This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Fiction > Magical Realism – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Magical Realism Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The AlchemistWhat is the message conveyed by the fact that, although Urim and Thummim are available to help Santiago make decisions, he only uses them once? A) There are no easy answers. B) A person should listen to his/her own heart when faced with a decision. C) Other people will try to tell you what to do. D) The answers are written in the wind, not in the stones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person should listen to his/her own heart when faced with a decision. 2. A husband whose wife is pregnant is envious of her ability to create life. A set of drawers materializes in the husband's chest. In one moment, the wife asks her husband to carry her lipstick in one of his chest-drawers at a party. A) Fantasy. B) Science fiction. C) Magical realism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magical realism. 3. The king of the gods; another name for Zeus A) Juno. B) Arachne. C) Pallas. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jupiter. 4. The AlchemistAt one point the alchemist tells Santiago, "When you possess great treasure within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed." How does this simple lesson save Santiago's life? A) The tribal chieftains don't believe the hawks are an omen. B) The Englishman doesn't believe he learns things by observing. C) The robbers at the Pyramids do not believe he is digging for treasure. D) Fatima doesn't believe him when he says he will come back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The robbers at the Pyramids do not believe he is digging for treasure. 5. The Alchemist"You don't have to understand the desert; all you have to do is contemplate a simple grain of sand, and you will see all the marvels of creation." What point is the alchemist making with this statement? A) He believes that the desert is too big to be understood. B) He is urging simplicity. C) He contends that the desert isn't the place of greatest beauty on earth. D) He wants Santiago to look to the wind instead of the desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is urging simplicity. 6. To struggle in contest with A) Entreaty. B) Contend. C) Pleading. D) Personates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contend. 7. What is an unreliable narrator? A) Someone that is trustworthy. B) Someone who gives all sides of a story. C) Someone the reader can't fully believe. D) Someone who always breaks the rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone the reader can't fully believe. 8. Which of the following people is engaging in suspension of disbelief? A) Micah rolls his eyes at the fake-looking explosion in the action movie he's watching. B) Abdul reads a science fiction novel, his mind on a spaceship a million miles from Earth. C) Kendra forgets her English homework regularly and still seems to expect a good grade. D) Latisha does not understand some of the words she is reading, so she stops to look them up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abdul reads a science fiction novel, his mind on a spaceship a million miles from Earth. 9. Which is true of "The Rememberer" A) Annie lets Ben go. B) Annie cannot accept the loss of Ben. C) Ben transforms because he is a threat. D) The reader learns why Ben transforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Annie lets Ben go. 10. This takes place in a world in which insomnia has become an epidemic with no cure. Insomnia is treated as a scientific phenomenon:people can donate their sleep in hours, a process that is described clinically; nurses at the sleep banks can literally smell the sleep streaming out of the donors. A) Fantasy. B) Science fiction. C) Magical realism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Science fiction. 11. The AlchemistAlthough the alchemist leaves Santiago to finish his journey alone, he does one more thing to help him live out his Personal Legend. What is it? A) He sends Fatima to him. B) He gives the monk a piece of gold in case he needs it. C) He tricks the robbers into going in the other direction. D) He calls on the moon to light his way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He gives the monk a piece of gold in case he needs it. 12. The wife of Jupiter A) Antigone. B) Pallas. C) Juno. D) Europa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juno. 13. There is always a definite conclusion in Magical Realism. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. A Hollywood director is making a film based on a magical realist story. Which of the following directions would she be most likely to give the actors, in order to create the proper tone? A) "Show how angry you feel during the most intense scenes.". B) "Let your face reflect your amazement at surprising events.". C) "No matter what happens in the story, avoid showing any shock or fear.". D) "You may create new dialogue to demonstrate when the story disturbs you.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "No matter what happens in the story, avoid showing any shock or fear.". 15. Instead of having elaborate adventures, William always suspected his father was really doing what? A) Gambling. B) Robbing banks. C) Being a con man. D) Having an affair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having an affair. 16. The roots of Magical Realism start with Paolo Coelho A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. How do endings in Modern Gothic literature usually conclude? A) Fully Resolved. B) With a Cliffhanger. C) Ambiguously. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambiguously. 18. ..... refers to the lack of clear opinions about the accuracy of events and the credibility of the world views expressed by the characters in the text. A) Authorial Reticence. B) Total Recall. C) Ambiguous Reverence. D) Unsure Thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Authorial Reticence. 19. Which option describes the main purpose of paragraph 31 in the story? A) It helps the reader understand the mayor's power over the village. B) It shows how Alita is motivated by thoughts of her grandfather. C) It describes how the setting makes a dark and scary mood. D) It tells why San Martin has chosen Alita as a Wise One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It describes how the setting makes a dark and scary mood. 20. A girl whose life is realistic in every way, except that she can taste the feelings of the chef in the foods that she eats. A) Fantasy. B) Science fiction. C) Magical realism. D) None of above. 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