Literary Genres Quiz 58 (20 MCQs)

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1. Transcendentalism is a .....
2. What is the main characteristic of historical fiction?
3. The alien ship hovered above the landing pad. The ground crew waited expectantly, hoping the ship would touch down without incident. Sure, they had a lot of shuttle traffic at the spaceport every day, but this would be the first time a ship from another planet would touch down.
4. Which genre is a story from ancient times that explains certain aspects of life and nature?
5. A 21st century literature with futuristic setting and involves supernatural elements.
6. A fictional story that is usually more than one hundred pages long.
7. Which genre usually has a complex plot and multiple themes?
8. Defined as movies and novels in which a story is made up but is set in the past and sometimes borrows true characteristics of the time period in which it is set. (Defined as films and novels in which a story is invented, but which takes place in the past and sometimes borrows real characteristics from the time period in which it is set.)
9. Stories once passed down orally
10. A fiction story set in the past with events that teach readers what life was like at that time in history is .....
11. ..... is a story that is not real, usually in an imaginary world.
12. The intention of dramatists is to make their audience laugh.
13. It does not pay attention to rhyme or rhythm.
14. What type of writing is an article about World War II?
15. BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY BELONG TO THE GENRE OF NON FICTION
16. A book about Justin Bieber's life that is written by Justin Bieber is an example of what literary genre?
17. First published as a teleplay in 1954, how does this text reveal the traditions or culture of its writer's time?
18. The supply ship was scheduled to arrive within the hour, and it would be just in time. The Mars colony was successful, but the farmers had still not mastered the art of teasing crops from the iron-rich, red soil. Most of the settlers relied on the dried food brought by the supply ship. It had been so long that most families had been subsisting on rice and the few skinny ears of corn they had managed to grow.
19. Text the uses rhythm and will sometimes rhyme.
20. A genre of fiction that is set in the past and involves real people, places, or significant events from history.