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Short Story Quizzes

This Story Elements Quiz is designed to assess your understanding of the key elements that make up a short story. The elements of a short story include the plot, setting, character...

Questions: 30 | Attempts: 91157 | Last updated: Oct 14, 2025

Sample Question
What is the term for the time and location in which a story takes place?

Plot

Setting

Conflict

Characterization

A Triumph Of Surgery Quiz: How Well Do You Know The Story?

Have you read "A Triumph of Surgery" during your school? How well do you know the story? Check out our informative quiz and test your knowledge. A "Triumph of Surger...

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 70033 | Last updated: Jun 12, 2025

Sample Question
Who is the author of the story "A Triumph of Surgery"?

James Herriot

Ruskin Bond

Robert Arthur

Victor Canning

The Lottery Shirley Jackson Quiz: Questions With Answers

Explore the themes, characters, and powerful message of Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery in this fun quiz. Known for its unsettling portrayal of tradition and group ment...

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 43895 | Last updated: Oct 05, 2025

Sample Question
How did the village looked on the day of the lottery?

Very metropolitan, with shiny glass commercial buildings

Neat houses, green lawns, and flowers everywhere

Gloomy and cold with gray houses

Dusty, dry with paint peeling off the houses

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Novel Quizzes

Only Real Fans Can Ace This Harry Potter Quiz

Dive into the magical depths of the Wizarding World with our "Hard Harry Potter Quiz." Designed for the most ardent fans, this quiz promises to challenge even those ...

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 157693 | Last updated: Mar 28, 2026

Sample Question
What are the names of Severus Snape's parents?

Toby Snape and Elly Priest

Tobias Snape and Ellen Prince

Tobias Snape And Eileen Prince

Tony Snape and Eileen Prince

Percy Jackson Quiz: Who Is Your Godly Parent?

Step into the world of Camp Half-Blood and discover your divine lineage with this "Who Is Your Godly Parent?" quiz of Percy Jackson! Are you the child of the wise Athena,...

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 131803 | Last updated: Jun 12, 2025

Sample Question
How do you feel about the ocean?

Lord Of The Flies Quiz Test Questions And Answers

Have you read the novel Lord of the Flies? How much do you remember? This Lord of the Flies quiz provides a comprehension test for this novel by William Golding. Cho...

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 91650 | Last updated: Jun 22, 2025

Sample Question
At the beginning of the book, a ______ was found that was later used to summon the littluns.

Blow horn

Conch shell

Ceramic bottle

Model ship with a noisy sail

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Essay Quizzes

Argumentative Essay MCQ Quiz Questions and Answers

An argumentative essay is a genre of essay writing widely practiced by scholars, educationists, and students. Check out this argumentative essay quiz and test your knowledge of arg...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 20906 | Last updated: Sep 20, 2025

Sample Question
What is the first part of an argumentative essay?

Introduction

Conclusion

Topic Presentation

Greetings

quiz over Rhetorical Devices and Strategies

This quiz will test your knowledge of application of these terms

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 16383 | Last updated: Sep 02, 2025

Sample Question
She likes to eat chocolate eclairs, take moonlit walks, and sing classical jazz.

Repetition

Parallelism

Use of personal pronoun

Metaphor

Rhetorical Devices quiz questions

This is a quiz using the rhetorical devices. The object is to show that one has mastered basic mastery of the rhetoric devices.

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 15965 | Last updated: Jan 20, 2025

Sample Question
Which of the options below has the following definiton: giving an unliving or unhumane thing human characteristics.

Paradox

Personification

Rhetoric

Litotes

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Biography and Autobiography Quizzes

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Quiz

This quiz is on the novel, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. It is a memoir of her life and childhood. It has questions regarding the whole book.

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 4873 | Last updated: Sep 22, 2025

Sample Question
Where did Jeannette live when she met Billy?

Las Vegas

Battle Mountain

Phoenix

Welch

learn about The Medicine Bag quiz

This quiz, titled 'Learn about The Medicine Bag', assesses understanding of cultural heritage and family traditions through the story of Martin and his great-grandfather. It evalua...

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 4540 | Last updated: Oct 23, 2025

Sample Question
Where does Martin’s great-grandfather live? _______________________________________

He lives on a reservation.

Arthur Miller Quiz

Explore the life and works of Arthur Miller, focusing on his birth year, middle name, first play, and his most famous play, 'Death of a Salesman', which won multiple prestigious aw...

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 2510 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2025

Sample Question
What year was Miller born?

