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Literary Elements Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the sequence of events in a story, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution called?

a)

Theme

b)

Plot Structure

c)

Setting

d)

Conflict

2.

What term describes the central idea of a work of literature, often a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work?

a)

Climax

b)

Setting

c)

Theme

d)

Conflict

3.

Where and when the story takes place is known as what?

a)

Theme

b)

Setting

c)

Rising Action

d)

Climax

4.

What is the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax and build suspense called?

a)

Rising Action

b)

Falling Action

c)

Resolution

d)

Theme

5.

When one character struggles against another character, it is known as what type of conflict?

a)

Internal Conflict

b)

External Conflict (Man vs. Man)

c)

External Conflict (Man vs. Nature)

d)

Rising Action

6.

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character is called what?

a)

External Conflict (Man vs. Man)

b)

Rising Action

c)

Internal Conflict

d)

Falling Action

7.

When a character struggles against the elements of nature, especially for survival, it is known as what type of conflict?

a)

Internal Conflict

b)

External Conflict (Man vs. Man)

c)

External Conflict (Man vs. Nature)

d)

Rising Action

8.

What is the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and leads to a resolution?

a)

Rising Action

b)

Falling Action

c)

Climax

d)

Resolution

9.

What is the end of a literary work when loose ends are tied up, the conflict is resolved, and questions are answered called?

a)

Climax

b)

Rising Action

c)

Falling Action

d)

Resolution/Denouement

10.

When the author directly describes a character, it is known as what?

a)

Indirect Characterization

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

Theme

d)

Setting

11.

What is the term for a struggle between two opposing forces in a story?

a)

Climax

b)

Conflict

c)

Theme

d)

Setting

12.

What is a flat character?

a)

A. A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action.

b)

B. An uncomplicated character with a single quality who does not change throughout the text.

c)

C. A character or force in conflict with the main character.

d)

D. Main character in a story.

13.

What is a dynamic character?

a)

A. A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action.

b)

B. An uncomplicated character with a single quality who does not change throughout the text.

c)

C. A character or force in conflict with the main character.

d)

D. Main character in a story.

14.

Who is the protagonist in a story?

a)

A. A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action.

b)

B. An uncomplicated character with a single quality who does not change throughout the text.

c)

C. A character or force in conflict with the main character.

d)

D. The main character in a story.

15.

What does 'Point of View' refer to in a story?

a)

A. The perspective from which a story is told.

b)

B. An uncomplicated character with a single quality who does not change throughout the text.

c)

C. A character or force in conflict with the main character.

d)

D. Main character in a story.