Story Analysis Quiz

Test your knowledge of literature with questions on plot structure, literary devices, authors, and more in this narratology quiz.

#1

In literature, what is the term for the sequence of events in a story, including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

Characterization
Conflict
Plot
Setting
#2

Which literary device is often used to hint at events that will occur later in a story?

Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Irony
Personification
#3

Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?

William Shakespeare
Arthur Miller
George Bernard Shaw
Tennessee Williams
#4

Which literary term refers to a recurring element that appears throughout a story, often carrying symbolic significance?

Motif
Allegory
Alliteration
Assonance
#5

What is the term for the moment of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a story?

Exposition
Denouement
Climax
Resolution
#6

Who is the author of the novel 'The Catcher in the Rye'?

J.D. Salinger
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
#7

Who is the author of the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

Harper Lee
J.K. Rowling
Ernest Hemingway
Mark Twain
#8

What is the name of the main character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby'?

Jay Gatsby
Nick Carraway
Daisy Buchanan
Tom Buchanan
#9

Who is the protagonist in George Orwell's novel '1984'?

Winston Smith
Big Brother
Julia
O'Brien
#10

What literary movement, characterized by disillusionment and cynicism, emerged after World War I?

Realism
Romanticism
Modernism
Postmodernism
#11

Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human entities?

Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
#12

Who is the protagonist in the novel 'Moby-Dick'?

Ishmael
Captain Ahab
Queequeg
Starbuck
#13

In literary analysis, what term refers to the underlying message or main idea of a story?

Theme
Symbolism
Tone
Imagery
#14

Who wrote the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?

Jane Austen
Charlotte Brontë
Emily Dickinson
Virginia Woolf
#15

What literary term refers to the use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story?

Foreshadowing
Flashback
Irony
Allusion
#16

What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Alliteration
#17

What literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia

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