Elements Of Literature Quiz 7 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. When and where

Correct Answer: C) Setting.

2. Theme can be explained as

Correct Answer: B) A specific message about life.

3. What do we call the main character of a story?

Correct Answer: A) Protagonist.

4. Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.This is an example of:

Correct Answer: C) Metaphor.

5. Someone caught in a blizzard is an example of Person v.

Correct Answer: A) Nature.

6. A solitary speech in which is the character is speaking to himself or herself.

Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy.

7. When the opposite event or situation occurs than what the reader or audience would expect, it is called

Correct Answer: B) Irony.

8. What is the emotional highpoint of a story?

Correct Answer: B) Climax.

9. A ..... character changes; a ..... character stays the same.

Correct Answer: C) Dynamic; static.

10. The reason for writing

Correct Answer: A) Author's Purpose.

11. The theme of a literary work is best described as-

Correct Answer: B) The message or lesson in the work.

12. What is exposition?

Correct Answer: C) Where character, setting, and situation are introduced.

13. An apple can be symbolic of .....

Correct Answer: C) Temptation.

14. This is literary element is the perspective from which the reader will view the events in the story:

Correct Answer: A) Point of view.

15. Which word means ..... A story's main message or moral.

Correct Answer: C) Theme.

16. What is the setting in the story?

Correct Answer: C) Dublin, Ireland during a civil war.

17. The message the author wants to get across is the

Correct Answer: D) Theme.

18. When in a story do complications happen?

Correct Answer: B) Rising Action.

19. When and where a story takes place is called the .....

Correct Answer: B) Setting.

20. The lesson that the story teaches is called the

Correct Answer: B) Moral.