This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Overview > Literary Genres – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Genres Quiz 39 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A book that involves clues, suspense, a puzzling event, or crime. A) Science Fiction. B) Historical Fiction. C) Realistic Fiction. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mystery. 2. With a printed version, what can be used to find the synonym of a word? A) Dictionary. B) Newspaper. C) Glossary. D) Thesaurus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thesaurus. 3. Name by which the creator of works belonging to the Dramatic genre is known A) Writer. B) Playwright. C) Poet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playwright. 4. NAME THAT GENRE!Sonya hobbled down the school hallway to look out the window at the field hockey field. All of her friends were out there, and she was stuck inside. She tapped absently on her cast. The doctor said it would be at least six weeks before the cast came off, and another two or three after that before she could play sports again. She sighed. "I'm going to miss the whole season." A) Realistic fiction. B) Science fiction. C) Historical fiction. D) Fantasy fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realistic fiction. 5. It features a female protagonist A) Doodle Fiction. B) Graphic Novel. C) Text-talk Novels. D) Chick Lit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chick Lit. 6. The literary genre of ..... often kills off all but the main characters? A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. C) Horror. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horror. 7. This genre collects the impressions, ideas, anecdotes and stories from a person's life, written by him/her self, regarding a specific period of his/her life. A) Auto-biography. B) Biography. C) Memoir. D) Periodicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memoir. 8. Nonfiction are based on true events. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. A short fictitious story that illustrates or teaches a religious or moral principle. A) Tall tale. B) Myth. C) Parable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parable. 10. Fiction full of funny situations, meant to entertain. A) Biography. B) Fairy Tale. C) Humor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humor. 11. A book about the life of a famous President, is a ..... book. A) Nonfiction-biography. B) Nonfiction-periodical. C) Nonfiction-reference. D) Poetry-epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonfiction-biography. 12. Denouement or the solution that provides closure to the story A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. A ..... is a story about a crime or a strange event that is difficult to explain. A) Mystery. B) Legend. C) Fairy tale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mystery. 14. She loves to browse pictures in adventure comics A) She loves reading adventure comics. B) She loves looking at pictures in adventure comics. C) She doesn't like adventure comics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She loves looking at pictures in adventure comics. 15. A group of children travel in a time machine to visit President Washington. A) Science Fiction. B) Fantasy. C) Biography. D) Historical Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science Fiction. 16. Which genre is written in paragraphs and sentences without any specific structure? A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. 17. Story that can actually happen and is true to life. A) Dystopian. B) Science Fiction. C) Realistic Fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realistic Fiction. 18. The songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people or "folk" as handed down by word of mouth. A) Folklore. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folklore. 19. A story that develops through a screenshot of SMS conversation like Vince and Kath by Jenny Ruth Almocera is an example of this literary genre. A) Chick Lit. B) Digi-Fiction. C) Hyper Poetry. D) Text-Talk Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Text-Talk Novel. 20. This is a story that is way back in time. The event or history or real but characters are made up. A) Science fiction. B) Historical fiction. C) Realistic fiction. D) Narrative nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical fiction. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Genres Quiz 1Literary Genres Quiz 2Literary Genres Quiz 3Literary Genres Quiz 4Literary Genres Quiz 5Literary Genres Quiz 6Literary Genres Quiz 7Literary Genres Quiz 8Literary Genres Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books