This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > Literary Genres – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Genres Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which genre is a short moral story often animal characters that illustrate a moral lesson and may end with a pithy maxim? A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Tall Tale. D) Folklore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 2. What is the meaning of fiction genres? A) Writing that is true. B) Imaginative or made up writings. C) Verse & rhythmic writing with imagery. D) A play or script. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imaginative or made up writings. 3. What type of writing is Red Riding Hood? A) Fairy tale. B) Persuasive. C) Expository. D) Argumentative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy tale. 4. This genre is based on real or imagined inventions, space/time travel, or life in other worlds and is often set in the future. A) Horror. B) Realistic fiction. C) Science-fiction. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Science-fiction. 5. Which of the following is a characteristic of Drama? A) A script and a audience. B) Lines and stanzas. C) A moral message. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A script and a audience. 6. This genre has suspense, clues, and a puzzle to be solved. A) Mystery. B) Science fiction. C) People talk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mystery. 7. Which genre is typically performed on stage where the characters communicate? A) Play. B) News. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Play. 8. It features a love story or romantic relationship; generally lighthearted, optimistic, and emotionally satisfying. A) Romance. B) Horror. C) Science Fiction. D) Historical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romance. 9. Among his classmates, Keith is the least imaginative as he would describe himself. His strengths fall under being observant, making him see details common eyes missed. His works are creative, factual and accurate. A) Creative nonfiction. B) Drama. C) Vlog. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creative nonfiction. 10. What html element does hyper poetry use? A) Pictures. B) Hypertext. C) Icons. D) Text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypertext. 11. This literature is written in verse, uses sounds, rhythm, and word choice to convey ideas. A) Drama. B) Fiction. C) Nonfiction. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 12. It is an example of the Narrative genre A) Couplet. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) The Iliad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Iliad. 13. Writing concerned with beauty of language is ..... A) Poetry. B) Persuasive. C) Folklore. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 14. This kind of fiction often has secrets or crimes that need to be solved. A) Mystery. B) Biography. C) Science Fiction. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mystery. 15. He, she, his, her, they, them are examples of what point of view? A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd person. 16. Definition:Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale. The Tortoise and the Hare is a great example. A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Science Fiction. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 17. A story about life in the year 3023, is a ..... story, A) Nonfiction-reference. B) Nonfiction-biography. C) Fiction-science fiction. D) Fictiob-historical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiction-science fiction. 18. An encyclopedia entry that describe the parts of a car is a ..... book A) Nonfiction-biography. B) Nonfiction-reference. C) Nonfiction-periodical. D) Fiction-historical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction-reference. 19. A brief statement or account of the main points of something A) Event. B) Conflict. C) Adage. D) Summary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summary. 20. Writing in normal paragraph-style language A) Drama. B) Poetry. C) Narrative. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prose. 21. Science fiction is a subgenre of A) Folktale. B) Non-fiction. C) Fiction. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiction. 22. Fiction is divided into 3 parts-Prose, poetry and drama. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Which of the following is NOT a main genre of literature? A) Fiction. B) Poetry. C) Historical Fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical Fiction. 24. What is the meaning of a Drama genre? A) Imaginative or made up writings. B) Verse & rhythmic writing with imagery. C) A play or script. D) Writing that is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A play or script. 25. What literary genre includes Autobiographies and Biographies in its subgenres? A) Drama. B) Non-Fiction. C) Poetry. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-Fiction. 26. This novels are speculative stories with imagined elements that don't exist in the real world. Some are inspired by "hard" natural sciences like physics, chemistry, and astronomy; others are inspired by "soft" social sciences like psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Common elements of sci-fi novels include time travel, space exploration, and futuristic societies. A) Speculative Fiction. B) Fantasy. C) Bildungsroman. D) Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science Fiction. 27. When a person's life is written and documented by another individual, it falls into this genre. A) Historical Fiction. B) Science Fiction. C) Biography. D) Realistic Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biography. 28. It is a poetic genre that expresses the thoughts and emotions of a poet. A) Persona. B) Lyric poetry. C) Narrative. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyric poetry. 29. Which is not a type of poetry? A) Informative. B) Dramatic. C) Lyric. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Informative. 30. Harry Potter is an example of which genre? A) Fairytale. B) Myth. C) Biography. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fantasy. 