This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Terms > Literature Terms – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literature Terms Quiz 1 (13 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture is called what? A) A conflict. B) An allusion. C) The climax. D) A myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An allusion. 2. This type of language makes comparisons between seemingly unlike things. A) Figurative language. B) Omniscient narrator. C) Allusion. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 3. This is a type of narrator who is all-knowing and all-seeing. A) Omniscient. B) Singular. C) Character-driven. D) Reflective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omniscient. 4. The character who fights against the protagonist in a story is called the A) Hero. B) Antagonist. C) Narrator. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 5. This type of conflict is one a character experiences within himself A) Marginal conflict. B) Regenerative conflict. C) Internal conflict. D) External conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal conflict. 6. This is the first part of a story where the setting and characters are introduced. A) Resolution. B) Rising action. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 7. This type of writing or language helps us see the story; it gives us mental pictures of the sights, sounds, and smells in a story. A) Falling actions. B) Figurative language. C) Descriptive writing. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive writing. 8. This is a type of literature where realistic events and magical or unreal events mix to create a believable story. A) Protagonism. B) Magical realism. C) Realistic literature. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magical realism. 9. This type of story is a traditional story from a certain culture which tries to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious phenomenon. A) Myth. B) Plot. C) Dialogue. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 10. The conversations or talk between characters is called what? A) Dialogue. B) Protagonist. C) Antagonist. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 11. This is the highest point of suspense in a story. A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 12. This type of metaphor talks about nonhuman things as it it were human. A) Simile. B) Plot. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. This is a person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself. A) Antagonist. B) Symbol. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesEnglish Literature Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books