This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > Literary Genres – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Genres Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the four movies would best fit a Chick Literature genre if it was turned into a book? A) A Star is Born. B) Diary of a Wimpy Kid. C) Mean Girls. D) Joker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mean Girls. 2. Literature that contains true facts A) Poetry. B) Fiction. C) Legend. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonfiction. 3. Persuasive writing tries to influence the reader A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 4. Identify the genre:Stories about fairies or other magical creatures. Often begins with the phrase, "Once upon a time ..... ". A) Mythology. B) Folklore or folk tale. C) Fable. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fairy tale. 5. A brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral or gives a practical lesson about how to get along in life. A) Essay. B) Fable. C) Fairy tale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 6. Which genre aims to convey a complete narrative in a brief format with minimal word count? A) Blog. B) Creative Non-Fiction. C) Flash Fiction. D) Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flash Fiction. 7. A biography is non-fiction A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 8. A folk tale is an example of A) Nonfiction. B) Fiction. C) Drama. D) Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction. 9. It is a literary genre that does not follow any measurement scheme. A) Poetry. B) The text. C) Prose. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prose. 10. What are three things you might find on the cover of a mystery novel? A) Harry potter. B) A monster; a unicorn; a cartoon. C) A real person; a real place; a real event. D) Magnifying glass; footprints; a crime scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magnifying glass; footprints; a crime scene. 11. It is an account of a person's life written by someone else. A) Autobiography. B) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biography. 12. It is a genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and light-heartedly. A) Hyper Poetry. B) Doodle Fiction. C) Mobile Phone Text Tula. D) Chick Lit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chick Lit. 13. The purpose of non-fiction is to ..... A) Inform. B) Entertain. C) Laugh. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inform. 14. Fictional stories in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader. A) Horror. B) Mythology. C) Mystery. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horror. 15. If you wanted a book that is set in the past, you want to read this genre. A) Historical Fiction. B) Realistic Fiction. C) Science Fiction. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical Fiction. 16. AN EXAMPLE OF FANTASY IS THE WIZARD OF OZ A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 17. This is also known as cyber poetry A) Flash Fiction. B) Hyper-poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyper-poetry. 18. Which genre focuses on a puzzling crime, situation, or circumstance that needs to be solved? A) Mystery. B) Folklore. C) Historical Fiction. D) Realistic Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mystery. 19. What kind of story feature animals, plants, or inanimate objects that have human qualities, and teach a moral or lesson to the reader? A) Myth. B) Fairy Tale. C) Fable. D) Historical Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 20. It is a genre where author incorporates doodle writing in place of the traditional font. A) AText-talk Novels. B) CChick Lit. C) DGraphic Novel. D) BDoodle Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BDoodle Fiction. 21. An epic is a long narrative story and adventures of a hero A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 22. What is the main similarity between creative nonfiction and poetry? A) Both use figurative language to add depth. B) Both focus on creating realistic characters. C) Both have a defined plot structure. D) Both use descriptive imagery and setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both use figurative language to add depth. 23. This genre gives the reader the feeling of intense fear and a sense of disgust. A) Mystery. B) Thriller. C) Horror. D) Western. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horror. 24. ..... is a literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas using distinctive style and rhythm. A) Fiction. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) Non-Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetry. 25. A question that is not expected to be answered verbally but rather to persuade active thinking and listening, or reinforce a point being made is called what? A) Rhetorical question. B) Deduction. C) Understatement. D) Emphasis question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 26. Star Wars is an example of what genre? Star Wars is an example of what genre? A) Realistic fiction/ realista ficcion. B) Informational/informativo. C) Historical fiction/ historia ficcion. D) Science fiction/science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science fiction/science fiction. 27. The story of a German professor who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans climb down a crater and have many wild adventures, encountering dinosaurs and prehistoric man. They eventually return to surface again in southern Italy. A) Fantasy. B) Myth. C) Science Fiction. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy. 28. Which literary genre uses suspense and night time to tell it's story? A) Fantasy. B) Mystery. C) Nonfiction. D) Horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horror. 29. Daniela, Montrael, and Shaniah are reading a book set in the past, filled with real historical events, people, and places. What genre of literature are they reading? A) Science fiction. B) Mystery. C) Fantasy. D) Historical fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historical fiction. 30. A genre of fiction that contains magical elements such as nonexistent worlds, talking animals, and other creatures and objects or people with super powers, like Harry Potter or the Twilight series. A) Historical fiction. B) Fantasy. C) Science fiction. D) Realistic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fantasy. 31. Story that teaches a lesson and in which animals speak and act like human beings A) Fable. B) Drama. C) Science Fiction. D) Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 32. A crime is committed. In finding the criminal, a detective must unravel a web of clues before pinning down the suspect. A) Folktale. B) Fantasy. C) Realistic fiction-adventure. