This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Fiction > Fiction Short Story Literature – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. RE:What inference can you make based on the strand of gray hair discovered at the end of "A Rose for Emily" ? A) Homer's hair began to gray. B) Emily had been recently laying next to Homer's remains. C) The room was dirty and dark. D) Homer was in a dusty place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emily had been recently laying next to Homer's remains. 2. What refers to a writer's use of hints that suggests events that will occur later in a story? A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Irony. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 3. Is NOT one of the themes A) Setting. B) Good vs Evil. C) Loss of Innocence. D) Revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 4. It refers to any writing formed with letters and not only what is written but what is voiced. A) Movie. B) Literature. C) Nonfiction. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literature. 5. What is the definition of fact? A) A statement that can be proved by experts, looking up information in a book, etc. B) A personal belief or judgement that cannot be proven. C) An edible bulb with a pungent taste and smell, composed of several concentric layers, used in cooking. D) Prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement that can be proved by experts, looking up information in a book, etc. 6. CLP:What did the light represent? A) A safe Haven. B) Life. C) Innocence. D) Serenity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A safe Haven. 7. C:What do the chrysanthemums symbolize? A) Love. B) Elisa. C) The tinkerer. D) Anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elisa. 8. A type of conflict can be: A) Person vs. nature. B) Person vs. society. C) Person vs. the supernatural. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. Who is telling the story is known as A) Character. B) Point of view. C) Conflict. D) Storyteller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 10. The point of view that uses personal pronouns like I, me, my, we, and our. A) First person point of view. B) Second person point of view. C) Third person point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person point of view. 11. When we are told directly what kind of person the character is, the writing is using ..... A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. C) Narration. D) Framed story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. 12. Authors use ..... to give the readers clues about what will occur later in the story. A) Flashbacks. B) Foreshadowing. C) Characters. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 13. Which of these is an example of an onomatopoeia? A) BUZZ. B) Get an ear full. C) Sly as a fox. D) Red represents STOP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BUZZ. 14. This part of the story is where the author sets the stage for the story. Characters are introduced, the setting is described, and the conflict begins to unfold. A) Theme. B) Setting. C) Resolution. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposition. 15. Is the narrator's way of telling the story. A) Setting. B) Theme. C) Point of View. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of View. 16. A&P:What is the major theme of the story? A) Women should be subjected. B) Actions have consequences. C) Women rule the world. D) For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actions have consequences. 17. The minor problem or problems that occur in a story are called ..... A) Subplot. B) Conflict. C) Climax. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subplot. 18. A person, place or thing, or event that stands for itself as well as for something beyond itself ..... A) Allusion. B) Symbol. C) Mood. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 19. In "The Key Item", the dialogue between Nemerson and Weaver becomes more and more A) Frustrated and angry. B) Comical. C) Kind and amicable. D) Serious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frustrated and angry. 20. The type of external conflict where a person is against a large group of people. A) Man vs. Society. B) Man vs. Nature. C) Internal Conflict. D) Man vs. Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs. Society. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesFiction Short Story Literature Quiz 1Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 2Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 3Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 4Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 5Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 6Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 7Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 8Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books