Story Conflict Quiz
1. What is the role of conflict in a story?
a. It builds tension
b. It drives the plot
c. It contributes to character development
d. All of the above
2. In most stories, a protagonist first encounters the
story's main conflict during the:
a. Climax
b. Falling action
c. Rising action
d. Resolution
3. In which type of conflict is the protagonist also the
antagonist?
a. Person versus person
b. Person versus self
c. Person versus nature
d. Person versus society
4. Which situation depicts an internal conflict?
a. A girl gets lost on vacation
b. A girl tries to break a bad habit
c. A girl fights bullying in her school
d. A girl competes against her hockey rival
5. Each term represents a type of external conflict,
except:
a. Person versus person
b. Person versus self
c. Person versus nature
d. Person versus society
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6. A story with a person-versus-person conflict might
depict a kid who:
a. Has trouble getting along with their sibling
b. Can't decide what to be when they grow up
c. Petitions to change the school dress code
d. Tries to swim across a lake
7. Which of these might be the antagonist in a personversus-nature story?
a. Mars
b. A bear
c. A pandemic
d. Any of the above
8. What might happen during the climax of a personversus-society story?
a. A kid stands up to the classmate who’s been picking
on them
b. A hiker reaches a mountain peak
c. An environmentalist stages a sit-in in protest against
the government
d. A nurse overcomes his fear of blood
9. Building more than one conflict into a story can
make the story more:
a. Concise
b. Complex
c. Modern
d. Generic
10. Which plot might convey the theme "be wary of
future technology"?
a. Doctors use a new device to aid surgery
b. Inventors fight over profits from their work
c. A robot struggles to befriend humans
d. Robots try to take over the world
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