This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Fiction > Fiction Short Story Literature – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The second largest works of fiction. Shorter than one but longer than another. A) Novels. B) Short Stores. C) Novellas. D) Biographies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Novellas. 2. The part of the plot that serves as the "brewing point" of the conflict A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Falling action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 3. "Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, ..... him, forcing him to stay where he was and not walk away from the house ..... " A) Briskly. B) Emanate. C) Compelling. D) Lingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compelling. 4. What is a plot? A) The sequence of events that takes you through the story. B) The practice of placing dots on a chart. C) The overall feeling that the story gives the reader. D) The different types of characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sequence of events that takes you through the story. 5. The genre of fiction that includes stories with technology not found in our world such as super computers, robots, time machines, etc. A) Informational. B) Realistic fiction. C) Historical fiction. D) Science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science fiction. 6. The main character, Squeaky, of "Raymond's Run" could best be described as: A) A girly-girl; she enjoys participating in the Maypole activities. B) Competitive; she's always trying to be the best and fastest. C) Shy and vulnerable; she doesn't speak up for herself and is bullied. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competitive; she's always trying to be the best and fastest. 7. Which term names the problem that characters in a story must face and solve? A) The setting. B) The novel. C) The conflict. D) The essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The conflict. 8. In "The Key Item" Multivac is what? A) A scientist. B) A technician. C) An electronic store. D) "the most gigantic and glorious machine ever put together by the mind and hands of man" that can "analyze futures in in weather, politics, and economics.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "the most gigantic and glorious machine ever put together by the mind and hands of man" that can "analyze futures in in weather, politics, and economics.". 9. Define myth A) A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. B) A narrative set in the past that gives a fictional account of historical figures or events. C) A short story narrative with a plot and characters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. 10. The feeling that work of literature conveys ..... A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Symbol. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 11. A perspective from which a story is told in 1st or 3rd person is called the ..... A) Conflict. B) Plot. C) Point of View. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of View. 12. Which of the following is the best example of an appreciative perspective concerning Columbus? A) "The admiral was widely resented.He had built himself a large stone house ". B) "Columbus ruled with an iron hand. He withheld salaries". C) "Whom will they look up to if not to people like Columbus?". D) "Those men were barbarians They did not survive.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Whom will they look up to if not to people like Columbus?". 13. It is a creative piece written in comic form. A) Comic story. B) Storyboard. C) Flash fiction. D) Graphic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graphic fiction. 14. ..... is the place and the time of the story A) Supporting details. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 15. A statement about what the passage or text is mainly about is A) Main idea. B) Summary. C) Conflict. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main idea. 16. In "To Build a Fire", the setting acts as a(n) A) Theme. B) Protagonist. C) Symbol. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 17. The narrator, Lou, Frieda Morris, Side-Pocket, and Mama are all ..... A) Main Character. B) Minor Characters. C) Characters. D) Real Live people that I interact with daily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters. 18. In the story, The War of the Wall, Frieda Morris is ..... A) Main Character. B) Minor Character. C) Plot. D) Not really important on this test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minor Character. 19. When is the conclusion? A) When we eat a pancake. B) When the pressure is reduced. C) When we get a resolution for the problem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When we get a resolution for the problem. 20. It is a poem of mourning to someone's death. A) Epigram. B) Epitaph. C) Epic. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elegy. ← 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