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reader, writer, text. 58. Theme should NOT be A) Expressible in a complete sentence with a subject and predicate. B) As general as can be; employ absolutes whenever possible. C) Based on the data of the story itself. D) Stated without using names of characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As general as can be; employ absolutes whenever possible. 59. A reference to another work of literature or event in history A) Idiom. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 60. The quality of a story that leaves the reader excited or nervous about what may happen in the future (on the edge of your seat) is called A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Irony. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspense. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books