Theme Practice Test

Which of the following statements is true about themes?

• It is the author’s attitude towards a subject

• It is a universal idea or lesson explored in the literary text

• It is directly stated in the text

• It is the feeling that the author creates for readers

Which option is the best example of theme?

• Rumors might fly around the school cafeteria.

• I heard a rumor

• Be wary of rumors.

• There is a rumor about dinner being late.

Which of the following statements is NOT a characteristic of themes?

• It is a summary of the story.

• It is a life lesson that a reader interprets or infers from the story

• It is the underlying message behind the story

• It is a universal ideas that a reader can relate to

Which option is most often true about the theme of a story?

• The theme is based on the rhythm of the story.

• The theme can be repeated in other stories.

• The theme mentions characters from other stories.

• The theme is based on the sequence of the story.

The statement “quality is more important than quantity” is most likely an example of _____.

• a detail

• personification

• evidence

• a theme

Which of the following details best conveys a theme that humans are both destructive and amazing?

This passage is an excerpt from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This book is unique in that the narrator is death, or at least, a character that represents death. In the passage, the narrator refers to The Book Thief, which is both the title of this book, the title of a book in the story, and a nickname of the girl, Liesel, a main character in the book.

"Yes, I have seen a great many things in this world. I attend the greatest disasters and work for the greatest villains.

But then there are other moments.

There's a multitude of stories (a mere handful, as I have previously suggested) that I allow to distract me as a I work... I pick them up in the unluckiest, unlikeliest places and I make sure to remember them as I go about my work. The Book Thief is one such story....

I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she did not already know?... I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, its words and stories so damning and brilliant...

All I was able to do was turn to Liesel Meminger and tell her the only truth I know. I said it to the book thief and I say it now to you...

I am haunted by humans."

• "There's a multitude of stories (a mere handful, as I have previously suggested) that I allow to distract me as a I work..."

• "But then there are other moments. "

• "I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, its words and stories so damning and brilliant..."

• "Yes, I have seen a great many things in this world. I attend the greatest disasters and work for the greatest villains. "

Which of the following best describes the theme expressed in this passage?

This passage is an excerpt from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This book is unique in that the narrator is death, or at least, a character that represents death. In the passage, the narrator refers to The Book Thief, which is both the title of this book, the title of a book in the story, and a nickname of the girl, Liesel, a main character in the book.

"Yes, I have seen a great many things in this world. I attend the greatest disasters and work for the greatest villains.

But then there are other moments.

There's a multitude of stories (a mere handful, as I have previously suggested) that I allow to distract me as a I work... I pick them up in the unluckiest, unlikeliest places and I make sure to remember them as I go about my work. The Book Thief is one such story....

I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she did not already know?... I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, its words and stories so damning and brilliant...

All I was able to do was turn to Liesel Meminger and tell her the only truth I know. I said it to the book thief and I say it now to you...

I am haunted by humans."

• People are both ugly and beautiful at the same time.

• Life is a horrible place and there is no hope for it to improve.

• The book thief suffered so much in her life, and it was not fair

• Deep down inside, people are mostly evil.