quiz

ANALYZING SHORT STORIES Name:

GRADE
Literary Elements Date:
15
1) The point of view that doesn’t see into any character’s 9) A flat character is
thoughts: A. many-sided.
A. limited omniscient B. not very funny.
B. omniscient C. not very interesting.
C. first person D. only one- or two-sided.
D. objective
10) The central character of a story is:
2) The section of the story immediately following the A. the antagonist
climax: B. the protagonist
A. opening situation C. the narrator
B. denouement D. the hero of a story
C. inciting incident
D. falling action 11) In the first person point of view
A. the narrator disappears into one of the
3) The time and place of the story is referred to as: characters.
A. the atmosphere B. the author gives the reader his/her own point
B. the setting of view.
C. the initial plot complication C. the story is written using the pronouns
D. the plot “he”,”she” and “they” predominantly.
D. we can see into the minds of all of the
4) The main conflict in the story can be: characters in the story.
A. between the protagonist & another character
B. between the protagonist an external force 12) The sequence of events of which a story is composed:
C. an internal battle within the protagonist A. the rising action
D. all of the above B. the plot
C. the ending
5) The longest section of a story is usually called D. the initial plot complication
A. the rising action.
B. the opening situation. 13) The struggle between opposing forces in a work of
C. the turning point. literature is called
D. the initial plot complication. A. the suspense.
B. the foreshadowing.
6) The insight to life, revealed by the story is: C. the turning point.
A. theme D. the conflict.
B. conflict
C. dilemma 14) The third person point of view which shows the reader
D. irony the events of the story through the perspective of one
character is known as:
7) A static character A. Third person omniscient
A. changes by the end of the story. B. Third person limited
B. changes at the turning point of the story. C. First person subjective
C. does not change. D. Third person objective
D. has an electric personality.
15) The character who stands in opposition to the
8) The theme of a story is protagonist is know as
A. the music that plays before the story starts. A. the anti-protagonist.
B. the central idea of the story. B. the anti-antagonist.
C. is how the story moves along. C. the antagonist.
D. what drives the story forward. D. the stock character.