1. Which statement best describes what happens in the climax of a story? Select the two correct answers.

Question

A. The peak of the story’s tension and the height of the action are reached.
B. The characters confront the conflict head-on and fully address it.
C. Subplots and plot twists are introduced and dealt with by the characters.
D. The characters are introduced, and the setting of the story is established.
E. Plot elements that remain open are tied up, and the story is concluded.
2. Which component of the plot structure of this story is described in this excerpt?
A. the climax
B. the falling action
C. the resolution
D. the rising action
3. Which best describes the type of plot structure used by the author in this story?
A. Parallel
B. Flashback
C. Linear
D. Foreshadowed
4. Which phrase most establishes tension?
A. Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy
B. as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision
C. a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians
D. a man stood one winter night watching and listening
5. Which phrase is a signal that the story has moved backward in time?
A. The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent
B. in the days of his grandfather
C. if there was a man in the world whom he detested
D. poaching affrays and similar scandals

Answer 1

1. A. The peak of the story’s tension and the height of the action are reached.
E. Plot elements that remain open are tied up, and the story is concluded.

2. B. the falling action

3. C. Linear

4. A. Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy

5. B. in the days of his grandfather