short story
Poe helped shape the modern short story. This topic is part of Literature within Literature. This page currently draws on 30 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
short story trivia questions
A short story is what kind of prose work?
Answer: Brief fictional narrative
Bonus fact: Short stories typically focus on a limited cast and event.
Which writer is famous for short stories such as The Tell-Tale Heart?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Bonus fact: Poe helped shape the modern short story.
What does a short story often emphasize because of its limited length?
Answer: Compression and focus
Bonus fact: Every scene and detail often carries extra weight.
Who wrote the short story The Black Cat?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Bonus fact: The story was published in 1843.
Babette's Feast is adapted from a short story by which author?
Answer: Isak Dinesen
Bonus fact: BFI notes that Isak Dinesen was the pen name used by Karen Blixen.
Drive My Car was inspired by a short story by which author?
Answer: Haruki Murakami
Bonus fact: BFI's synopsis follows theatre director Yusuke and his chauffeur Misaki.
Who wrote the supernatural short story "The Signal-Man"?
Answer: Charles Dickens
Bonus fact: Dickens published the story in 1866.
Who wrote the short story "The Country of the Blind"?
Answer: H. G. Wells
Bonus fact: Wells first published the story in the early 20th century and later revised it.
Who wrote the short story "The Door in the Wall"?
Answer: H. G. Wells
Bonus fact: The story blends fantasy with regret and memory.
Who wrote the short story "The Crystal Egg"?
Answer: H. G. Wells
Bonus fact: Wells published the story in the 1890s, during the same period in which he wrote several of his best-known scientific romances.
A fable is a short story that usually teaches what?
Answer: Moral lesson
Bonus fact: Fables often end with a lesson or moral.
A novella is longer than a short story but shorter than what?
Answer: Novel
Bonus fact: Novellas occupy a middle length.