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mystery. 33. A great example of this genre is the work of JRR Tolkien, in which he created the fictional world of Middle Earth, along with several races and languages. A) Fantasy. B) Auto-biography. C) Science fiction. D) Memoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy. 34. Attila the Hun was the scourge of both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires in the 440s and 450s ..... He invaded and conquered territory in what would now be considered France and Italy, terrorizing the countryside along the way. This text tells the story of Attila's life. A) Realistic Fiction. B) Myth. C) Historical Fiction. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biography. 35. Which "genre" consists of famous stories written decades or even centuries ago, but which are still important and read today? A) Science fiction. B) Realistic fiction. C) Historical fiction. D) Classics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classics. 36. Type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm. It often employs rhyme and meter (a set of rules governing the number and arrangement of syllables in each line). A) Narrative. B) Memoir. C) Drama. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 37. A story about characters who lived during the First World War (the characters are not real but they seem real), is a ..... story A) Fiction-historical. B) Drama-tragedy. C) Fiction-fantasy. D) Poetry-lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiction-historical. 38. A type of folk tale that's greatly exaggerated. The characters seem larger-than-life and accomplish the impossible. A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Tall tale. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tall tale. 39. Another name for flash fiction is ..... A) Manga. B) Silent comics. C) Micro fiction. D) Doodle fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Micro fiction. 40. The Boy Who Dared is a novel that is set during the time of the Holocaust. It is based on a true story, but the author imagined the events in the plot. Which genre is this book? A) Realistic fiction. B) Fantasy. C) Nonfiction. D) Historical fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historical fiction. 41. In this genre characters drive the plot through speech and action. A) Short Story. B) Drama. C) Novel. D) Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 42. Any story that is composed orally and then passed on by word of mouth; literature handed down from one generation to the next; may deal with deroes, magic or adventure A) Fables. B) Folk literature. C) Mythology. D) Short stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folk literature. 43. A short story, that often includes talking animals and is used to teach a moral lesson. A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Fairy tale. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 44. Which genre features characters who try to solve a crime or a puzzle? A) Classics. B) Historical fiction. C) Mystery/detective. D) Thriller/suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mystery/detective. 45. Has gods or goddesses and often accounts for how something came to be. A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Legend. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 46. What type of writing is a letter asking a friend to visit? A) Narrative. B) Expository. C) Fiction. D) Persuasive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persuasive. 47. FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION BELONG TO THE MAIN GENRE OF FICTION A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 48. How many words are usually used in making flash fiction? A) Seven. B) Four. C) Five. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five. 49. A type of drama that is written to be entertaining or amusing for the audience. A) Fantasy. B) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comedy. 50. Definition:a long fictional work in prose ..... A) Fiction. B) The novel. C) A short story. D) A poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The novel. 51. Which genre? " Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney. Being a Kid can really stink and no one knows better than Greg Heffley, who finds himself thrust into high school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving. A) Science fiction. B) Mystery. C) Realistic fiction. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realistic fiction. 52. Mystery and horror are types of ..... A) Drama. B) Non-Fiction. C) Poetry. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fiction. 53. What are short folktales that have a moral or lesson, and usually have animal characters? A) Science Fiction. B) Fables. C) Fairy Tales. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fables. 54. Which genre of literature involves magical or supernatural elements? A) Fantasy. B) Romance. C) Science fiction. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy. 55. Which genre is a story or narrative from the past that is believed to have been historical? A) Proverb. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 56. What is the Non-Fiction Category? A) Books that are completely made up. B) Books about fictional characters and events. C) Books based on real events, people, and facts. D) Books based on myths and legends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Books based on real events, people, and facts. 57. A story that contains events that could never happen in real life. A) Poetry. B) Legend. C) Fantasy. D) Historical fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fantasy. 58. Fictional story including scientific parts of the story, like electrical monsters or talking spaceships A) Nonfiction. B) Fable. C) Poetry. D) Science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science fiction. 59. Section Garrison is tasked to perform a tragedy story. As part of the preparation, Section Garrison went for a month-long practice of precise movements and utmost emotions. A) Drama. B) Poetry. C) Creative non-fiction. D) Blog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drama. 60. Uses "you, your, yours" and is not often used for stories. Usually used for instructions or non-fiction articles. A) 2nd POV. B) 3rd POV limited. C) 3rd POV. D) 1st POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2nd POV. ← 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