This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > Literary Genres – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Genres Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are stories passed down from various cultures to explain natural things in the world? A) Fairy Tales. B) Realistic Fiction. C) Adventure. D) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myths. 2. This novels are set in a time and place that could actually happen in the real world. They depict real people, places, and stories in order to be as truthful as possible. This works of fiction remain true to everyday life and abide by the laws of nature as we currently understand them. A) Dystopian. B) Speculative Fiction. C) Bildungsroman. D) Realist Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Realist Literature. 3. What is the focus of chick lit? A) Hero-centered narrative. B) Adventure stories. C) Mystery and suspense. D) Historical events. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hero-centered narrative. 4. What Subgenres of Drama that has a sad drama with a sad ending? A) Tragedy. B) Dramatic. C) Drama. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 5. In which stories does the main characters always seem to have the most daring obstacles before them, and somehow always come out on top? A) Tall Tale. B) Adventure. C) Autobiography. D) Fairy Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adventure. 6. What usually takes place in a mystery novel or film? A) Everyone dies. B) Someone saves the world. C) A crime occurs that needs to be solved. D) The main character is always dabbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A crime occurs that needs to be solved. 7. Tink was not all bad:or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it must be a complete change. A) Science fiction. B) Historical fiction. C) Realistic fiction. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fantasy. 8. What is a story that includes a lot of action, danger, and excitement? A) Mystery. B) Legends. C) Drama. D) Adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adventure. 9. Which genre features gods, demigods, or supernatural humans? A) Proverb. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 10. Which genre is often written in stanzas and lines with a specific rhyme scheme? A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetry. 11. Literature that is not true "made up" or imagined A) Science Fiction. B) Verse. C) Myth. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fiction. 12. The four main genres in literature are: A) Poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction. B) Science fiction, epic poetry, horror, drama. C) Poetry, fiction, plays, comedies. D) Mystery, biography, nonfiction, poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction. 13. What are the three parts of prophetic literature? A) Exposition, climax, resolution. B) Lawsuit, woe, promise. C) Simile, metaphor, analogy. D) Gospel, epistle, apocalypse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lawsuit, woe, promise. 14. It refers to the characters' speech and is considered the lifeblood of drama. A) Dialogue. B) Genre. C) Poetry. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 15. You simply enjoy expressing yourself by vocalizing and playing the guitar. Which genre are you most fond of? A) Chick lit. B) Riddles. C) Songs. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Songs. 16. An example of Drama? A) Comedy. B) Play. C) Romance. D) Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Play. 17. What Subgenres of Poetry that tell about the speakers thought? A) Action. B) Lyric. C) Dramatic. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyric. 18. Which genre is imaginative fiction dependent on strangeness of setting and characters? A) Historical Fiction. B) Fiction. C) Novel. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fantasy. 19. Realistic fiction has no elements of fantasy; could be true bu isn't A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 20. A type of fantasy. Tells about events the could not occur in the present. Involves scientific elements such as robots or space travel. A) Fantasy. B) Realistic fiction. C) Science fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Science fiction. 21. It uses blogs, emails, and IM format narratives. A) Text-talk Novels. B) Chick Lit. C) Doodle Fiction. D) Graphic Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Text-talk Novels. 22. This genre considers works with artistic value and literary merit. They often include political criticism, social commentary, and reflections on humanity. A) Historical. B) Literary Fiction. C) Western. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary Fiction. 23. What literary genre uses heros who have some form of physical or mental challenge? A) Horror. B) Fantasy. C) Mystery. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mystery. 24. Fast and fun bite-sized narratives A) Text-tula novels. B) Six word flash fiction. C) Flash fiction. D) Short story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Six word flash fiction. 25. This is a dramatic poetry which features a hero whose hubris or shortcoming eventually causes his downfall or defeat often ending in a very sad conclusion. A) Melodrama. B) Tragedy. C) Farce. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedy. 26. Stories that are passed down from one group to another in history. A) Mystery. B) Science Fiction. C) Traditional Literature. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditional Literature. 27. (a) is considered a myth A) A Pandora's Box. B) Hercules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Pandora's Box. 28. Her perfume smelled like flowers and vanilla. Is an example of what: A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery / Sensory Language. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery / Sensory Language. 29. There are only adventure books on my shelf A) My room is full of books. B) There are only adventure books on my shelf. C) There are only adventure books in my room. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are only adventure books on my shelf. 