Understanding Plot Quiz

What is plot?

• The main character in a story

• A series of events that form the story in a novel, movie, etc.

• The setting or location where the story takes place

• The moral or lesson of the story

Which element of a plot introduces the background information and setting?

• C) Exposition

• A) Climax

• B) Resolution

• D) Rising Action

What is the peak of the story's action, often the moment of highest interest and emotion?

• B) Climax

• A) Falling Action

• C) Resolution

• D) Conflict

What part of the plot follows the climax and leads to the resolution?

• A) Exposition

• B) Rising Action

• C) Climax

• D) Falling Action

In which part of the plot are the problems or conflicts introduced?

• B) Exposition

• A) Resolution

• C) Falling Action

• D) Climax

What is the final part of the plot where the story concludes and the conflicts are resolved?

• A) Climax

• B) Falling Action

• C) Exposition

• D) Resolution

What do we learn about in the introduction/exposition of a story?

• The conclusion and resolution of the story

• The characters, setting, and background information

• The main conflict and challenges

• The author's personal biography

What is the role of conflict in a story?

• A) It introduces the characters.

• B) It drives the story from start to finish.

• C) It describes the setting.

• D) It provides a happy ending.

Which of the following is NOT a type of conflict?

• A) Person vs. technology

• B) Person vs. society

• C) Person vs. Potatoes

• D) Person vs. supernatural

What type of conflict involves an internal struggle or fear?

• A) Person vs. person

• B) Person vs. self

• C) Person vs. nature

• D) Person vs. society