Short Story Pre-Quiz
Name
KEY (no points)
Survey of English
Mrs. Rigby
DO YOU RE ALLY KNOW W HAT YOU THINK YOU KN OW?
MAT CHIN G
D ir ections: P lace the letter of the cor r ect answer in the blank.
G
1. The overall feeling created by the author’s choice of words.
A. characterization
J
2. All the events that lead up to the turning point.
B. climax
K
3. Vivid “pictures” the author paints that appeal to the reader.
C. dialogue
F
4. Gives readers clues about events that will happen later.
D. diction
L
5. The framework of a story; its “skeleton”.
E. falling action
M
6. Characteristic ways an author uses language: word choice, patterns, etc.
F. foreshadowing
B
7. The action reaches its highest point of dramatic conflict.
G. mood
A
8. Names, physical appearance, habits & actions, clothing, etc.
H. narrator
E
9. Sharp decline in dramatic tension; leads to a final conclusion.
I. point of view
D
10. The author’s choice of words; the vocabulary level.
J. rising action
N
11. A technique authors use to keep the reader guessing “What’s next?”
K. sensory images
O
12. Important images or symbols are clues to help determine this.
L. structure
C
13. The actual words characters speak.
M. style
I
14. The perspective from which a story is told.
N. suspense
H
15. The speaker who tells the story.
O. theme
MULT I PLE CHOIC E
D ir ections: P lace the letter of the cor r ect answer in the blank.
C
16. When the author shows a character in action and lets the reader make his/her own interpretations, it’s called:
A. direct characterization
C. indirect characterization
B. moral characterization
D. inference characterization
D
17. This provides a backdrop for the action & establishes atmosphere:
A. structure
C. style
B. suspense
D. setting
D
18. A point of view in which the author presents all the thoughts and intentions of ALL the characters involved:
A. obvious
C. observatory
B. omni-present
D. omniscient
B
19. Authors create realistic settings by using:
A. sensory images
B. both A & C
C. details
D. none of the above
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C
20. A character who is opposed to or against the main character is a/an:
A. protagonist
C. antagonist
B. archeologist
D. positivist
A
21. The central source of tension and drama in a story is called:
A. conflict
C. theme
B. structure
D. caricature
C
22. This is when the author comes right out & tells the reader information about the characters:
A. indirect characterization
C. direct characterization
B. inference characterization
D. moral characterization
A
23. This tells how the story concludes (ends), following the climax:
A. resolution
C. falling action
B. rising action
D. exposition
B
24. This technique increases suspense by letting readers know more about the situation than the characters do:
A. diction irony
C. descriptive irony
B. dramatic irony
D. detailed irony
D
25. The protagonist of a story is the character who:
A. tells the story
C. is opposed to the main character
B. is a secondary character
D. is the main character
A
26. The events of a story, or what happens, is the:
A. plot
B. theme
C. conflict
D. moral
B
27. The problems or issues a story explores (what it’s about) is the:
A. plot
C. conflict
B. theme
D. moral
C
28. Which of the following is NOT a type of traditional conflict?
A. man vs. man
C. man vs. animal
B. man vs. self
D. man vs. fate
D
29. Which of the following is NOT a main element to short story structure?
A. exposition
C. climax
B. resolution
D. complication
B
30. From this point of view, the reader can only see part of the action:
A. omniscient
C. partial
B. limited
D. optimistic
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