Defining the Boundaries of Science Fiction

Defining the Boundaries of Science Fiction

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sophia Harris

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What genre has the video hardly touched in the past year-and-a-half?

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Romance

Mystery

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which center defines science fiction as 'the literature of the human species encountering change'?

The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction

The Center for Fiction Studies

The Science Fiction Research Association

The Fictional Literature Center

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who brought science fiction into the public eye in the 1920s?

Robert A. Heinlein

Hugo Gernsback

Arthur C. Clarke

Isaac Asimov

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of the first dedicated English-language sci-fi publication?

Amazing Stories

Science Fiction Weekly

Scientifiction

Astounding Stories

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the editor that changed the face of science fiction with 'Astounding Stories'?

Hugo Gernsback

Arthur C. Clarke

Isaac Asimov

John W. Campbell

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What term did the community on Tvtropes.org use to describe the limited perception of sci-fi?

Sci-fi Niche

Sci-fi Ghetto

Sci-fi Box

Sci-fi Bubble

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term 'novum' used to describe in science fiction?

A new setting

A new thing that is reconcilable with reality

A new plot twist

A new character

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