This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Elements > Elements Of Literature – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elements Of Literature Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the thesis in "Maggie and milly and molly and may" ? A) The sea has mysterious powers. B) The sea can comfort us in times of trouble. C) One must get closer to nature. D) Choices reveal personality or character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Choices reveal personality or character. 2. When problem, characters, setting, and background information about a story are introduced is the A) Rising action. B) Falling action. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 3. The main idea or message that is revealed in a work of literature. A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 4. What is the name for the perspective from which a story is told? A) Point of View. B) Character. C) Theme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of View. 5. This conflict is an external struggle positioning the hero against an animal, an illness, or a force of nature, such as a storm or tornado or snow. A) Person vs. Person. B) Person vs. Nature. C) Person vs. Self. D) Person vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person vs. Nature. 6. The feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader. A) Mood. B) Point of view. C) Symbol. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 7. The dictionary meaning of the word. A) Diction. B) Denotation. C) Dialect. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 8. What is the definition of a motif? A) A repeating image that has significance. B) A repeating sound that has significance. C) A repeating symbol that has significance. D) An object that represents something else. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A repeating symbol that has significance. 9. A series of related events that make up a story A) Conflict. B) Plot. C) Outline. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 10. The main idea or the underlying meaning of a literary work A) Plot. B) Character. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 11. What does setting help create in a story? A) Warmth. B) Mood. C) Tension. D) A better understanding of the characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 12. Which story element provides the drama in a story? A) Theme. B) Characters. C) Setting. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 13. The force working against the protagonist is called the A) Bad guy. B) Pacifist. C) Antagonist. D) Villainheroine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 14. Which of the following is NOT a literary element? A) Resolution. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 15. When the author makes statements about a character's personality directly to the reader. A) Foreshadowing. B) Direct characterization. C) Indirect characterization. D) Stage directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct characterization. 16. What do we call the universal message or lesson of a story? A) Topic. B) Theme. C) Concept. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 17. A look at the past is called ..... A) A flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) An internal conflict. D) The resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A flashback. 18. What are the complications of a story? A) Events that make it hard to solve the conflict. B) Events that happen because of the climax. C) The end of the story. D) Annoying characters in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Events that make it hard to solve the conflict. 19. Which sentence most accurately describes Mr. Beighton? A) He was a power in the land; and he behaved as such. B) He was an easy going man. C) His pay was beyond the dream of avarice. D) He was a plain man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was an easy going man. 20. The opposing character or force/issue the main character faces. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Climax. D) Villain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. ← 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