Literary Genre Quiz

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On his third night, a hubbub breaks out in the square below the bell tower. “Hey, do you smell something human?” one of the cats says. “Now that you mention it, I thought there was a funny smell the past few days,” another chimes in, twitching his nose. “Me, too,” yet another cat says. “That’s weird. There shouldn’t be any humans here,” someone adds. “No, of course not. There’s no way a human could get into this town of cats.” “But that smell is definitely here.”

What genre best describes this type of story?

poetry

nonfiction

fable

fantasy

drama

A

B

C

D

E

2.”Cats have seven cervical vertebrae like almost all mammals,” What genre best describes this type of story?

poetry

nonfiction

fable

fantasy

drama

A

B

C

D

E

3. Demons run when a good man goes to warNight will fall and drown in sunAnd when it comes, you shall not shunWhen a good man goes to war

What genre best describes this type of story?

poetry

nonfiction

fable

fantasy

drama

A

B

C

D

E

4. The donkey, the donkey ran away and it took its shadow with it! The two learnt a lesson today.

What genre best describes this type of story?

poetry

nonfiction

fable

fantasy

drama

A

B

C

D

E

5. Select the book that BEST serves the following purpose:

A source that will help entry-level accountants

Accountancy for Dummies

Architecture for DummiesA

B

6. Select the book that BEST serves the following purpose:

A book that has recipes for Indonesian food

Indonesian Cuisine Recipe

Caribbean Cuisine Recipe

A

B

7. Select the book that BEST serves the following purpose:

A book for understanding geography

Biology 101

Geography 101

A

B

8. Select the book that BEST serves the following purpose:

A book explaining the advantages of acupuncture

Science of Feng Shui

Science of Acupuncture

A

B

That’s right! Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective, could be used as a source that will help you learn accountancy.

Architecture for Dummies is a book about architecture. Reading about architecture doesn’t help you learn accountancy.

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Architecture for Dummies is a book about architecture. Reading about architecture doesn’t help you learn accountancy.

Accountancy for Dummies is the CORRECT ANSWER, because it could be used as a source that will help you learn accountancy.

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That’s right! Indonesian Cuisine Recipe would help you find Indonesia food recipes Mouse Soup does not contain information on how to do something.

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Caribbean Cuisine Recipe does not contain information about Indonesian food recipe.

Indonesian Cuisine Recipe is the CORRECT ANSWER.

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That’s right! Geography 101 would help you understand geography

Biology 101 is not the correct answer because Biology is a different field of study from geography

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Biology 101 is not the correct answer

Geography 101 is the CORRECT ANSWER. It would help you understand geography.

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That’s right! Science of Acupuncture is the correct answer because it would give you an explanation of the advantages of acupuncture.

Science of Feng Shui is about Fen Shui and would not give you an explanation of the advantages of acupuncture.

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Science of Feng Shui is not the correct answer because it doesn’t give you the explanation about the advantages of acupuncture

Science of Acupuncture is the CORRECT ANSWER, because it would give you an explanation of the advantages of accupunture.

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That’s right! Fantasy stories have characteristics or elements that are not realistic, like magical powers, superhuman characters, or plants or animals that act like people. In this question, the cats are acting like human beings.

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That’s right! Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide factual information. In this question, a text that provides factual information about the anatomy of a cat would be a nonfiction text.

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That’s right! Poetry is verse that is often written in rhythm and rhyme.

This passage uses rhyming words and has a rhythm when you read it.

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That’s right! Fables are short fiction stories intended to teach a lesson.

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Fantasy stories have characteristics or elements that are not realistic, like magical powers, superhuman characters, or plants or animals that act like people.

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Fantasy stories have characteristics or elements that are not realistic, like magical powers, superhuman characters, or plants or animals that act like people.

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Fantasy stories have characteristics or elements that are not realistic, like magical powers, superhuman characters, or plants or animals that act like people.

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A drama is a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on stage.

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A drama is a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on stage.

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A drama is a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on stage.

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A drama is a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on stage.

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Fables are short fiction stories intended to teach a lesson.

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Fables are short fiction stories intended to teach a lesson.

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Fables are short fiction stories intended to teach a lesson.

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Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide factual information.

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Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide factual information.

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Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide factual information.

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Poetry is verse that is often written in rhythm and rhyme.

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Poetry is verse that is often written in rhythm and rhyme.

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Poetry is verse that is often written in rhythm and rhyme.

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