Fiction and Nonfiction Quiz

1. An author writes about one formative year of their own life, focusing on memory and personal meaning. What form is this most likely to be?

2. An author creates an entirely invented diary but clearly publishes the work as a novel. How should it be classified?

3. A story is set in an invented realm where magic is ordinary and mythical species shape society. Which genre is the clearest fit?

4. A novel follows an invented nurse during the 1918 influenza pandemic while preserving the documented setting and major events. What is it?

5. Which statement best describes the central difference between fiction and nonfiction?

6. When a nonfiction writer places a source's words inside quotation marks, what is normally expected?

7. In a novel, the first-person narrator's account repeatedly conflicts with events shown elsewhere in the story. What is the best inference?

8. A book follows an invented detective solving an imaginary crime. Which broad category does it belong to?

9. A writer reconstructs a real flood using interviews, public records, and scene-based storytelling without inventing events. Which label fits best?

10. Which feature most directly helps a reader trace the sources used in a nonfiction history book?

11. What is satire typically designed to do?

12. Which description most accurately defines a memoir?

13. A nonfiction book makes a surprising claim about a historical event. Which evidence would provide the strongest support?

14. A novel accurately names real streets, dates, and public events but gives its invented characters imaginary experiences. What follows from those accurate details?

15. A librarian recommends a factual account of a scientist's life written by a historian who never met the scientist. What type of book is it?

16. A magazine piece argues that public libraries strengthen communities, using a clear thesis, statistics, and expert interviews. Which form best describes it?