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Genre- Prior Knowledge Quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition on science fiction

a)

Fiction based on imagined future scientific events

b)

Technological advances and major social or environmental changes

c)

Frequently portraying space or time travelling and life on other planets

d)

It’s basically like dystopian but it doesn’t have to only be bad stuff in the future.

2.

What is the definition of dystopian?

(a)  

3.

What is the correct Genre-


Harry Potter

a)

Fiction

b)

Fantasy

c)

Action

d)

Sci-fie

4.

What’s the genre-


A child gets kidnapped in a carnival

a)

Action

b)

Mystery

c)

Non-Fiction

d)

Realistic Fiction

5.

Murder on the orient express is what genre?

a)

Mystery

b)

Fan-Fiction

c)

Science Fiction

d)

Fiction

6.

Suppose you watch a documentary on chewing gum….what genre would that fall under?

a)

Historical Fiction

b)

Non-Fiction

c)

I would never watch a documentary till the day I DIE!

d)

Realism

7.

What does the “ Hunger Games” fall under

a)

Horror

b)

Action

c)

Science Fiction

d)

Dystopian

8.

What does “ Nancy Drew” fall under?

a)

Thriller

b)

Action

c)

Mystery

d)

Fiction

9.

Imagine you made a novel about about World war 2, but it was mostly your imagination….what genre would that fall under?

a)

Historical Fiction

b)

Non-Fiction

c)

Fan-Fiction

d)

Journalism

10.

what genre does Percy Jackson come in?

4 lines
11.

What is the difference between a thriller and a mystery?

a)

They are both the same

b)

A thriller has more action and pace

c)

Mystery has more suspense

d)

Thriller is a movie and mystery is a novel

e)

Mystery is about suspense while thriller is about crime