This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > Literary Genres – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Genres Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An account of a particular part of a person's life, written by that person A) Historical fiction. B) Memoir. C) Autobiography. D) Procedural text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memoir. 2. Definition:A genre of literature that features magical and supernatural elements that do not exist in the real world. A) Fairy Tale. B) Science Fiction. C) Fantasy. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fantasy. 3. A true story of the writer's life A) Autobiography. B) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autobiography. 4. It is a literary genre created from the author's imagination A) Creative Non-fiction. B) Science Fiction. C) Fiction. D) Digi-Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiction. 5. Writing that is true is called ..... A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction. 6. True or False:Poetry MUST rhyme. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. GENRE IN LITERATURE IS BASED ON SUBJECT MATTER? A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 8. Stories, which though made up, are based on scientific facts and principles A) Science fiction. B) Nonfiction. C) Mystery. D) Realistic Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science fiction. 9. What is another name for Digi-Fiction? A) Illustrated Novel. B) Manga. C) Graphic Novel. D) Triple Media Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Triple Media Literature. 10. Can you guess the genre where authors play with words and sounds to create a rhythm that's music to our ears when read aloud? A) Science Fiction. B) Poetry. C) Mystery. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetry. 11. Which genre of literature is a type of fiction that is set in the past and often includes real historical figures? A) Informational. B) Historical Fiction. C) Biography. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical Fiction. 12. Stories that are passed down from generation to generation, like fairy tales and myths are examples of ..... A) Fantasy. B) Mystery. C) Informational text. D) Traditional literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traditional literature. 13. Tells about people that are not alive and events that did not occur, but tells a story that seems like it could occur. A) Historical fiction. B) Science fiction. C) Realistic fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realistic fiction. 14. What is a short statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct? A) Genre. B) Maxim. C) Novel. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxim. 15. What is a Literary genre? A) Is a type or collection of literature. B) Is a type or category of literature. C) Is a type or literary piece of literature. D) Is a type or other side of literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is a type or category of literature. 16. A type of folk tale that often includes magic, fairies, dragons, & a happy ending. A) Fairy tale. B) Fable. C) Tall tale. D) Science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy tale. 17. What literary genre includes dialogue and performance in its elements? A) Non-Fiction. B) Drama. C) Fiction. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 18. What kind of book tell about the life of a person and it is written by that person? A) Tall Tale. B) Biography. C) Autobiography. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 19. This literary genre tell the stories of cowboys, settlers, and outlaws exploring the western frontier and taming the American Old West. A) Realist Literature. B) Dystopian. C) Romance. D) Western. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Western. 20. A story that explains something about the world and typically involves gods or other superhuman beings. A) Fable. B) People talk. C) Myth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 21. Which genre typically focuses on one character and one event? A) Short Story. B) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short Story. 22. Includes verses with links to sub poems or footnotes, poetry with movements or images. A) Hyper-poetry. B) The text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyper-poetry. 23. Which genre explains the wonders of nature, the mysteries of life, describes impossible happenings, and the accomplishments of the hero? A) Myth. B) Nonfiction Narrative Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 24. A book that involves clues, suspense, a puzzling event, or crime. A) Science Fiction. B) Mystery. C) Historical Fiction. D) Realistic Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mystery. 25. With a printed version, what can be used to find the synonym of a word? A) Glossary. B) Dictionary. C) Newspaper. D) Thesaurus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thesaurus. 26. Name by which the creator of works belonging to the Dramatic genre is known A) Writer. B) Playwright. C) Poet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playwright. 27. NAME THAT GENRE!Sonya hobbled down the school hallway to look out the window at the field hockey field. All of her friends were out there, and she was stuck inside. She tapped absently on her cast. The doctor said it would be at least six weeks before the cast came off, and another two or three after that before she could play sports again. She sighed. "I'm going to miss the whole season." A) Realistic fiction. B) Historical fiction. C) Science fiction. D) Fantasy fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realistic fiction. 28. It features a female protagonist A) Graphic Novel. B) Chick Lit. C) Text-talk Novels. D) Doodle Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chick Lit. 29. The literary genre of ..... often kills off all but the main characters? A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. C) Mystery. D) Horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horror. 30. This genre collects the impressions, ideas, anecdotes and stories from a person's life, written by him/her self, regarding a specific period of his/her life. A) Auto-biography. B) Memoir. C) Biography. D) Periodicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memoir. 31. Nonfiction are based on true events. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. A short fictitious story that illustrates or teaches a religious or moral principle. A) Tall tale. B) Myth. C) Parable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parable. 