1895

1815

1915

1962

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Travelogue Quizzes

Lisa Goes to London Book: Quiz!

This quiz, titled 'Lisa Goes to London Book: Quiz!', evaluates knowledge of the narrative where Lisa, a finalist in an international competition, experiences adventures in London. ...

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 614 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2025

Sample Question
Lisa went to London because she was a finalist in an international short story competition.

True

False

Literary Travel Trivia

In this quiz you will learn more about Literary Travel

Questions: 22 | Attempts: 138 | Last updated: May 14, 2025

Sample Question
Which Italian city is built on water in a lagoon?

Naples

Florence

Rome

Venice

Memoir Skills: Writing About Travel Experiences Quiz

Ready to turn your adventures into compelling stories? In this travel experience writing quiz, you'll learn the techniques for structuring narratives, developing themes, and en...

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 16 | Last updated: Jan 08, 2026

Sample Question
What makes this passage a travelogue?

It explains historical facts in detail

It shares a personal travel experience

It gives directions to monuments

It argues why monuments are important

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Speech and Oratory Quizzes

Evaluating Argument and Style

How do argument and style influence effectiveness? In this evaluating argument style quiz, you’ll examine how claims, evidence, and stylistic choices shape persuasive writing...

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 77 | Last updated: Jan 05, 2026

Sample Question
The central claim of a speech is also known as its:

Theme

Hook

Thesis statement

Preview sentence

Elements of a Good Speech

Ready to understand what makes a speech clear, engaging, and effective? In this good speech elements quiz, you’ll explore the core components of strong speeches, including pu...

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 15 | Last updated: Jan 15, 2026

Sample Question
Which of the following is the main purpose of giving a speech?

To confuse the audience

To clearly share ideas or information

To use as many hard words as possible

To talk for as long as possible

Analyzing Rhetoric and Language

How does language shape meaning and influence interpretation? In this analyzing rhetoric language quiz, you’ll focus on word choice, tone, and rhetorical strategies used in s...

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 13 | Last updated: Jan 16, 2026

Sample Question
What is the main purpose of rhetorical devices in a speech?

To make a speech longer

To strengthen meaning and impact

To confuse the audience

To list facts only

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Letters and Diaries Quizzes

Are You An Agatha Christie Fan?

Agatha Christie is certainly one of the finest novelists of all time. With over 60 novels to her name she certainly is a mistress of crime. Her character Hercule Poirot and Miss Ma...

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 2271 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
Agatha Christie, whom Joan Acocella writes about in The New Yorker this week, is

A duchess

A lady

A dame

A wench

Agatha Christie-Death On the Nile

Agatha Christie-Death On the Nile quiz. It's a little hard. Contain spoilers. Agatha Christie is a very famous writer of mystery and detective novels and short story collections. A...

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 2003 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2025

Sample Question
Which of these best describes Linnet Doyle?

A poor young girl who lives in a town.

A very rich young girl who almost have everything

A very unkind and selfish girl

A thin, tall with black hair an rich

Scarlet Letter chapters 5-6 Quiz

This quiz assesses understanding of Chapters 5-6 of 'The Scarlet Letter', focusing on Hester Prynne's life post-prison, her means of livelihood, Pearl's personality, and Hester's s...

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 1760 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
Where did Hester Prynne live after her release from prison?

With the minister

With a widow

In a mansion near the center of town

In a cottage at the edge of town

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Articles and Reports Quizzes

Newspaper Terms and Journalism Concepts! Quiz

Are you familiar with newspaper terms? Would you be able to pass this quiz on the subject? People are naturally drawn to the news. The most exciting part of the newspaper is the fr...

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 1239 | Last updated: Jul 22, 2025

Sample Question
The line that contains the author's name is referred to as

The catch line

The byline

The writer line

The basic line

Manuscript Preparation Quiz: Publishing

Please read the Manuscript PowerPoint which can be found in the AP English folder on First Class. Please take the quiz.

Questions: 19 | Attempts: 309 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
1. The word Cuneiform is derived from Latin words

"wedge" and "shape"

"cone" and "reed"

"stamp" and "clay"

"wedge" and "stamp"

TE 318 Literature Circles

TE 318 Literature Circles quiz explores the structure and roles within student-centered discussion groups in literature studies, assessing understanding and application of these ed...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 107 | Last updated: Feb 13, 2025

Sample Question
Literature Circles are best described as:

Allowing students to sit in a circle and while a story is read aloud to them.

Ensuring students always participate in class discussions.

Gathering students in small groups in order to discuss literature.

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