WorksheetsExam review
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 51mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The exposition of a story ________________________.
a)
Set the stage for the climax
b)
Determines the outcome of the conflict
c)
Presents essential background information
d)
Establishes a new norm
2.
Rising Action ________________________.
a)
Sets the stage for the climax
b)
Includes all the action and events that occur before the climax
c)
Both A and B
d)
None of the above
3.
The climax of a story________________________.
a)
Presents essential background information
b)
Is a turning point or point of greatest intensity
c)
Does not determine the outcome of the conflict
d)
Is the plan or groundwork of the story
4.
________________________ = A series of events that happen after the climax.
a)
Conflict
b)
Exposition
c)
Resolution
d)
Falling Action
5.
Resolution occurs after the ________________________ and establishes a new norm.
a)
Climax
b)
Falling Action
c)
Exposition
d)
Essential background information
6.
Which of the following is NOT part of the setting of a story?
a)
Environment
b)
Intensity
c)
Location
d)
Time
7.
The emotional atmosphere of a story and the voice of the narrator are the ________________.
a)
Feelings/Thoughts
b)
Beginning/End
c)
Mood/Tone
d)
Action/Reaction
8.
Conflict is the ________________________ between opposing forces.
a)
Struggle
b)
Friendship
c)
Relationship
d)
Story
9.
________________________ conflict takes place in a character’s head/mind.
a)
Internal
b)
External
10.
________________________ conflict takes place between a character and an outside force.
a)
Internal
b)
External
11.
Which of the following is NOT a type of conflict?
a)
Person vs. nature
b)
Person vs. self
c)
Person vs. space
d)
Person vs. society
12.
The central idea or universal truth that a story examines is ________________________.
a)
Conflict
b)
Theme
c)
Point of view
d)
Resolution
13.
What is point of view?
a)
The way a story expresses the view about life and how people behave
b)
The way a story makes you feel or think
c)
The turning point in the story
d)
The perspective from which the story is being presented
14.
Which point of view uses pronouns like “I”, “we”, “my”?
a)
First Person
b)
Third Person Limited
c)
Third Person Omniscient
d)
None of the above
15.
Which point of view allows the reader to find out what all of the characters do, know, think, and witness?
a)
First Person
b)
Third Person Limited
c)
Third Person Omniscient
d)
None of the above
16.
What literary device can include memories, dreams, or stories of the past?
a)
Symbolism
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Flashback
d)
Irony
17.
What literary device uses hints or clues to suggest what will happen next?
a)
Irony
b)
Suspense
c)
Flashback
d)
Foreshadowing
18.
What literary device makes the reader curious about what will happen next?
a)
Symbolism
b)
Irony
c)
Suspense
d)
Flashback
19.
What literary device uses an object or action that means something other than its literal meaning?
a)
Symbolism
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Flashback
d)
Irony
20.
What literary device is when the opposite of what is expected happens?
a)
Suspense
b)
Irony
c)
Flashback
d)
Symbolism
21.
An educated guess drawn from evidence or reasoning.
a)
clue
b)
textual evidence
c)
motivation
d)
inference
22.
Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a character's personality to the reader.
a)
Setting
b)
Characterization
c)
Personalization
d)
Flashback
23.
Why characters do or say what they do.
a)
motivation
b)
foreshadowing
c)
flashback
d)
tone
24.
Creates a surprise ending that defies the audience's exception. (We expect one thing, but we get another).
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
ironing board
25.
Where a character says the opposite of what they mean.
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
d)
Flat iron
26.
Where the audience knows more than the characters. We know more than the characters do with creates humor or suspense.
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
"Iron't" I funny?
27.
A comparison between two unlike things that uses like or as
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
e)
hyperbole
28.
the relationship in which one condition brings about another condition as a result. This result is called the effect
a)
compare and contrast
b)
cause and effect
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
29.
when the same sound is repeated in two or more neighboring words
a)
simile
b)
point of view
c)
alliteration
d)
rising action
30.
writing that compares to unlike things but does not use like or as
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
resolution
d)
character development
31.
writing in which an inanimate object or an abstract idea is given human characteristics
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
setting
d)
theme
e)
None of the above
32.
how the problem of the story is solved
a)
conflict
b)
resolution
c)
plot
d)
theme
33.
other words in a passage that give you ideas about the meaning of an unfamiliar word
a)
compare contrast
b)
cause and effect
c)
context clues
d)
description
34.
