This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > Literary Genres – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Genres Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It uses blogs, emails, and IM format narratives.Stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges. A) DDoodle Fiction. B) CGraphic Novel. C) AChick Lit. D) Text-talk Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Text-talk Novel. 2. The children lined up outside the school house waiting for their teacher, Ms. Maple, to arrive. They ranged in age from seven to seventeen, and while there were only ten of them, they were the largest student-body ever to attend the Darlington School. Erick hoped he'd be able to stay for the entire term this year. Last year, he'd had to leave before the end to help his father on the farm. But, this year, his father had hired someone to help. Erick hoped he'd finish this year, and by 1900, be in Chicago attending medical school. A) Historical fiction. B) Fantasy. C) Realistic fiction. D) Science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical fiction. 3. All are narrative conventions EXCEPT..... A) Plot Development. B) Characterization. C) Stage Direction. D) Descriptive Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stage Direction. 4. A tall tale is about an ordinary person who does not have any special abilities. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 5. VERSE is a single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. A mystery is often about ..... A) A crime. B) Poetry. C) Mr. Hill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A crime. 7. Fill in the blank:Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly ..... children. A) Treasured. B) Rotten. C) Loved. D) Spoiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loved. 8. A fictional story that revolves around discovering secrets or solving crimes. A) Fantasy. B) Science Fiction. C) Mystery. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mystery. 9. Dribble also known as the minisaga for 50 words A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which genre uses digital media and interactive elements to engage readers? A) Chick Lit. B) Creative Non-Fiction. C) Digi-Fiction. D) Hyper Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyper Poetry. 11. Destiny, Angela, and Porter are at a local bookstore. They find a book that depicts events, characters, and settings that could actually happen in our world. Can you identify the genre of this book? A) Science fiction. B) Fantasy. C) Realistic fiction. D) Historical fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realistic fiction. 12. A genre of literature, film, and television that is meant to scare, startle, shock, and even repulse audiences. A) Horror. B) Myth. C) Fantasy. D) People Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horror. 13. A fictional work of shorter length; usually read in one sitting; few characters A) Novel. B) Short story. C) Myth. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short story. 14. This is a fictional story set in a backdrop of real characters and events from history A) Historical fiction. B) Biography. C) Realistic fiction. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical fiction. 15. War Bride:The Gloria Rose Story by Donald Morton The year is 1941 and America has just declared war on Germany. Gloria Rose is a young Australian girl who falls for a dashing American service man named Robert Mallon. Robert was only temporarily stationed in Australia, and when he is called off to duty, Gloria marries him so that they can maintain their relationship. After the war is ends, Robert seeks to bring Gloria back to America as a citizen, but guess what? She's not the only war bride. Tens of thousands of GIs were married to foreigners during World War II and the State Department had to carefully screen each of them. Follow Gloria as she embarks on the journey of a lifetime.Genre ..... Subgenre:Historical Fiction A) Drama. B) Folklore. C) Nonfiction. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fiction. 16. Stories that come out of the oral tradition of the American frontier; typically involve characters with highly exaggerated abilities and qualities; told primarily for entertainment A) Short stories. B) Legends. C) Essays. D) Tall tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall tales. 17. Who would be the author of a Michael Jordan autobiography? A) Dan Gutman. B) Lebron James. C) Michael Jordan. D) Jordan Michaels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michael Jordan. 18. Which is Nonfiction? A) Autobiography. B) Biography. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 19. What was the purpose of Paul's travels in the book of Acts? A) To become a famous preacher. B) To collect souvenirs from every country. C) To collect money from the churches across Europe and Asia. D) To get to know people in different places and to tell them about Jesus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To get to know people in different places and to tell them about Jesus. 20. ..... writing explains something. A) Biography. B) Informational. C) Autobiography. D) Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Informational. 21. Which genre is a story that has been handed down from generation to generation? A) Fable. B) Folktale. C) Legend. D) Tall Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folktale. 22. Angela, Porter, and Riddick are in a library searching for a book to read for their book club. They want to explore a genre that is filled with imaginary worlds, magical creatures, and supernatural elements. Which genre should they choose? A) Mystery. B) Romance. C) Science fiction. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fantasy. 23. True story of a real person's life from the past or present written by that person. True story of the life of a real person from the past or present written by that person. A) Poetry/poesia. B) Realistic fiction. C) Biography/biografia. D) Autobiography/autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autobiography/autobiography. 24. What are stories with fairies, magical creatures, princes, and princesses? A) Fairy Tales. B) Graphic Novel. C) Folktales. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy Tales. 25. How might readers determine that Gary Soto's "Oranges" is set in the past? A) The boy and girl went on a date as twelve-year-olds. B) The price of the chocolate was ten cents. C) A boy bought candy for a girl. D) The woman in the shop accepts an orange as payment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The price of the chocolate was ten cents. 26. Which is more didactic? A) Traditional fiction. B) Modern fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional fiction. 27. A book that is based in the present or future and may involve space, science, technology, robots, or aliens. A) Science Fiction. B) Mystery. C) Realistic Fiction. D) Historical Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science Fiction. 28. Also known as literary non-fiction or narrative non-fiction.Contrasts with other non-fiction, such as technical writing or journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact, but is not primarily written in service to its craft. A) Flash Fiction. B) Six Word Story. C) Creative Non-Fiction. D) Illustrated Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creative Non-Fiction. 