This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Fiction > Fiction Short Story Literature – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does it prove when Multivac needs to hear "please" ? A) The computer is broken. B) The scientists are frustrated. C) Multivac is becoming human. D) Nemerson doesn't like Weaver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multivac is becoming human. 2. CLP:What is the primary theme of the story? A) That nothing in life truly matters. B) The older you are, the wiser you are. C) Drinking makes you feel less alone. D) Wartime causes depression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That nothing in life truly matters. 3. This type may be a combination of different fiction forms like dystopian, science fiction, and fantasy, or any other combination. . Considered as a supergenre, writers of speculative fiction have limitless use of the possibilities beyond the human imagination A) Bildungsroman. B) Speculative fiction. C) Western. D) Romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speculative fiction. 4. The events of a story have to take place in a certain time and place. A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Dialouge. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 5. Often used in short stories, especially at the end. It is an experience of sudden and striking realization. A) Epiphany. B) Irony. C) Dialogue. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphany. 6. A theme is ..... A) General and broad. B) Specific to the story. C) Always directly stated in the text. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) General and broad. 7. Literature written in prose (language in ordinary, paragraph form) such as novels and short stories. A) Literature. B) Fiction. C) Novels. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction. 8. Why is a setting very important? A) It's not. B) It is important because the story depends on where the setting is. C) It is important because the characters will not know where to stand without it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is important because the story depends on where the setting is. 9. A character who changes as a result of the story's events is a ..... character. A) Dynamic. B) Static. C) Flat. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic. 10. A&P: "The whole store was like a pinball machine" is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. A ..... is a scene that interrupts the present action to describe an event that took place earlier. A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Tone. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 12. ..... is the process of revealing a character's personality. A) Rising action. B) Characterization. C) Static. D) Dyanmic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 13. In which type of fiction story does ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare belong? A) Science Fiction. B) Fable. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drama. 14. What is using clues and "reading between the lines" to figure out ideas that the author has not directly stated? A) Analyzing. B) Questioning. C) Predicting. D) Making Inferences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analyzing. 15. ..... is a tool writers use to recreate sensory experience for readers. A) Flashback. B) Irony. C) Mood. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 16. What is point of view? A) How well the protagonist sees. B) How the author shows the story to the reader. C) What the narrator thinks. D) What the author thinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How the author shows the story to the reader. 17. CLP:What is the main contrast in the story? A) The contrast between the old and young waiters. B) The contrast between the old man and the young waiter. C) The contrast between light and dark. D) The contrast between the cafe and the bar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The contrast between light and dark. 18. In "The Perfect Gift, " the character of Franny told the story. Select the statement that best display her first person point of view. A) "It had a lot of tiny ledges for Winston to perch on. It was like a cathedral for a bird.". B) "We all did pretty well with the no-dollar gift exchange.". C) "You'd think we'd all be relieved, right?". D) "I have to hand it to most of the eighth graders in Mr. Sommer's homeroom.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I have to hand it to most of the eighth graders in Mr. Sommer's homeroom.". 19. It refers to imaginative literature usually consisting of a few hundred words. A) Short story. B) Flash fiction. C) Doodle fiction. D) Graphic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flash fiction. 20. What elements make up setting? A) Time. B) Characters/Plot. C) Time/Place. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time/Place. ← 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 9Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books