What is the story of someone's life told by him or herself?
a)
biography
b)
autobiography
35.
This is when an author tells what the senses hear, see, smell, taste, or touch to recreate the scene for the reader.
a)
imagery
b)
irony
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
36.
These are words that sound like the noises they represent.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
theme
c)
understatement
d)
hyperbole
37.
These are fixed generalized ideas about people and characters.
a)
stereotype
b)
setting
c)
hyperbole
d)
understatement
38.
This is the use of exaggeration for effect.
a)
understatement
b)
hyperbole
39.
What is another name for the Hero's Journey?
a)
monomyth
b)
crisis
c)
resolution
d)
legacy
40.
According to the Hero's Journey model, "The treasure you seek lies...."
a)
At the departure
b)
int he ordinary world
c)
In the special world
d)
in the cave you fear to enter
41.
You are never the same once you are a hero.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Which of the following is an example of a Hero's Journey?
a.Romeo and Juliet
b.The Odyssey
c.Sponge Bob Square Pants
d.Hunger Games
a.Romeo and Juliet
b.The Odyssey
c.Sponge Bob Square Pants
d.Hunger Games
a)
A & B
b)
B & C
c)
A & D
d)
B & D
43.
Which of the following is an example of a Hero's Journey?
a.Romeo and Juliet
b.The Odyssey
c.Sponge Bob Square Pants
d.Hunger Games
a.Romeo and Juliet
b.The Odyssey
c.Sponge Bob Square Pants
d.Hunger Games
a)
A & B
b)
B & C
c)
A & D
d)
B & D
44.
What author is most associated with the concept of the Hero's Journey?
a)
Luke Skywalker
b)
George Lucas
c)
Joseph Campbell
d)
Katness Everdeen
45.
Monomyth is
a)
the concept that all heroes are boys
b)
the concept that all hero stories have a happy ending
c)
the concept that all hero stories follow the same pattern
d)
the concept that all heroes must follow orders from the gods
46.
Characteristics of the monomythic hero include:
(can choose more than one answer)
a)
personal loss or tragedy
b)
special powers
c)
unusual birth
d)
travel to temples of the gods
47.
Most of a hero's journey takes place
a)
in space
b)
in the known world
c)
underground
d)
in the unknown world
48.
The person who who advises hero, preps for quest & develops special skills is called
a)
a friend
b)
a priest
c)
a mentor
d)
a trickster
49.
The hero begins in a situation of normality from which some information is received that acts as a call to head off into the unknown.
a)
The Call to Adventure
b)
The Meeting with the Goddess
c)
Belly of the Whale
d)
Opening Image
e)
Anagnorisis
50.
Which character is Mercutio's killer?
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
c)
Nurse
d)
Tybalt
51.
Who is Romeo's friend and cousin that tries to keep the peace?
a)
Mercutio
b)
Benvolio
c)
Paris
d)
Friar Laurence
52.
Who often acts as Juliet's female messenger?
a)
Lady Capulet
b)
Nurse
53.
Who is the last person to die at the tomb?
a)
Paris
b)
Juliet
c)
Romeo
d)
Friar
54.
The protagonist of a tragedy play, like Romeo and Juliet, is called a
a)
loser
b)
tragic hero
c)
unlucky
55.
Where is the home Odysseus is trying to get back to?
a)
Neion
b)
Ithaca
c)
Dulichium
d)
Zacynthus
56.
In the land of the Lotus Eaters, the chief danger is...
a)
quicksand
b)
a large erupting volcano
c)
the lotus flowers that drug you
d)
canibals
57.
The Cyclops answers Odysseus' request for hospitality by...
a)
killing two of his men
b)
giving them some cheese
c)
telling them to leave
d)
laughing at them
58.
What is the name of the Cyclops that Odysseus blinds?
a)
Telemus
b)
Polyphemus
c)
Nohbdy
d)
Eurymus
59.
Who sings the haunting, yet alluring (appealing) songs in The Odyssey?
a)
Circe
b)
Zeus
c)
Tiresias
d)
The Sirens
60.
Who is Scylla?
a)
a six head sea monster
b)
a prophet
c)
a whirlpool
d)
a dragon
61.
Who is Charybdis?
a)
a 6 headed sea monster
b)
a dragon
c)
a whirlpool
d)
a rabid dog
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