Reading Short Story MCQs

Here you will find the latest and handpicked Reading Short Story MCQs. Please go through these 31 reading short story MCQs. These questions will not only help you to test your previous knowledge but to improve your concept about these short stories.

1. A short story is written between

1. Two hundred to One thousand words
2. One thousand to ten thousand words
3. Two thousand to Three thousand words
4. Three thousand to ten thousand words

Answer: 4. Three thousand to ten thousand words

2. A short story is based on

1. One theme
2. More than one themes
3. Both Above
4. None of these

Answer: 1. One theme

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3. Short stories are popular since

1. 1700s century
2. 1800s century
3. Current Era
4. Early Times

Answer: 4. Early Times

4. A short story can be read in

1. One siting
2. One day
3. One hour
4. One week

Answer: 1. One siting

5. The Short Story is also known as

1. Article
2. travelogue
3. Mythology
4.  Letter

Answer: 3 Mythology

6. The most important portion of a Short Story is

1. Opening
2. Climax
3. End
4. Plot

Answer: 2. Climax

7. The Short Story is usually in

1. Written form
2. Oral Form
3. Both a and b
4. None above

Answer: 2 Oral. form

8. A Short story is written in which form?

1. Poetry
2. Prose
3. Both
4. None

Answer: 3. Both

9. How many Strategies are there for reading short stories?

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 1

Answer: 1. Three

10. Predict past knowledge

1. After Reading
2. Prior to Reading
3. While Reading
4. All of these

Answer: 2. Prior to Reading

11. Make your questions and try to connect the people with places and events?

1. Prior to Reading
2. During Reading
3. After Reading
4. None of above

Answer: 2. During reading

12. For a short Story, it is a must-read?

1.  Prior knowledge
2.  Summary
3.  Name
4.  All of the Above

Answer: 3. Name

13. When should you note down the information

1. While reading
2. After reading
3. Near end
4. All of these

Answer: 1. While reading

14. Have a glance at the content of the short story

1. After reading
2. While Reading
3. Before the Read
4. None of above

Answer: 3. Before the read

15. The most famous short story award is

1. Sunday Times Short Story Award
2. British broadcast Short story Award
3. Both of above
4. None of above

Answer: 3. Both of Above

16. A short Story can be

1. Simple
2. Mania
3. Compound
4. any of above

Answer: 4. Any of above

17. Omniscient point of view

1. First Person
2. Second Person
3. Third Person
4. All of these

Answer: 3. Third-person

18. The first person point of view is

1. I and We
2. We and those
3. That and he
4. This and Us

Answer: 1. I and we

19. An Author in writing a short story can be?

1. Passive
2. Active
3. Public figure
4. Complimentary

Answer: 4. Complimentary

20. While writing a short story, what information is needed?

1. Dialogues
2. Name
3. Roles
4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

Bonus Questions for Reading Short Story

These next 11 questions are bonus questions and they are about reading the short story. For your understanding, these MCQs are prepared in a very unambiguous and transparent way.

21. The tale of a short story should be prepared

1. Before writing
2. while writing
3. After writing
4. None of above

Answer: 3. After reading

22. A short story is famous by its

1. Name
2. Roles
3. Dialogues
4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

23. A short story is based on the author’s

1. Reliability
2. Reputation
3. Fame
4. None of these

Answer: 2. Reputation

24. A short story may contain the author?

1. Views
2. Ideas
3. Assumptions
4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

25. Short stories are usually based on

1. Languages
2. Culture
3. Traditions
4. All of these

Answer: All of these

26. Short stories are the best way to check our

1. Knowledge
2. Understanding
3. Perception
4. All of above

Answer: All of above

27. Short stories help in

1. Combining Ideas
2. Remembering Ideas
3. Creating ideas
4. Both a and b

Answer: Both A and B

28. Short stories move around the

1. Characters
2. Circumstances
3. Plot
4. All of these

Answer: All of these

29. A Short story must have a/an

1. Title
2. Background/History
3. background
4. Both A & B

Answer: Both A & B

30. The theme of the short story can be?

1. Happy
2. Tragedy
3. Neutral
4. All of above

Answer: All of the Above

31. The most important part of the story is

1. Theme
2. Language
3. Both of above
4. None of these

Answer: 4. None of these