This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literature Terms – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literature Terms Quiz 1 (13 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture is called what? A) A conflict. B) An allusion. C) The climax. D) A myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An allusion. 2. This type of language makes comparisons between seemingly unlike things. A) Figurative language. B) Omniscient narrator. C) Allusion. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 3. This is a type of narrator who is all-knowing and all-seeing. A) Reflective. B) Character-driven. C) Singular. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omniscient. 4. The character who fights against the protagonist in a story is called the A) Antagonist. B) Hero. C) Narrator. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 5. This type of conflict is one a character experiences within himself A) External conflict. B) Marginal conflict. C) Regenerative conflict. D) Internal conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internal conflict. 6. This is the first part of a story where the setting and characters are introduced. A) Resolution. B) Rising action. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 7. This type of writing or language helps us see the story; it gives us mental pictures of the sights, sounds, and smells in a story. A) Falling actions. B) Figurative language. C) Descriptive writing. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive writing. 8. This is a type of literature where realistic events and magical or unreal events mix to create a believable story. A) Realistic literature. B) Magical realism. C) Symbolism. D) Protagonism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magical realism. 9. This type of story is a traditional story from a certain culture which tries to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious phenomenon. A) Myth. B) Dialogue. C) Plot. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 10. The conversations or talk between characters is called what? A) Dialogue. B) Protagonist. C) Antagonist. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 11. This is the highest point of suspense in a story. A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 12. This type of metaphor talks about nonhuman things as it it were human. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. This is a person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself. A) Symbol. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. Related QuizzesElements Of Literature QuizEnglish Literature (1) QuizEnglish Literature QuizIntroduction To Literary Studies QuizLiterary Criticism QuizLiterary Devices QuizLiterary Genres QuizLiterary Movements QuizLiterary Studies QuizLiterary Techniques QuizLiterary Themes QuizLiterary Theory And Criticism QuizLiterary Theory Post World War Ii QuizLiterary Theory QuizLiterature Vocabulary QuizMiscelleneous Questions QuizOverview Of English Literature QuizResearch Methods And Materials In English QuizTheme In Literature Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books