31. A type of fantasy that features gods, goddesses or supernatural beings A) Fable. B) Tall tale. C) Myth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 32. This type of genre narrates a long story. It has a growing popularity and an example of this is manga. A) Speculative Fiction. B) Blogs. C) Graphic Novel. D) Text tula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphic Novel. 33. A depiction of real settings, people, and plots as a means of approaching the truth of everyday life and laws of nature. A) Fantasy. B) Science Fiction. C) Mystery. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Realism. 34. It is a composition in prose or verse intended to be acted on a stage. A) Non Fiction. B) Poetry. C) Fiction. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drama. 35. Identify the genre:Writing meant to be orally presented to inform or persuade an audience. A) Poetry. B) Speech. C) Reference. D) Informational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speech. 36. Goldilocks and the three bears is an example of A) Drama. B) Comedy. C) Mystery. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fiction. 37. Facts and information on how people can help save endangered animals living around the world. A) Autobiography. B) Informational. C) Realistic Fiction. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Informational. 38. Which genre is written to be performed? A) Short Story. B) Drama. C) Novel. D) Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 39. These are stories that often employ elements of the surreal and antireality. A) Metafiction. B) Fan fiction. C) Slipstream. D) Flash fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slipstream. 40. Identify the genre:Stories that have a moral or lesson. Animals often speak as humans in these stories. A) Mythology. B) Folklore or folk tale. C) Fable. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 41. A story of a person's life written by that person. A) Autobiography. B) Biography. C) Fiction. D) Realistic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autobiography. 42. The author of fairy tales are ..... A) Children. B) Famous. C) Unknown. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unknown. 43. Which of the following is the broadest categorization of literary genres? A) Drama-Narrative. B) Fiction-Nonfiction. C) Fiction-Expository writing. D) Fiction-Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction-Nonfiction. 44. Inipitin is the enclosed or ABBA rhyme scheme. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 45. Reginald Rose's choice to craft this play as a series of single-scene acts taking place in exactly the same setting without any alteration reinforces for the audience the sense of claustrophobic isolation and monotony the jurors were experiencing. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 46. A type of drama that can be described as serious in nature and often includes a catastrophic ending. A) Mystery. B) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedy. 47. An imagined community or society that is dehumanizing and frightening. A) Dystopian. B) Nonfiction. C) Realistic Fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dystopian. 48. True story of someone's life written by another person A) Nonfiction. B) Mystery. C) Biography. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biography. 49. Stories which take place in an accurate historical setting but with fictional characters and events A) Historical Fiction. B) Mystery. C) Poetry. D) Biography and Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical Fiction. 50. AN EXAMPLE OF A BIOGRAPHY WE ARE READING OR READ IN CLASS IS BARAK OBAMA'S BIOGRAPHY A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 51. The family filed into the theater and took their seats. Rebecca spoke up, "Why is that white sheet hanging there? Where will the actors stand?" Her father shushed her. "There won't be any actors, at least not in front of us." The theater grew dark, and suddenly, a loud clicking sound came from behind them. Rebecca turned to see a man operating a large machine that seemed to shoot out a beam of light. Her father tapped her shoulder and pointed. "Look!" Rebecca looked at the sheet where suddenly there appeared pictures of people. Moving pictures of people. She gasped. "What is this called?" she asked. Her dad chuckled. "It's a movie, and someday you'll be able to see one in any town in the country." A) Science fiction. B) Fantasy. C) Historical fiction. D) Realistic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical fiction. 52. Which genre of literature is based on realistic settings and characters? A) Realistic Fiction. B) Informational. C) Biography. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realistic Fiction. 53. What type of writing is a diary? A) Autobiography. B) Narrative. C) Expository. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autobiography. 54. Which GENRE requires the reader to search for clues to figure out something that is unknown? A) Fantasy. B) Traditional fiction. C) Mystery. D) Realistic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mystery. 55. The author listed several reason why snakes and rats make a excellent pet. The authors primary purpose is to ..... A) Persuade. B) Entertain. C) Describe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuade. 56. These genre are speculative fiction stories with imaginary characters set in imaginary universes. They're inspired by mythology and folklore and often include elements of magic. A) Fiction. B) Romance. C) Fantasy. D) Magical Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fantasy. 57. Covers a part of a person's life rather than all of it A) Autobiography. B) Biography. C) Memoir. D) Personal Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memoir. 58. Narrative of person's life A) Authorization. B) Fiction. C) Autobiography/Biography. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography/Biography. 59. Which genre focuses on events that happened in the past? A) Historical genre. B) Fantasy genre. C) Sci-fi genre. D) Fictional genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical genre. 60. ..... uses rhyme, rhythm and other styles. A) Drama. B) Prose. C) Genre. D) Poetry. 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