30. When actions are interrupted by continuous and non chronological thoughts and feelings, we are talking about this novel A) Stream of consicousness. B) Picaresque. C) Aside. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stream of consicousness. 31. What is the classification of a literary work by its form, content, and style into categories such as poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction? A) Genres. B) Science Fiction. C) Drama. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genres. 32. Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets. A) Mystery. B) Horror. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mystery. 33. This type of poem praises anything it could be either someone great or something A) Ode. B) Elegy. C) Ballad. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode. 34. A type of narrative that is to be acted out, features dialogue and stage direction to help the actors tell a story A) Poem. B) Play. C) Fairy tale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Play. 35. Autobiographies are an example of A) Media. B) Drama. C) Fiction. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonfiction. 36. Why does a photograph or illustration need captions for? A) Captions mention the person who took the picture. B) Captions are used to frame the picture and make it POP!. C) Captions give more information about the picture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Captions give more information about the picture. 37. All of the following are nonfiction examples EXCEPT A) Speeches. B) Biographies. C) Essays. D) Short stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short stories. 38. HISTORICAL FICTION IS A TYPE OF FICTION THAT INCLUDES HISTORICAL ELEMENTS THAT MAY INCLUDE TRUE AND FICTIONAL COMPONENTS A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 39. With a printed version, what can be used to find the meaning of a word? A) Dictionary. B) Encyclopedia. C) Almanac. D) Newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dictionary. 40. This genre borrows true characteristics of the time period but the characters are fictional. (e.g. "Number the Stars"). A) Science Fiction. B) Poetry. C) Limerick. D) Historical Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historical Fiction. 41. What Subgenres of fiction that has advance technology? A) Folklore. B) Science fiction. C) Mystery. D) Historical fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Science fiction. 42. A FABLE INCLUDES ANIMALS AS CHARACTERS AND INCLUDES A MORAL OR A LESSON A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 43. Definition:A classic or legendary story that focuses on a particular hero, god, or event and explains mysteries of nature, existence, or the universe. Greek and Roman mythology are common types. A) Science Fiction. B) Fairy Tale. C) Fantasy. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myth. 44. Which genre has a simple plot and single theme? A) Drama. B) Poem. C) Short Story. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short Story. 45. What is a long poem that describes the heroic acts of a protagonist called? A) Captivity Narrative. B) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 46. Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters. A) Fantasy. B) Fairy Tale. C) Humor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy. 47. (a) is considered a realistic fiction story. A) A Two Roads. B) Anne Frank. C) The Secret Lake. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Two Roads. 48. The word genre comes from the French, meaning: A) Category. B) Kind. C) Group. D) Classify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kind. 49. It is a folks song to express love to a woman. A) Working song. B) Serenade. C) Lullaby. D) "passion". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serenade. 50. What do you call stories in verse or prose forms that are meant to be performed onstage in front of an audience? A) Soliloquy. B) Drama. C) Short story. D) Historical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 51. Which genre involves stories that are based on real-life situations and characters? A) Historical fiction. B) Science fiction. C) Realistic fiction. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realistic fiction. 52. Written reflections of events and happenings in the writer's life. A) Essay. B) Speech. C) Technical text. D) Journal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Journal. 53. A story about a person's life written by another person. A) Autobiography. B) Fantasy. C) Biography. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biography. 54. It is a story through text and illustrated images. Textual portions are presented in traditional form. A) Dblog. B) AGraphic Novel. C) CIllustrated Novel. D) BManga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CIllustrated Novel. 55. ..... is story where the characters don't know what happened until the end. A) Mystery. B) Biography. C) Poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mystery. 56. Which of the following exhibits a convention of a short story? A) Limited character description. B) Cesura. C) Dialogues. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limited character description. 57. It is the literary genre that consists of writing that follows meter and rhythmfor every line written. A) Fiction. B) Drama. C) Non-Fiction. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 58. It is the speaker of the poem, but not necessarily the poet himself or herself. A) Persona. B) Lyric poetry. C) Narrative. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persona. 59. True story of a real person's life from the past or present written by that person. A) Autobiography. B) Poetry. C) Biography. D) Realistic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autobiography. 60. This genre is meant to evoke a feeling of fright in both the characters and the reader. A) Historic fiction. B) Horror. C) Fairy tale. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horror. ← 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 8Literary Genres Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books