Short Story Test

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

Sequence of events in a work of literature

Question 2

Exposition

Answer 2

Beginning of the story where the setting and characters are introduced

Question 3

Rising Action

Answer 3

A series of incidents that build towards climax.

Question 4

Conflict

Answer 4

a serious disagreement or argument typically a protracted wrong.

Question 5

Climax

Answer 5

highest point of interest in a story.

Question 6

Denouement

Answer 6

The very end of the story where all the plots are brought together.

Question 7

Protagonist

Answer 7

The main character

Question 8

Antagonist

Answer 8

The main character’s rival or opponent.

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

Time and place where the story is told.

Question 10

Mood

Answer 10

The emotional state of the character.

Question 11

Point of view

Answer 11

Perspective of the person speaking.

Question 12

Characterization

Answer 12

Description of the characters

Question 13

Flat Character

Answer 13

A relatively uncomplicated character who doesn’t change throughout the story

Question 14

Round Character

Answer 14

A deep layered character who will change as the story progresses.

Question 15

Static Character

Answer 15

A character who stays the same throughout the course of the story

Question 16

Dynamic Character

Answer 16

A dynamic character is one who learns a lesson or changes as a person and it’s either for better or for worse. Most main characters and major characters in stories are dynamic.

Question 17

Flashback

Answer 17

A sequence of past events

Question 18

Theme

Answer 18

the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.

Question 19

Irony

Answer 19

a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality.

Question 20

Foreshadowing

Answer 20

To give a hint of what’s coming later in the story.

Question 21

Symbol

Answer 21

Image, tool, or symbol is used to represent.

Question 22

Allusion

Answer 22

references of a person, place or thing.

Question 23

Situational Irony

Answer 23

When the outcome is different then what was expected.

Question 24

Dramatic Irony

Answer 24

When the readers know something the characters are unaware of.

Question 25

Hyperbole

Answer 25

exaggeration and overstatement is used to create emphasis.

Question 26

The victim whom was killed by being enclosed into a brick wall

Answer 26

Fortunato

Question 27

Had a heart condition, was very fragile, and his brother pushed him to be “normal.”

Answer 27

Doodle

Question 28

Cut off all her hair to get her husband what he really wanted.

Answer 28

Della

Question 29

Madame Loisel’s rich friend

Answer 29

Madame Forestier

Question 30

Narrator in the Scarlet Ibis and pushes Doodle so far that he dies.

Answer 30

The older brother

Question 31

Sold his pocket watch to buy his wife a gift.

Answer 31

Jim

Question 32

Someone who desires to have wealth and material things.

Answer 32

Madame Loisel

Question 33

Cares very much about his wife even though he does not understand

Answer 33

Monsieur Loisel

Question 34

Killed and tortured someone who insulted him.

Answer 34

Montressor

Question 35

A good chess player who runs away from her mom because she’s embarrassed.

Answer 35

Waverly

Question 36

Interloper

Answer 36

A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.

Question 37

Who are the men that are fighting and get stuck under trees. Then, eventually get eaten by wolves?

Answer 37

Ulrich and Georg

Question 38

When did the “Necklace” take place?

Answer 38

1884