This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically unlike but have something in common; do not use the word like or as. A) Simile. B) Conflict. C) Metaphor. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 2. Busy bees buzzed between bushes. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 3. People (or animals) that take part in the story's plot are called? A) Conflict. B) Setting. C) Characters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters. 4. In Beauty and the Beast, the part where Belle gets imprisoned at the Beast's castle, then slowly gets to know the Beast and eventually falls in love with him, is the ..... A) Falling Action. B) Climax. C) Exposition. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising Action. 5. The way a writer creates and develops character is known as A) Characterization. B) Imagery. C) Analogy. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 6. The protagonist is defined as A) The good guy. B) The bad guy. C) The character who the action revolves mostly around. D) The character who is mentioned mostly in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The character who the action revolves mostly around. 7. You are struggling with whether to lie to your parents or not. This would be an example of A) Man vs Society. B) Man vs Man. C) Man vs Nature. D) Man vs Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs Self. 8. In this element of plot, the author introduces the characters and setting. A) Resolution. B) Climax. C) Exposition. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 9. Interest and suspense are built during which part of the story? A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 10. Which part of the story ties up all the loose ends and takes care of the conflict? A) The climax. B) The theme. C) The resolution. D) The introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The resolution. 11. Which theme best relates to the story? A) Always be kind and generous. B) Putting off important tasks is dangerous. C) Don't get wishes from a magical snail. D) Think carefully before speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Think carefully before speaking. 12. Term to describe a character that changes within a story A) Static character. B) Dynamic character. C) Hyper character. D) Changing character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic character. 13. Contrast between what is expected and what actually is (a twist) A) Irony. B) Foreshadowing. C) Exposition. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 14. In Sleeping Beauty, the part where the princess marries the prince and they live happily ever after is the ..... A) Resolution. B) Falling Action. C) Climax. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 15. Which of the following is NOT a type of external conflict? A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Nature. C) Man vs. Self. D) Man vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. Self. 16. The room became an icebox every time the air conditioning went on. A) You must leave the refrigerator door open to stay cool. B) It is cold in the air conditioned room. C) It is hot inside the room. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is cold in the air conditioned room. 17. The viewpoint from which the story is told (Who is the narrator? ) A) Character. B) Author. C) Onomoatopoeia. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Point of View. 18. The climax is the part of the story where ..... A) The event that starts the story happens. B) The turning point, high point, or main event is in a story. C) The story ends. D) We meet our characters, and learn our setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The turning point, high point, or main event is in a story. 19. The author's attitude toward his or her subject is called A) Mood. B) Style. C) Tone. D) Author's purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 20. Either a narrator outside of the story tells it or a main character tells the story A) Plot. B) Point of view. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. Next →Related QuizzesElements Of Literature Quiz 2Elements Of Literature Quiz 3Elements Of Literature Quiz 4Elements Of Literature Quiz 5Elements Of Literature Quiz 6Elements Of Literature Quiz 7Elements Of Literature Quiz 8Elements Of Literature Quiz 9Elements Of Literature Quiz 10Elements Of Literature Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books