33. Fiction full of funny situations, meant to entertain. A) Biography. B) Fairy Tale. C) Humor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humor. 34. A book about the life of a famous President, is a ..... book. A) Poetry-epic. B) Nonfiction-reference. C) Nonfiction-periodical. D) Nonfiction-biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonfiction-biography. 35. Denouement or the solution that provides closure to the story A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. A ..... is a story about a crime or a strange event that is difficult to explain. A) Mystery. B) Legend. C) Fairy tale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mystery. 37. She loves to browse pictures in adventure comics A) She loves reading adventure comics. B) She loves looking at pictures in adventure comics. C) She doesn't like adventure comics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She loves looking at pictures in adventure comics. 38. A group of children travel in a time machine to visit President Washington. A) Historical Fiction. B) Fantasy. C) Biography. D) Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science Fiction. 39. Which genre is written in paragraphs and sentences without any specific structure? A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. 40. Story that can actually happen and is true to life. A) Dystopian. B) Science Fiction. C) Realistic Fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realistic Fiction. 41. A story that develops through a screenshot of SMS conversation like Vince and Kath by Jenny Ruth Almocera is an example of this literary genre. A) Hyper Poetry. B) Text-Talk Novel. C) Digi-Fiction. D) Chick Lit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text-Talk Novel. 42. This is a story that is way back in time. The event or history or real but characters are made up. A) Historical fiction. B) Realistic fiction. C) Science fiction. D) Narrative nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical fiction. 43. What kind of story has situations and events that could happen in real life? These stories could be true, but are not. A) Mystery. B) Realistic Fiction. C) Science Fiction. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Realistic Fiction. 44. It is a literary experience that combines three media:book, movie/ video, and Internet website in order for the reader to understand the full story. A) Graphic Novels. B) Digi Fiction. C) Flash Fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Digi Fiction. 45. Is a style of fictional literature of extreme brevity A) CHICKLIT. B) TEXTTALK. C) FLASH. D) DOODLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) FLASH. 46. Story that is too big and crazy to be true A) Mystery. B) Autobiography. C) Biography. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall tale. 47. According to the fragment, what characteristic of the lyrical genre is appreciated? I like you when you are silent because you are as if absent, and you hear me from afar, and my voice does not touch you. It seems as if your eyes had flown away and it seems as if a kiss had closed your mouth. As all things are full of my soul, you emerge from things, full of my soul. A) The objective representation of feelings and emotions. B) The description of the external world of the poetic voice. C) The expression of the inner world of a lyrical speaker. D) The succession of events located in time and space. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The expression of the inner world of a lyrical speaker. 48. Story about fairies or other magical creatures A) Drama. B) Fable. C) Realistic Fiction. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fairy tale. 49. ..... explores characters and their love interests. A) Romance. B) Non-fiction. C) Historical fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romance. 50. Stories of exaggeration that based on a real person or event such as Robin Hood are called ..... A) Science fiction. B) A legend. C) Poetry. D) Realistic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A legend. 51. NON FICTION IS TRUE AND INCLUDES REAL PLACES, PEOPLE AND OR THINGS A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 52. The literary genre of ..... started off in an oral tradition and only later became written down. A) Fairy tale. B) Fiction. C) Poetry. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People talk. 53. Throughout the play, there is no emphasis on the names of any of the characters. This ensures the audience's focus is on ..... rather than ..... A) The responsibilities of the jurors; their personal identities. B) The judge's role; the jurors' role. C) The defendant's name; the jurors' names. D) The foreman; the rest of the jurors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The responsibilities of the jurors; their personal identities. 54. Which genre is based on real stories and facts? A) Myth. B) Nonfiction Narrative Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction Narrative Writing. 55. THE PERSON THE BIOGRAPHY IS WRITTEN ABOUT CAN BE ALIVE OR DECEASED A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 56. A literary work that focuses on the expression of feelings and ideas through the use of a distinctive style that is often rhythmical and may have elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzs is called a ..... A) Myth. B) Nursery rhyme. C) Poem. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poem. 57. A book that someone writes about Elvis Presley's life is known as A) Fantasy. B) Realistic fiction. C) A biography. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A biography. 58. Which characteristics match the genre:contains talking animals or object or superpowers. A) Fantasy. B) Science fiction. C) Historical fiction. D) Realistic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy. 59. The following are under the informational genre EXCEPT ..... A) Recipe books. B) How to draw. C) Life of Ninoy Aquino. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life of Ninoy Aquino. 60. How are characters in creative nonfiction similar to characters in fiction? A) They are described and characterized in a similar way. B) They are purely imaginary and not based on real people. C) They play a minor role in the story. D) They are only used to convey the author's opinions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are described and characterized in a similar way. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesLiterary Genres Quiz 1Literary Genres Quiz 2Literary Genres Quiz 3Literary Genres Quiz 4Literary Genres Quiz 5Literary Genres Quiz 6Literary Genres Quiz 7Literary Genres Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books