29. This is prose non-fiction which is a formal treatment of an issue written from the writer's personal point of view. A) History. B) Journal. C) Essay. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Essay. 30. Fiction in which characters / setting is widly imaginative or impossible, magic, etc. A) Folktale. B) Biography. C) Legend. D) Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folktale. 31. Writers in this genre drops clues and slowly reveal information, turning the reader into a detective trying to solve the case, too. This novels start with an exciting hook, keep readers interested with suspenseful pacing, and end with a satisfying conclusion that answers all of the reader's outstanding questions. A) Mystery. B) Horror. C) Fantasy. D) Thriller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mystery. 32. This is a work of fiction full of fun, fancy and excitement meant to entertain. A) Humor. B) Horror. C) Realistic fiction. D) Tall tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humor. 33. What is the main difference between drama and fiction? A) Drama is written to be performed, while fiction is not. B) Drama focuses on real events, while fiction is imaginary. C) Drama uses rhyme and meter, while fiction does not. D) Drama has a defined plot structure, while fiction does not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drama is written to be performed, while fiction is not. 34. It is the collective term for literary works that maximize the features and explore the contexts of personal and network computers. A) Electronic literature. B) Interactive fiction. C) Kinetic. D) Metafiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electronic literature. 35. Japanese word for comics A) Manga. B) Doodle Fiction. C) Illustrated novel. D) Flash Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manga. 36. AN EXAMPLE OF SCIENCE FICTION BOOK IS THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL BY ANNE FRANK A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 37. What would be the best resource to use if you needed another word for "quiet?" A) Encyclopedia. B) Thesaurus. C) Dictionary. D) Atlas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thesaurus. 38. Which literary genre often teaches a moral, typically with animals as characters? A) Poetry. B) Humour. C) Fable. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 39. In the following quotation from the psalms, identify which literary tool (simile, metaphor, repetition, or synonym) is being used."He is like a tree planted by streams of water." A) Synonym. B) Simile. C) Repetition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 40. When you feel extreme suffering this is called ..... A) Hamartia. B) Adventures. C) Pathos. D) Identification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 41. A story about a real person's life that is written by herself or himself. A) Autobiography. B) Biography. C) Poetry. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autobiography. 42. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses "me, my, I, we" and shows the main character's feelings. A) 3rd POV limited. B) 1st POV. C) 3rd POV. D) 2nd POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st POV. 43. It is a division or type of literature A) Biography. B) Genre. C) Verse. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genre. 44. Which genre? "Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan. It's not every day you find yourself in combat with a half lion, half human. But when you are the son of a Greek god it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster. A) Myth. B) Fantasy. C) Science fiction. D) Reakistic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fantasy. 45. A rascal character experiences adventures and goes through no or slight change of character development A) Novel of manners. B) Epistolary. C) Bildungsroman. D) Picaresque. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Picaresque. 46. Novels are an example of A) Drama. B) Fiction. C) Poetry. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction. 47. A play, on stage, real characters, visual, dialogues and monologues A) Diary. B) Fiction. C) Drama. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drama. 48. This refers to the categories according to which literary works are commonly classified and may imply a set of conventions related to a particular genre. A) Style. B) Structure. C) Form. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 49. A story that is made up but could happen in real life. A) Realistic Fiction. B) Science Fiction. C) Horror. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realistic Fiction. 50. It is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, a parallel universe and extra-terrestrial life. A) Digi-Fiction. B) Science Fiction. C) Doodle Fiction. D) Creative Non-Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Science Fiction. 51. Identify the genre:Stories that were passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. Often, there are many versions of the same story. A) Fable. B) Autobiography. C) Fairy tale. D) Folklore or folk tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Folklore or folk tale. 52. A story including elements that could not really happen. May include magic or talking animals. A) Realistic Fiction. B) Poetry. C) Fantasy. D) Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fantasy. 53. A text that included steps for making a recipe would be which of the following purposes? A) Inform. B) Persuade. C) Entertain. D) Explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explain. 54. Which are the general categories of conflict? A) Man vs man (or character vs character). B) Internal & external conflict. C) Forces of the nature & internal conflict. D) Society & external conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal & external conflict. 55. Stage is the theatrical equipment such as curtains, flats, backdrops or platforms used in a dramatic production. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. A folktale that is humorous and full of exaggeration. (Un cuento popular divertido y lleno de exageraciones.) A) Fairy tale. B) Fantasy. C) Myth (mito). D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall tale. 57. It is a type of fiction in which the author, the narrator, or the main character directly speaks to the reader. A) Fan fiction. B) Metafiction. C) Flash fiction. D) Slipstream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metafiction. 58. This genre provides true facts and information about different subjects. I can include charts and graphs. A) Poetry. B) Drama. C) Non-fiction. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-fiction. 59. States a position; includes a claim, reasons, and evidence A) Humor. B) Poetry. C) Informational. D) Argumentative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argumentative. 60. A story including elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers. Make-believe is what this genre is all about. A) Science Fiction. B) Fantasy. C) Mystery. D) Romance. 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