WorksheetsIntroduction to Literary Studies
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is a protagonist?
A character with the most acceptable moral and ethical values in a story
A sympathetic character.
The main character of a story.
The most motivated character in a story.
A character who also acts as a narrator in a story.
What is a round character?
A character that stays the same from the beginning until the end of the story.
A character that is defined by his/her above average physical weight.
A character with an unorthodox moral compass.
A character whose personality and worldview experience transformations.
A character that cannot be defined by his/her thoughts.
What is a flat character?
A character that stays the same from the beginning until the end of the story.
A character that is defined by his/her above average physical weight.
A character with an unorthodox moral compass.
A character whose personality and worldview experience transformation.
A character that cannot be defined by his/her thoughts.
Which one of the following answers that is NOT a type of prose-fiction?
Novel
Novella
Novelese
Novelette
Short Story
Character is one of crucial aspects that needs to be taken into account in interpreting prose-fiction. What are the things that CANNOT be gained from analyzing a character?
The understanding of the values that have been internalized by her/him.
The understanding of her/his motivations.
The understanding of the second law of thermodynamics.
The understanding of the nature of her/his relationships with other characters.
The understanding of her/his actions.
Chronologically, traditional plot consists of:
Exposition, raising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Exposition, raising action, falling action, climax, resolution.
Exposition, resolution, raising action, climax, falling action.
Exposition, falling action, raising action, climax, resolution.
Exposition, raising action, resolution, climax, falling action.
Omniscient narrator is:
A narrator who knows the thoughts, feelings, and whereabouts of every character in the story.
A third person narrator.
A narrator who has a limited knowledge regarding certain characters in the story.
An unreliable narrator.
A narrator who is not involved in the story he/she narrates.
What is a literary canon?
An extremely popular literary work.
A literary work with more than ten main characters.
A historically forgotten literary work.
A literary work that is considered as having high aesthetic and intellectual values.
A socially marginalized literary work.
What does “theme” mean in literature?
The topic(s) found in literary works.
An interpretation.
The implications of setting.
The content of characters dialogues.
The sequence of event in a story.
In poetry, narrator is called:
Story teller.
Speaker.
Poet.
Author.
Interlocutor.
