This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Fiction > Magical Realism – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Magical Realism Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The narrator and his sister's house is ..... A) A house that has been passed from generation to generation. B) Old and falling down. C) Painted with a mural on the outside. D) Made of stone and mud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A house that has been passed from generation to generation. 2. Describes or portrays A) Delineates. B) Pleading. C) Entreaty. D) Monarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delineates. 3. When the people in the community are considering what to do with the angel, which of the following ideas is NOT put forward? A) They will send him to a circus. B) They will make him a five-star general. C) They will make him mayor of the world. D) They will put him out to stud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will send him to a circus. 4. Which story is about capitalism? A) Super-Frog Saves Tokyo. B) A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings. C) The Nose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Super-Frog Saves Tokyo. 5. Which of the following is an important characteristic of Magical Realism? A) Time and space continue as usual. B) Dreams do not come true. C) Imagery is flat; little sensory detail. D) Magical elements blend with the real world as a normal part of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magical elements blend with the real world as a normal part of life. 6. In "The Metamorphosis, " when Gregor Samsa wakes up, he realizes ..... A) He had a bad dream about transforming into something. B) That there is vermin all over his bed. C) He has transformed into a vermin during his sleep. D) That he greatly enjoyed his dreams from the previous night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has transformed into a vermin during his sleep. 7. Which protagonist thinks most highly of themselves? A) Katagiri. B) The old man with enormous wings. C) Kovaloff. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kovaloff. 8. MetamorphosisIf this story is an allegory, the term suggests that A) Gregor is used to represent all men. B) The story is meant to be read and understood on two levels. C) The story is a fictional tale meant to entertain. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 9. We can infer (assume based on details) that Pelayo and Elisenda are religious. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. True or False, The setting of stories that fall under the genre of magical realism have a setting that is contemporary (normal life) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Who said it:" ..... every blessing ignored becomes a curse." A) The Alchemist. B) The crystal merchant. C) The camel driver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The crystal merchant. 12. Realism stories typically involve ..... as a setting. A) Extravagant, luxurious places. B) Common, daily places. C) Far off, distant places. D) Dark, dismal places. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Common, daily places. 13. Which of the following is NOT a criteria of magical realism? A) Contains an element that defies natural law. B) Reveals a human truth. C) Uses an allusion. D) Has a hero and a villain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has a hero and a villain. 14. Existentialists believe that individuals all have the same experience A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Monotony A) Tedious sameness. B) To view or consider with continued attention. C) Pale. D) To cause to ooze; to spread out in all directions. E) The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tedious sameness. 16. Magic Realists tell stories that are A) Fantastic. B) Matter-of-fact. C) Ridiculous. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 17. MetamorphosisGregor's death appears to result from A) The apple stuck in his back. B) His loss of interest in living after his sister wishes that he were dead. C) The kicks and blows on his head from his father. D) Both A and B. E) Both B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 18. Which of the following is NOT a convention of MR A) Surreal transformation. B) Supernatural intrusion. C) Fluidity of space and time. D) Power of the elements of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Power of the elements of the earth. 19. Usurp A) Ready to take place; hanging threateningly over one's head. B) Stretched out face down on the ground; to lay on one's sstomach. C) To seize or hold by force. D) To limit one's strength or resources by "tying" them down. E) Capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To seize or hold by force. 20. Which event would be a likely part of the development of a magical realist story? A) The mayor is finally voted out of office. B) A teen finds out that she was accepted into college. C) Water in a bowl turns red and boils for no reason. D) Huge sharks threaten the main character on a boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water in a bowl turns red and boils for no reason. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesMagical Realism Quiz 1Magical Realism Quiz 2Magical Realism Quiz 3Magical Realism Quiz 5Magical Realism Quiz 6Magical Realism Quiz 7Magical Realism Quiz 8Magical Realism Quiz 9Magical Realism Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books