This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Elements > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is not a true statement about allusions? A) Can be brief or extended. B) Overlap with imaginative comparisons. C) Take advantage of things a reader already knows. D) Are usually universally understandable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are usually universally understandable. 2. What type of conflict is best shown here ..... A) Character vs. character. B) Character vs. self. C) Character vs. nature. D) Character vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character vs. character. 3. What literary device is used in this sentence from "The Most Dangerous Game" ? "I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. These people are an example of .....? A) Character. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character. 5. Events leading up to the climax A) Rising action. B) Descriptive Details. C) Personification. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising action. 6. Which of the following is NOT an element of a story? A) Explanation. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explanation. 7. PLOT:What is the CONSEQUENCE of the crisis? A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Crisis. D) Complication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 8. Which of the following is NOT part of the setting of a story? A) Environment. B) Intensity. C) Location. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intensity. 9. If someone gets a phone call while on vacation that his/her house burnt down, that is a .....? A) Character. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 10. Who is the narrator of the short story? A) The author of the story. B) A person who tells the story. C) The comic relief in the story. D) The foil for the protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person who tells the story. 11. Hints/clues about what might happen later in the story is called? A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 12. The people (or animals, things, etc. presented as people) in a literary work are known as: A) Setting. B) Characters. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characters. 13. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of the setting? A) Create a mood or atmosphere. B) Creates a conflict for the character to solve. C) Explain a character's motives. D) Reveal a characters traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explain a character's motives. 14. Hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 15. A character's self-doubt about the best way to solve a problem. A) Internal Conflict. B) External Conflict. C) Person vs. Person. D) Person vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal Conflict. 16. The events of a story, from start to finish A) Rising action. B) Conflict. C) Theme. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plot. 17. A state of nervous excitement in the reader from anticipating what is going to happen next in the plot: A) Motivation. B) Theme. C) Suspense. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 18. The tone of Engle's essay "An Old-Fashioned Iowa Christmas" is best described as ..... A) Humorus. B) Nostalgic. C) Sad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nostalgic. 19. A reader will most likely have to make inferences about characters if the author uses A) Indirect characterization. B) Flat characters. C) An exotic setting. D) A simple theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect characterization. 20. The setting of the story can be described with which of the following words: A) Who, what. B) Where, how. C) When, where. D) Why, what. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When, where. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesElements Of Literature Quiz 1Elements 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books