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Sci - Fi Novels

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Sci-Fi films contain science and technology that already exists. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
2.

Select settings that are common in Science Fiction.

a)

Different Dimensions

b)

Varying Timelines

c)

The Future

d)

All of the Above

3.

Select all of the elements of Science Fiction below.

a)

Supernatural abilities

b)

Time-travel

c)

New/Different political systems

d)

Technology and Inventions

e)

Unusual places (spacial settings, underwater cities, intergalactic travel)

4.

Science "fiction" is based on Science "fact"?

a)

True

b)

False

5.
True or False:
Science fiction literature will never have creatures, robots, aliens, or monsters.
a)
True
b)
False
6.

The novel, "Alice in Wonderland" belongs in the Sci-Fi genre?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The purpose of Sci-Fi films and/or novels is to complete all of the following task(s) (Select all that apply).

a)

To Entertain

b)

To Persuade

c)

To Inform

8.

Spaceships, robots, aliens and time-travel are all part of ______________.

a)

horror

b)

comedy

c)

sci-fi

d)

drama

9.

What makes sci-fi different from other kinds of fiction?

a)

Sci-fi always has time-travelling aliens, spaceships and talking robots.

b)

Other genres are based on true events that happened in the past.

c)

Sci-fi contains unreal things that could be real in our world in the future.

10.

Science fiction often ...

a)

contains elements of magic, fantasy and unreal creatures.

b)

explores what goes wrong with tools and advancements.

c)

falls into the non-fiction category.

11.

Sci-fi helps us think about ...

a)

how to make create technologies.

b)

how our choices affect the future.

c)

how to travel to space.

12.
Who wrote Frankenstein?
a)
Mary Shelley
b)

J.R.R Tolkein

c)
C.S Lewis
d)
Emily Bronte
13.

Which of the following are characteristics of sci-fi?

a)

foreshadowing

b)

non-human characters

c)

time travel

d)

good versus evil

14.

What makes sci-fi works sci-fi is the fact that their settings, their plots, their characters, their conflicts, all centre around ________________ in some sense.

a)

science and technology

b)

robots and aliens

c)

spaceships and aliens

d)

monsters and technology

15.

Fiction is ....

a)

writing that is based on true events, people, places, and facts

b)

narrative writing that originates from the author’s imagination.

c)

writing that is based on biographies

d)

writing that is based on scientific theories

16.

Guess the genre:

a)

documentary

b)

biography

c)

drama

d)

auto-biography

17.

What is the title of George Orwell's science fiction novel about a totalitarian regime?

a)

"2001: A Space Odyssey"

b)

"1984"

c)

"Fahrenheit 451"

18.

H.G. Wells's book caused a panic when it was adapted as a radio broadcast on Halloween night in 1938. Name the book.

a)

"The War of the Worlds"

b)

"The Island of Doctor Moreau"

c)

"The Invisible Man"

19.

Which author wrote the series "I, Robot"?

a)

Robert A. Heinlein

b)

Arthur C. Clarke

c)

Isaac Asimov