Elements Of Literature Quiz 11 (20 MCQs)

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1. In "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" how does Denis escape from the troops pursuing him?

Correct Answer: A) The door he is leaning against happens to open.

2. What type of character stays the same throughout the story?

Correct Answer: C) Static.

3. The theme of a short story can be described as the

Correct Answer: C) Message of the story.

4. Returning to an earlier time in a story, This is used to make the present story clearer.

Correct Answer: D) Flashback.

5. How the author describes the characters is known as

Correct Answer: A) Characterization.

6. Which word means ..... What happens at the beginning/the main problem the main character faces.

Correct Answer: A) Exposition.

7. A method used by an author to develop the characters

Correct Answer: D) Characterization.

8. Character vs. Nature is when

Correct Answer: B) Environmental conflict such as a hurricane.

9. The struggle between two forces in a story

Correct Answer: A) Conflict.

10. What is the main type of conflict in "Those Three Wishes" ?

Correct Answer: B) Man vs. self.

11. The highest point of tension or drama in a narratives' plot, when the main problem of the story is faced and solved is called .....

Correct Answer: B) The climax.

12. The perspective from which the story is told by the narrator (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) is called the

Correct Answer: B) Point of view.

13. The CLIMAX of the story "Jack and the Beanstalk" is .....

Correct Answer: B) When Jack steals the Goose with the golden eggs.

14. Which of these does NOT help a reader figure out a character's traits?

Correct Answer: D) The character's pets.

15. Text evidence is .....

Correct Answer: A) Words from the text that support your inference.

16. When the author takes the reader back in time to a memory, he or she is using the technique called

Correct Answer: C) Flashback.

17. Anything that causes a problem for the main character

Correct Answer: D) Antagonist.

18. Which part of the plot is the turning point of the story?

Correct Answer: C) Climax.

19. The beginning of the story where characters are introduced, the setting is revealed, and the situation is set up is also called the .....

Correct Answer: C) Exposition.

20. If your friend asks you what happens in a book you will probably tell her:

Correct Answer: C) The plot and conflict.